Diary of a Desert Rat & the Battle of El Alamein

Diary of a Desert Rat & the Battle of El Alamein

by John Harris and Mary Berry
Publication Date: 01/09/2016

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This is the exact text of a Diary kept (against Regulations) by Private John Harris whilst with the 8th Army in North Africa during World War 11.


It includes his experiences at the famous battle of El Alamein.


Among the drama of the battlefield he pauses for lighter moments such as the description of members of another Company working behind enemy lines who managed to capture, of all things, some Camels 'but on finding they were a bit fierce let them go again'.


The Diary comences in April 1942 with a voyage around Africa and up the Red Sea to join his Company, the concluding entries are made two and a half years later after the landing in Italy.


The photos are some of the many he brought back with him from his travels, along with the contemporary newspaper cuttings he so carefully pasted into his Diary.


To facilitate reading chapters have been created, and a few comments and explanations added in italics.

ISBN:
1230000149961
1230000149961
Category:
Biography: historical
Publication Date:
01-09-2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
Mary Berry
John Harris

John Harris is the Principal Zoologist of Wildlife Experiences, an ecological consultancy and wildlife tourism business. He worked as a teacher for nearly 20 years before branching out into a career that encompassed his lifelong passion for nature and education. He works as an ecological consultant on projects across Australia as well as leading tours to see Australia's unique flora and fauna.

Mary Berry

Mary Berry is the nation's favourite baker and author of over 70 books, including the bestselling Mary Berry Cooks, Mary Berry's Absolute Favourites, Mary Berry At Home and Mary Berry’s Baking Bible. She was the much-loved judge on the BBC's The Great British Bake Off and has been teaching the nation to cook for over four decades.

Cordon Bleu trained in Paris, Mary began her career as a magazine cookery editor before publishing her first cookery book in 1966. Mary is also an AGA expert and taught AGA masterclasses for many years from her home with Lucy Young.

In 2009 Mary was awarded the highly coveted Guild of Food Writers Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2012 she was made a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

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