The Real 'Dad's Army : The War Diaries of Lt. Col. Rodney Foster

Foster S Rodney

ISBN 10: 0670919829 / ISBN 13: 9780670919826

Published by Viking, UK, 2011

About this Item

Here, for the first time, is the full inside story of the Home Guard, the ragtag volunteer army that defended the coast of Britain from German invasion during the Second World War. Colonel Rodney Foster joined the Home Guard in 1940 and kept a diary every day - a highly illegal act at the time - and in it meticulously chronicled his service in the real Dad's Army. A good , clean and tight copy.

Seller Inventory # 04263

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Real 'Dad's Army : The War Diaries of Lt. Col. Rodney Foster
• Publisher: Viking, UK
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670919829
• ISBN 13: 9780670919826
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Book by Rodney Foster

About the Author

Shaun Sewell is an avid antique dealer and social historian who brought the world of Thomas Cairns Livingstone to life when his diaries were published in 2008 and 2010. His next find was the diaries of Lt. Col. Rodney Foster who paints a rare picture of life in WWII through the eyes of the Home Guard platoon and company leader on the Kentish coastline. Shaun bought the diaries through an online auction in 2008 and was captivated by the dramatic accounts of this real life Dad's Army's Captain Mainwaring. Shaun lives and works in Northumberland. Rodney Foster was born in India in 1882 and spent his career in the Indian Army. In his retirement he went with his wife and daughter to live in Saltwood, near Hythe on the Kent coastline. Here in 1940 he enrolled in the Home Guard. He died in 1962.