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11/12/2007 19:05:29
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unknowncommandos
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I found this article in The Times.
Unbelievable.
I bet this would make a nice little addition to a newsletter and make a few people laugh.
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11/12/2007 22:21:05
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John M
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Hi
There is a book written about this escapade:
The Amateur Commandos
By Raymond Foxall
Published 1980
Hale
Humorous read and quite tragic in the end.
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John M
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12/12/2007 00:11:27
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steph
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HELLO
It's strange, i've got the book " The Fighting Fourth " by Jimmy DUNNING, open at the page 98/99. And this is about Peter KING and Cuthbertson.
stéphane
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12/12/2007 00:13:33
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steph
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John
Do you know if the book : The Amateur Commandos
where we could buy it ?
stéphane
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12/12/2007 09:40:51
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unknowncommandos
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Ah so they are famous. Were there any other men who tried to do the same thing?
Steve.
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12/12/2007 20:43:53
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John M
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Hello Steph
It is quite a rare book...........and very hard to get a hold of........I have several Book Dealer friends .........would you like me to try and source it for you?
It will be no trouble at all.
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John M
You could also try online but I think you will be very lucky to get it.
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12/12/2007 20:56:13
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John M
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Hello Steve
Well one was fairly famous. Sgt King was later Commissioned into the Commandos served in the Lovat Scouts was awarded an MC and was recommended for the VC and was awarded the DSO as a Captain and ended up a Major.
He was tragically killed in a road accident in 1962.
Cuthbertson ended up as Deputy Lord Mayor of Tyne And Wear Council and later was a very successful businessman.
The old Commando spirit hey :D
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JohnM
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16/05/2009 18:50:11
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MBrockway
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Also the subject of a recent film loosely based on their exploits: Two Men Went To War.
The script takes a few liberties: King, who was reportedly 27 in 1942, is portrayed as a grizzled WW1 veteran, wounded at Passchendaele while changing the tyre on a staff car; and they become involved by coincidence in a Parachute Regiment raid on a Nazi radar station, loosely based on the Bruneval Raid.
Quite a good fun film nonetheless.
Cheers,
Mark
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