Guardsman and Commando is Cyril Feebery's memoir of his service with the British Army between 1937 and 1945.&nbsp;Cyril Feebery served with the Grenadier Guards in the British Expeditionary Force, was evacuated wounded from Dunkirk, completed Commando training in Scotland and joined the Middle East Commando (Layforce).&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;On the disbandment of Layforce, he joined the Folboat Section, later to be known as the Special Boat Section, and trained as a canoeist under Captain Roger Keyes VC to conduct commando operations from submarines.&nbsp;When the SBS was later absorbed into the Special Air Service (SAS), Feebery took part in raids on Benghazi and Tripoli.&nbsp;With the recreation of the Special Boat Squadron (SBS), Feebery served as Squadron Sergeant Major under Major the Earl Jellicoe.&nbsp;He has captured by Italian forces after a raid on airfields in Sardinia, and later escaped from a Prisoner of War camp in Italy to regain the Allied side.Written and edited by his relation, this is based on an unpublished manuscript Cyril wrote himself after the war.&nbsp;After recovering from malaria, Feebery became Squadron Sergeant Major, Headquarters Squadron, 1st SAS Regiment in 1944.&nbsp;He participated in SAS operations in the Dijon area of France, then in Northern France and Belgium.&nbsp;The manuscript concludes with SAS operations to obtain the surrender of German occupation forces in Norway, 1945.

Guardsman and Commando (The War Memoirs of RSM Cyril Feebery DCM RM 1937-45) PDF

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