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Happy Odyssey by Adrian Carton de Wiart (Paperback, 2007)

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ISBN-13: 9781844155392, 978-1844155392. He, himself, 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. (Churchill was a great admirer.).

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Adrian Carton de Wiart's autobiography is one of the most remarkable of military memoirs. He was the son of a Belgian barrister, Leon Constant Ghislain Carton de Wiart (1854-1915). He, himself, 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. He abandoned the law for all time on 14 September 1901 when he received a direct commission in the 4th Dragoon Guards. Carton de Wiart's extraordinary military career embraced service with the Somaliland Camel Corps (1914-15), liaison officer with Polish forces (1939), membership of the British Military Mission to Yugoslavia (1941), a period as a prisoner of war (1941-43), and three years as Churchill's representative to Chiang Kai-shek (1943-46). (Churchill was a great admirer.) During the Great War, besides commanding the 8th Glosters, Carton de Wiart was GOC 12 Brigade (1917) and GOC 105 Brigade (April 1918). Both these command were terminated by wounds. He was wounded eight times during the war (including the loss of an eye and a hand), won the VC during the Battle of the Somme, was mentioned in despatches six times, and was the model for Brigadier Ben Ritchie Hook in the Sword of Honour trilogy of Evelyn Waugh. SELLING POINTS: Adrian Carton de Wiart's autobiography is one of the most remarkable of military memoirs. He was wounded eight times during the war (including the loss of one eye and a hand), won the VC during the Battle of the Somme, was mentioned in dispatches six times.

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Pen & Sword Books LTD
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9781844155392
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Author
Adrian Carton De Wiart
Publication Name
Happy Odyssey
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Government
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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234mm
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156mm

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Adrian Carton De Wiart
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Biographies & True Stories
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United Kingdom

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by tod9marsh24 Nov, 2017
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The book is very interesting from a military aspect but Sir Adrian is such a modest man he did not mention his awards , made light of his many injuries , it is an easy read and I learnt a lot from it and would recommend it as an insight to how this man made light of his disabilities and made a great contribution to the war effort when lesser men would have sat back and watched the wars take their natural course an example to us all Glad I read it.
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by djbhunt9503 Nov, 2021
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Fascinating life of a great soldier WWI / WW2 -recommended read. DB
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by malco-linda28 Dec, 2016
War straight from the horses mouth
I bought these books for my son and he hasn't shut up about them. Glad he loves the book but I should have ordered ear plugs.
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