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Happy Odyssey

Happy Odyssey

Adrian Carton de Wiart
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Adrian Carton de Wiart's autobiography is one of the most remarkable of military memoirs.

He was intended for the law, but abandoned his studies at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1899 to serve as a trooper in the South African War. Carton de Wiart's extraordinary military career embraced service with the Somaliland Camel Corps , liaison officer with Polish forces , membership of the British Military Mission to Yugoslavia , a period as a prisoner of war , and three years as Churchill's representative to Chiang Kai-shek . During the Great War, besides commanding the 8th Glosters, Carton de Wiart was GOC 12 Brigade and GOC 105 Brigade . Both these commands were terminated by wounds. He was wounded eight times during the war , won the VC during the Battle of the Somme, was mentioned in dispatches six times, and was the model for Brigadier Ben Ritchie Hook in the Sword of Honour trilogy of Evelyn Waugh.
Language
English
Pages
287
Format
Paperback
Release
July 01, 1950
ISBN 13
9781844155392

Happy Odyssey

Adrian Carton de Wiart
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Adrian Carton de Wiart's autobiography is one of the most remarkable of military memoirs.

He was intended for the law, but abandoned his studies at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1899 to serve as a trooper in the South African War. Carton de Wiart's extraordinary military career embraced service with the Somaliland Camel Corps , liaison officer with Polish forces , membership of the British Military Mission to Yugoslavia , a period as a prisoner of war , and three years as Churchill's representative to Chiang Kai-shek . During the Great War, besides commanding the 8th Glosters, Carton de Wiart was GOC 12 Brigade and GOC 105 Brigade . Both these commands were terminated by wounds. He was wounded eight times during the war , won the VC during the Battle of the Somme, was mentioned in dispatches six times, and was the model for Brigadier Ben Ritchie Hook in the Sword of Honour trilogy of Evelyn Waugh.
Language
English
Pages
287
Format
Paperback
Release
July 01, 1950
ISBN 13
9781844155392

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