Connell, G. G., — JACK'S WAR - Lower-deck recollections from World War ll.
Crecy Books, Bristol, 1995, revised edn., 236pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, the author joined the London Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as an ordinary seaman in the 1930s and served in a cruiser and two destroyers during WW2. He continued in the Reserve for a total of 40 years and has collected accounts from numerous members of the lower deck of their experiences mainly during WW2, including the Battle of the River Plate, convoy PQ17, the invasion of Sicily, the battle of Sirte and many others, edges tanned, upper edge faintly foxed, dustwrapper: lightly creased at spine ends., near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,
