Author: Kenneally, John Patrick,
Title: KENNEALLY VC.
Description: Kenwood, Huddersfield, 1991, 1st edn., paperback, [iv], 204pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., London Gazette extract in facsimile in text, errata slip loosely inserted, large format (11.5 x 5.5 inches approx.), pictorial upper wrapper, the memoirs of a deserter from the Royal Artillery, the alleged illegitimate son of a Manchester Jew, who took a false name and joined the Irish Guards, serving in North Africa and winning the Victoria Cross for his actions in the defence against counter-attack of The Bou in April 1943, a strategic vantage point necessary for the taking of Tunis. He was wounded after a further action a few days later and again when he was involved in the assault on Anzio in January 1944. Repatriated he was invested with his medal by the king, involved in recruit training and posted to Germany as part of the occupying force in 1945, joined the 1st (Guards) Parachute Battalion and served in Palestine until the final British withdrawal in 1948 before finally buying himself out of the army, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

Keywords: war ww2 army royal artillery irish guards north africa tunisia bou anzio vc investiture germany parachute battalion palestine kibbutz british mandate vf44


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