Special Forces Commander
The Life and Wars of Peter Wand-Tetley OBE MC Commando, SAS, SOE and Paratrooper
Published on 31. January 2020
240 pages
978-1-78159-932-7 (ISBN)
Description
Early in the Second World War, Peter Wand-Tetley volunteered for special service. He saw action first with the newly formed Commandos raiding the North African coast and then in the fierce fighting on Crete. Operations with the LRDG in the Western Desert were followed by SAS actions as Rommel retreated to Tunis. Remarkably he then transferred to the Special Operations Executive and was parachuted blind into enemy occupied Greece in 1943. His role was to train and equip Andarte guerillas and his contribution and courage were recognized by the award of an immediate MC.Following victory in Europe he sailed with the Parachute Regiment to Javo where he fought in the counter-insurgency war.As well as describing his exemplary war record, Special Forces Commander covers Wand-Tetleys early life (he was a superb marksman) and his career post war in the turbulent days of the end of Empire.
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Michael Scott
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Michael Scott is a writer, photographer, consultant, cruise ship lecturer and occasional radio broadcaster on a wide range of natural history subjects. He has a degree in botany, and a particular interest in Scottish, arctic and alpine wild flowers. He also shares an interest in Scottish sea life with his marine biologist wife, Sue Scott. He is a former Deputy Chairman of Scottish Natural Heritage, the government conservation agency in Scotland and a former Chairman of Scottish Environment Link. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Plantlife International, the wild plant conservation charity. He was awarded an OBE in 2005 for services to biodiversity conservation in Scotland.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- By the same author
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Preface
- Prologue - Behind Enemy Lines
- Chapter 1 - A Martial Upbringing
- Family
- Marlborough College
- South Africa
- Cambridge University
- The Honourable Artillery Company and Officer Training
- The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)
- Notes
- Chapter 2 - Army Commando
- Special Service Volunteer
- Layforce
- Operation CORDITE
- Raid on Bardia
- Crete
- Disbandment of Layforce
- Middle East Commando
- Long Range Desert Group
- 1st Special Service Regiment
- Notes
- Chapter 3 - SAS Officer
- 1st SAS Regiment
- Stirling's Capture and the Last Days of the Desert War
- Notes
- Chapter 4 - SOE Agent
- PART 1
- PART 2
- PART 3
- Notes
- Chapter 5 - Paratrooper
- 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion
- Destination: the Far East
- Notes
- Chapter 6 - Colonial Service
- Nigeria
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Seychelles and St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
- Seychelles (once more)
- Caribbean
- Home from the Hill
- Notes
- Glossary, Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Bibliography
- Index
- INDEX OF OPERATIONAL CODENAMES
