Dean, Donald / Crowdy, Terry [Ed]. Donald Dean VC: The Memoir of a Volunteer and Territorial From Two World Wars. Barnsley, Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2010. 16cm x 24cm. XXIII, 178 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Donald Dean lied about his age to enlist in the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment in 1915 and serve on the Western Front, where he worked his way up from Private to acting Captain. Severely wounded at Passchendaele in 1917, Dean’s account of the battle for ‘Tower Hamlets’ is a gripping account of the horror of trench warfare. Dean also served in World War II as a senior officer in the Pioneer Corps. He witnessed the fall of France in 1940 and claimed to be the last British soldier to escape from Boulogne. His frank account of the evacuation challenges some cherished conceptions and is very critical of the conduct of the Welsh Guards in particular. Terry Crowdy was granted complete access to Dean’s private letters and diaries, never previously published, adding additional notes and material from official reports to give the reader context. The result is a moving, often amusing and inspiring portrait of a hero of two world wars. [From publisher’s note]

• Keywords: Biography & Literary Criticism · History · Military · Naval & Military History
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9781848841581
• Inventory Number: 90478AB

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