Author: Timpson, Alastair with Gibson-Watt, Andrew,
Title: IN ROMMEL'S BACKYARD - A Memoir of the Long Range Desert Group.
Description: Pen and Sword, Barnsley, 2010, paperback, xxii inc. 3 double page maps and Glossary, 182pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, Alastair Timpson belonged to that generation of young men who were propelled straight from boarding school into the Second World War, inured from quite an early age to discomfort, discipline, indifferent food and absence from home, it appeared an effortless transition from peace of their upbringing to the dangers of front line soldering via the Scots Guards and into the Long Range Desert Group, the most romantic of special force units, with all the daring, dash and incredible feats of endurance and navigation deep behind enemy lines they were the eyes and ears of the Eighth Army, road-watching and reporting enemy movement; they destroyed enemy aircraft, supply dumps and vehicles; and transported other special forces and agents to their objectives. Fortunately the author kept a meticulous record of all his activities and after his death it was offered for publication, fine,

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