Charlie's War - Memoirs of a 'Linseed Lancer'

'Charlie's War' is the 'war diary' of the late Charles Simms, Sheffield Councillor and J.P., who enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps in WWII, took part in the D-Day landings on 'Gold' Beach at Arromanches, was present at the liberation of Paris, and saw the devastation of Germany. He returned to France in 1994 for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the landings, where he was proud to receive the Liberation Medal from the Mayor of Caen. The R.A.M.C. was given the nickname 'The Linseed Lancers' in the Great War of 1914-18, as they administered linseed oil to men with stomach and intestinal wounds to help their digestive systems. This book, illustrated throughout, will be of interest to military historians and readers who enjoy the oral history of that titanic conflict.
 
'Charlie's War' is the 'war diary' of the late Charles Simms, Sheffield Councillor and J.P., who enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps in WWII, took part in the D-Day landings on 'Gold' Beach at Arromanches, was present at the liberation of Paris, and saw the devastation of Germany. He returned to France in 1994 for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the landings, where he was proud to receive the Liberation Medal from the Mayor of Caen. The R.A.M.C. was given the nickname 'The Linseed Lancers' in the Great War of 1914-18, as they administered linseed oil to men with stomach and intestinal wounds to help their digestive systems. This book, illustrated throughout, will be of interest to military historians and readers who enjoy the oral history of that titanic conflict.