BBC News - SAS war diary: The SAS secret hidden since World War II It looks quite impressive - I wonder if there is a 'Kew' to copy it
BBC News - SAS war diary: The SAS secret hidden since World War II It looks quite impressive - I wonder if there is a 'Kew' to copy it Very droll! :p
Mentioned on the 6 o'clock news, looks like a nice chunky book. Will they make it a general release book one wonders
Yes, it's a special diary, but I wonder how many copies they will sell at these prices? "There are a number of different Editions you can buy THE ANNIVERSARY EDITION £975 THE SERVICES EDITION £975 and four Signed Editions THE NAVIGATOR'S EDITION £1750 THE VETERAN'S EDITION £1750 The Editions listed above are packaged in a double walled carton and surrounded with a dense foam to keep each volume safe from damage. delivery in the UK is £25 delivery to mainland Europe is £50 delivery to the Channel Islands £55 delivery to the USA and Canada is £100 delivery to Australia and New Zealand is £125 THE ORIGINALS EDITION £2500 THE VICTORIA CROSS EDITION £2500 The Originals and Victoria Cross Editions are despatched in their presentation ammunition boxes, protected by a cardboard sleeve. Delivery and packaging is included in the price of these Editions."
Yes, it's a special diary, but I wonder how many copies they will sell at these prices? "There are a number of different Editions you can buy THE ANNIVERSARY EDITION £975 THE SERVICES EDITION £975 and four Signed Editions THE NAVIGATOR'S EDITION £1750 THE VETERAN'S EDITION £1750 The Editions listed above are packaged in a double walled carton and surrounded with a dense foam to keep each volume safe from damage. delivery in the UK is £25 delivery to mainland Europe is £50 delivery to the Channel Islands £55 delivery to the USA and Canada is £100 delivery to Australia and New Zealand is £125 THE ORIGINALS EDITION £2500 THE VICTORIA CROSS EDITION £2500 The Originals and Victoria Cross Editions are despatched in their presentation ammunition boxes, protected by a cardboard sleeve. Delivery and packaging is included in the price of these Editions." Blimey!! think I'll wait till it comes out in paperback Seriously, though who pockets all this cash? does some go to forces charities?
Blimey!! think I'll wait till it comes out in paperback :biggrin: If that was a BEF related diary with a similiar significant content I'd buy one ...... Eventually
Many of the actual war diary entries are available at Kew - I have the French campaign entries, which are not in the same format as the usual war diaries, what makes this interesting are the many SAS photographs included. They would probably have made more cash with a special edition costing about £100 - that is probably the next stage of the money raising plan!
In recent years signed editions have brought higher prices. Just look at the numerous books written by the "Band of Brother' veterans of Company E, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division. Even with the SAS photographs contained in this diary, it's still very hard to justify paying these sort of prices. As stated by RemeDesertRat, are the proceeds going to some sort of SAS charity?
BBC News - SAS war diary: The SAS secret hidden since World War II After two years of negotiation it's now being reproduced and published for the first time to mark the 70th anniversary of the SAS. Limited numbers will go on sale at £975 each, with most of the proceeds going to the [SAS Regimental] association.
I bought the diary on friday as soon as I heard about it. I just happen to work a few tube stops away from the guy taking the sales calls. I paid my dues and went up to collect from his house. He told me I was the first to actually get my hands on it. Anyways - the diary is rather large and heavy and of exceptional quality (handmade, leather bound, heavy paper). My copy is numbered 49/1000 - I got the Services edition which has an extra chapter in the back. It really is as incredible as people are saying.
I bought the diary on friday as soon as I heard about it. I just happen to work a few tube stops away from the guy taking the sales calls. I paid my dues and went up to collect from his house. He told me I was the first to actually get my hands on it. Anyways - the diary is rather large and heavy and of exceptional quality (handmade, leather bound, heavy paper). My copy is numbered 49/1000 - I got the Services edition which has an extra chapter in the back. It really is as incredible as people are saying. Feel free to photograph the pages and post them here
I bought the diary on friday as soon as I heard about it. I just happen to work a few tube stops away from the guy taking the sales calls. I paid my dues and went up to collect from his house. He told me I was the first to actually get my hands on it. Anyways - the diary is rather large and heavy and of exceptional quality (handmade, leather bound, heavy paper). My copy is numbered 49/1000 - I got the Services edition which has an extra chapter in the back. It really is as incredible as people are saying. My grandad william (bill) whittaker serial 1454839 was in SAS 2. Are there any references to him? Doubt there will be but to read the missions will be amazon when my copy arrives on 8-10 wks
My grandad william (bill) whittaker serial 1454839 was in SAS 2. Are there any references to him? Doubt there will be but to read the missions will be amazon when my copy arrives on 8-10 wks Is this your Grandad fourth row down, second in on the left? Special Forces - Roll Of Honour - Gallery - 2 SAS (3 Squadron) group and two more pics with a Bill Whittaker in. Special Forces - Roll Of Honour - Gallery - 2 SAS (3 Squadron) group Special Forces - Roll Of Honour - Gallery - 2 SAS (3 Squadron) group
Found a photo with 4 men around a donkey...an Ian Lorley, Whitaker, Spud and Chalky White. Operation Galia. Donkey nicknamed "Mussolini". Another reference to a Whittaker under Operation Tombola. There's also a good picture of 2 SAS in September 1945 but with no names underneath. Another photo later in the book has 2 SAS in it with names...has a PCT Whittaker - picture below.
Found a photo with 4 men around a donkey...an Ian Lorley, Whitaker, Spud and Chalky White. Operation Galia. Donkey nicknamed "Mussolini". Another reference to a Whittaker under Operation Tombola. There's also a good picture of 2 SAS in September 1945 but with no names underneath. Another photo later in the book has 2 SAS in it with names...has a PCT Whittaker - picture below. Operations Galia and Tombola are the subject of a new book "SAS in Tuscany" written by Brian Lett, son of Gordon Lett who after escaping from Italian PoW camp spent the next three years in the Rossano valley leading the local partisans
Operations Galia and Tombola are the subject of a new book "SAS in Tuscany" written by Brian Lett, son of Gordon Lett who after escaping from Italian PoW camp spent the next three years in the Rossano valley leading the local partisans That would be this book then SAS In Tuscany 1943-45 by Brian Lett While always dangerous and daring, SAS operations are by no means invariably successful and when they go wrong, they do so very badly. This point is well made in SAS in Tuscany 1943-1945 which describes three such operations in enemy-occupied Italy during the latter half of the Second World War. Speedwell 2, the first of the three, saw six men drop blind into Northern Tuscany on 8 September 1943, which was by chance the day of the Italian Armistice. But, with no radios or air-to-ground support their courageous three week operation ended in disaster; four members were captured and executed and only one successfully ex-filtrated after an epic journey lasting seven months. The second and third operations, Galia (winter 1944/1945) and Blimey (April 1945), provided contrasting results. Galia, involving thirty-four men led by Captain Walker-Brown, tied up many thousands of enemy troops for nearly two months under extreme winter conditions - an extraordinary achievement, thanks in measure to cooperation with an SOE mission led by Major Gordon Lett, the author's father. Operation Blimey sadly achieved little before being caught up in the Allied advance. The reasons for the success and failure of these two operations are carefully analysed. Thanks to the Author's research into these little known operations and his detailed knowledge of the area, SAS in Tuscany 1943 - 45 is a significant addition to the bibliography of SAS operation in the Second World War. Price £15.99. Copies may be purchased from http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/SAS-In-Tuscany-1943-45/p/3164/
