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PARLOUR, ANDY & SUE: : PHANTOM AT WAR: The British Army's Secret Intelligence & Communication Regiment of WWII

UK.BRISTOL,AVON.CERBERUS PUBLISHING LTD.,,2003.

ISBN 1841451185.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Though a UK publisher, book printed and bound in Malta.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,superimposed contemporary b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with b/w lettering to front and spine/ backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix -xipp+2- 340pp [paginated] includes author's acknowledgements,a foreword by Sir Robert Mark GBE,Kt,QPM (Commissioner Metropolitan Police, 1972-77; wartime service as Lt. in the regiment),with author's introduction to recto of foreword,28 chapters,32pp contemporary b/w photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp52/3,pp116/17,pp180/1 and pp244/45 respectively,appendices (1-3),a select bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title with Regiment's founder's b/w portrait photograph (Lt Col George Frederick Hopkinson) to verso,title page,epigraph (Kipling) and dedication page,and contents list/table with acknowledgements to reverse. See also my book ID rja22326,for an out-of-print title (KIMBER,UK) of this Regiment's history. This is the story of perhaps one of the British Army's least known regiments of WW2 - The General Headquarters Liaison Regiment,code-named PHANTOM. Every commander in the field or at rear headquarters needs to have up to the minute information on the progress of the battle to enable him to plan his strategy.Communication, or lack of it,can sometimes decide the outcome. One man had the foresight and inspirational thinking to realise this. Lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Hopkinson served in France and Belgium in 1939/40 with the British Expeditionary Force until he was evacuated from Dunkirk.His experiences convinced him of the need for a special communication service. Immediately on his return to England,Hopkinson wasted no time in presenting his ideas to the War Office and the Ministry of Defence,and,with their approval,the General Headquarters Liaison Regiment, PHANTOM,was born. PHANTOM was to serve in many theatres of WW2,in Greece,North Africa,Italy and the Mediterranean,and its role was to be of paramount importance in the liberation of Europe.When General Urquart was trapped at Arnhem in September 1944,it was the PHANTOM radio patrol serving with him that provided the only radio link to the outside world.This elite regiment worked with all the Allied forces and a special PHANTOM squadron served with the SAS behind enemey lines. This book is about the men of PHANTOM and the memories of some of those who served in this elite regiment,both officers and other ranks. Some of the reminiscences are funny,some are sad,but hopefully the readers wuill enjoy reading the stories as much as the writers did writing them. Many of those who served with PHANTOM wnet on to achieve distinction in public life after the war. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. q52.NAVAL/MILITARY.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 1841451185.Dunkirk_WW2.WW2 Special Regiments. Dieppe_commandos.Arnhem_Airborne.Private Armies. 6th Airborne Division.Operation Overlord. Operation Market Garden.Phantom Sqdns,A-L. Taranto.British Army_WW2_Regimental history. Books new,used,signed,rare.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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