White Knees Brown Knees. Suez Canal Zone 1951 - 1954 ,The Forgotten Years"

Douglas James Findlay

ISBN 10: 0905389018 / ISBN 13: 9780905389011

Edité par Discover Press, Edinburgh, 2003

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Hardcover. First Edition. White Knees Brown Knees. Suez Canal Zone 1951-1954. The Forgotten Years. Signed by the author with a message to previous owner. Introductions by Sir Jock Kennedy and Acker Bilk. When Douglas Findlay signed on for a three-year stint in the service of King and Country, he had visions of being stationed at Kinross near his Edinburgh home and dazzling the city's girls as one of the Brycream boys. The Ministry of Defence had other ideas. Soon he found himself fighting wind-blasted sand, searing sun, marouding mosquitoes and hostile inhabitants who wanted Douglas out of Egypt at as much as he did. Imperfect record though it is, this book is the result of years of assiduous research, and the author gladly acknowledges the help of hundreds of Canal Zone veterans in piecing together a truer picture oof one of Britain's less-glorious military deployments. Illustrated. 287 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: White Knees Brown Knees. Suez Canal Zone 1951 - 1954 ,The Forgotten Years"
• Éditeur: Discover Press, Edinburgh
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0905389018
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780905389011
• Reliure: Cloth
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Signé: By Author
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Military History and War

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Synopsis

When Doug Findlay signed on at the recruiting office in Edinburgh in 1951 he had ions of a local posting and wowing the ladies as one of the RAF s Brylcreem boys. Instead, he found himself combatting sandstorms, mosquitoes and murderous Egyptians who wanted Doug and his fellow Brits out of the Suez C Zone as much as they wanted to go home. White Knees Brown Knees, his account of a lowly erk s part in defending the C, is guaranteed to raise many a smile, especially from anyone who ever buffed a barrackroom or billet floor. But the book also has a serious side. Its Roll of Honour records a death toll of over 1,100 and shows why the Government had to do a u-turn and award the medal Suez veterans should have had half a century ago.