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In den Warenkorbhardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Photograph available on request.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: SPCK Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2023
ISBN 10: 0281086915 ISBN 13: 9780281086917
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Very Good. Eighty years after his death in a Japanese prison camp, this compelling new biography charts the career of a distinguished but hitherto neglected hero of the British army. Major-General Merton Beckwith-Smith DSO, MC commanded the British 18th Division during the catastrophic Fall of Singapore in February 1942. A highly respected and much decorated veteran of the First World War, he was captured along with tens of thousands of other soldiers - British, Indian, Australian, and Malay - who were then held prisoner on Singapore Island. Amidst hunger, disease and widespread despair in Changi, over the next six months he rallied the spirits of his soldiers, created a make-shift university and theatre, and helped to inspire a remarkable renewal of collective church life. At the same time, he improved conditions for hospital patients and encouraged sports and other recreations. While the fate of many of the men he led was to toil, and often die, on the infamous Burma Railway, Beckwith-Smith was exiled to Karenko Camp, Formosa (present-day Taiwan), where, mistreated and malnourished, he died of diphtheria and heart failure on 11 November 1942. Beckwith-Smith, was the most senior British officer to end his life as a prisoner of war in the Far East. Yet until now he has been a strangely forgotten warrior. Based on exclusive access to family archives, and drawing on an array of other eye-witness accounts, Michael Snape's richly detailed biography brings to an end that neglect. The result is a story that offers vivid insights into one man's experience of two world wars, while also revealing why he was so admired by his fellow officers and by the ordinary soldiers who served under him. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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In den WarenkorbHRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Zustand: New. 2023. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Anbieter: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Vereinigtes Königreich
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 256 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.34 inches. In Stock.
Anbieter: Majestic Books, Hounslow, Vereinigtes Königreich
EUR 50,16
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In den WarenkorbZustand: New.
Zustand: New. Über den AutorMichael Snape is the Michael Ramsey Professor of Anglican Studies at Durham University, and Britain s leading authority on faith and the military. His previous books include God and the British Soldier, The Royal Ar.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge Jun 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 0281086915 ISBN 13: 9780281086917
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - First full-scale biography of the most senior English soldier to die in a prisoner of war camp during the Second World War, revealing the courage, faith and fortitude of an unjustly forgotten hero of the British army.