The Southern Upland Way is Britain’s first
coast-to-coast long-distance trail. The 212 mile route
cuts across the land from Portpatrick in the south east of
Scotland, to Cockburnspath on the North Sea. When Neil
Griffiths, a 43 year old press officer, recruited four
serving Gurkhas to trek the route as fundraisers for the
Gurkha Welfare Trust, he had no idea that the guidebooks
had declared it not ‘really charity walk terrain’. Three
of the men came from the Everest area and the fourth from
Annapurna. These are not the type of men to whom you say
‘there’s a big hill ahead’ without meeting wry smiles. The
author weaves into the story the links with the Gurkhas,
who have served the British for nearly two hundred years.
New in card cover - 192pp, numerous
b/w illustrations
"Being Rough Notes of an Old Soldier" arranged and
edited by his kinsman, Brian Stuart. The memoirs of
service in the British Army in the Peninsular and Crimean
Wars. Serving with the 34th, Bell saw action at Badajos,
Salamanca, the liberation of Madrid, Vittoria, Nivelle,
and Toulouse. Canada/America in the 1812 War. He also served
in the Crimean War including Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman.
He visited America during the Civil War.
An account of the author's WWII service in the German
Army. He served in the Low Countries, France, and Russia
and was captured in 1944 by US forces near Soissons. He
was held as a POW in the US before his release in 1946 and
then spent 18 months in England before returning to
Germany.
Very good in d/w - xiii + 394pp, 25
photos, notes, bibliography, index
An examination of the concept and technique of
Blitzkrieg. The author looks at how it was deployed
against opposing forces and the campaigns in Russia and
Poland as well as the dash across Belgium and France. The
book includes more than 400 photographs, many from the
Imperial War Museum Photographic Archive.
Good in d/w - large format, 176pp, 400 +
photos, index
A pictorial history of the last 45 days of the War in
Europe, 1945, with particular reference to the operations
of 21st Army Group and Operation "Varsity". This was the
airborne operation to gain a foothold across the Rhine in
as a part of Operation Plunder. It involved two divisions
and 1,700 transport aircraft - the single largest airborne
drop in history.
