Fifth army general sir

The Fifth Army by General Sir Hubert Gough A first edition hardcover published by Hodder & stoughton in 1931 Blue cover boards with gold writing to the spine & animal impression on spine & front cover in red, chipping & tears to extremities of spine, internal binding is tight & strong, foxing & agecolouring to pages. The previous book owner was was Major K P Apthorp of the Royal Irish who lived in South Africa, he has signed on the front flyleaf. There is also a newscutting from the Sunday Times of Johannesburg dated January 24th 1932 concerning the author & his book. A good solid reading copy. Postage within South Africa will be R30-00 Overseas buyers can contact us for a postal quote  

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1994 first edition hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.  A thick book of 709 pages.  R55 postage in SA or R60 courier to most bigger cities. Sir Edward Dunlop, or 'Weary' as many knew him, became a hero to thousands of prisoners of war on the Burma-Thailand 'Death Railway' during World War II. When the War broke out he took charge of a surgical team at St. Mary's, Paddington in the Emergency Medical Service, then joined the Australian Army and served in Palestine, Egypt, Greece, Crete and North Africa. In 1942 he sailed with his medical unit to Java and elected to be captured with the Allied General Hospital he began there. During more than three years as a prisoner of war, his gift for organizing vast hospital camps in Java and on the railway in Thailand, his courage, compassion and determination to get men home alive, made him a legend in his lifetime. Had his frank diaries of captivity been found by the Japanese, he would have been beheaded. Returning to Australia in 1945, Weary dedicated his life to caring for former Allied prisoners of war. Sadly he died before this biography, written with his full cooperation, could be published.

 The Illustrated London News (9 September 1944)- Allied Landings at Normandy   Please note: THE FIRST TWO PAGES ARE LOOSE AND ONE SEGMENT OF AN  INTERIOR PAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED. The item is in a FAIRLY GOOD CONDITION, retaining all the major articles and diagramma mentioned. Age and general use must be considered. Content in publication: VICTOR OF THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY, SIR BERNARD MONTGOMERY- ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS PROMOTION TO FIELD-MARSHALL MENTION OF JAN CHRISTIAAN SMUTS AS A FIELD-MARSHALL AS OF 24 MAY 1941 MILITARY MAP DETAILING THE SHRINKING BORDERS OF THE THIRD REICH AS WESTERN ALLIES AND RUSSIANS ADVANCE THE LIBERATION OF PARIS BY AMERICAN FORCES NEVER BEFORE SEEN PHOTOS OF BRITISH AND CANADIAN TROOPS CROSSING THE SEINE ARTICLE FEATURING THE BATTLE OF FRANCE- LIBERATION OF ROUEN DIAGRAMMA DEPICTING THE EFFECTS OF THE GERMAN V2 FLYING BOMB LIBERATION OF ROMANIA BY THE RED ARMY IMAGES OF THE WARSAW UPRISING IN POLAND Featured personalities: GERMAN COMMANDANT OF PARIS, GENERAL VON CHOLTITZ V.C. AWARDED TO RAF F/O J.A. CRUICKSHANK DEATH OF GERMAN FIELD-MARSHALL VON KLUGE WINSTON CHURCHILL   NB: NO FOREIGN BIDDERS NO PERSONAL COLLECTION OF ITEMS PAYMENT TO BE MADE WITHIN 48 HOURS COURIER IS BY POSTNET COUNTER-TO-COUNTER.