The Resource Vintage Roger : letters from the POW years, Roger Mortimer ; edited by Charlie Mortimer
Vintage Roger : letters from the POW years, Roger Mortimer ; edited by Charlie Mortimer
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The item Vintage Roger : letters from the POW years, Roger Mortimer ; edited by Charlie Mortimer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Westminster Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- In 1930, 21-year-old Roger Mortimer was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards, and would spend the next 8 years stationed at Chelsea Barracks. He lived a fairly leisurely existence, with his parents' house in Cadogan Gardens a stone's throw away, and pleasant afternoons were whiled away at the racecourse or a members' club. Things got a little hairy in Palestine in 1938, when Roger, now a captain, found himself amidst the action in the Arab Uprising. While fighting the Germans in 1940, Roger was knocked unconscious by a shell explosion. Upon waking he found that he was now a PoW. Thus began a period of incarceration that would last 5 long years, and which for Roger there seemed no conceivable end in sight. This account tells of Roger's years in the Coldstream Guards and is followed by a collection of letters he wrote to his good friend Peggy Dunne from May 1940 to late 1944
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 182 pages
- Note
- Originally published: 2020
- Isbn
- 9781472132239
- Label
- Vintage Roger : letters from the POW years
- Title
- Vintage Roger
- Title remainder
- letters from the POW years
- Statement of responsibility
- Roger Mortimer ; edited by Charlie Mortimer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1930, 21-year-old Roger Mortimer was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards, and would spend the next 8 years stationed at Chelsea Barracks. He lived a fairly leisurely existence, with his parents' house in Cadogan Gardens a stone's throw away, and pleasant afternoons were whiled away at the racecourse or a members' club. Things got a little hairy in Palestine in 1938, when Roger, now a captain, found himself amidst the action in the Arab Uprising. While fighting the Germans in 1940, Roger was knocked unconscious by a shell explosion. Upon waking he found that he was now a PoW. Thus began a period of incarceration that would last 5 long years, and which for Roger there seemed no conceivable end in sight. This account tells of Roger's years in the Coldstream Guards and is followed by a collection of letters he wrote to his good friend Peggy Dunne from May 1940 to late 1944
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1909-1991
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mortimer, Roger
- Dewey number
-
- 940.5'472'092
- 940.5'472'092
- 940.5472092
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Mortimer, Charlie
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Mortimer, Roger
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Prisoners of war
- Warfare and Defence
- Label
- Vintage Roger : letters from the POW years, Roger Mortimer ; edited by Charlie Mortimer
- Note
- Originally published: 2020
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781472132239
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 182 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472132239
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Label
- Vintage Roger : letters from the POW years, Roger Mortimer ; edited by Charlie Mortimer
- Note
- Originally published: 2020
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781472132239
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 182 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472132239
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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