Charlie Company: In Service with C Company 2nd Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1940-1944 - Softcover

Peter Cochrane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1862273650 ISBN 13: 9781862273658

Publisher: The History Press, 2007

Synopsis

Of the many books about the last war, some offer the general's view of an entire battlefield, others have been individual experiences or divisional histories. "Charlie Company" is something original, the story of a rifle company of the Cameron Highlanders whose record of service in the Western Desert, Eritrea, and throughout the Italian campaign fully deserves this tribute to their courage and endurance. Peter Cochrane joined the company as a young platoon commander in 1940. He won an MC in their first action in Libya, and followed this with a DSO for his part in the grim assault on Keren. Badly wounded there, he missed the disaster at Tobruk, but was back as company commander at Monte Cassino and afterwards for the long haul up Italy. From his own experience he has told the remarkable story of a small group of soldiers of whom any country would be proud. The stresses and horrors of war are there, but so is the humour and the wonderful spirit of men whose morale was somehow sustained to the very end. It is a deeply moving book.

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About the Author

Peter Cochrane was educated at Loretto and Wadham College, Oxford, where his studies were interrupted by the outbreak of war. He enlisted in the army and served with the Cameron Highlanders. After the war he was a partner in Chatto & Windus, the publishers, and has since been with Butler & Tanner, the printers. He is the author of Dr Johnson's Printer: A Life of William Strahan. He is married and lives in Wiltshire.

About this edition

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1862273650
• ISBN 13: 9781862273658
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 178