George Jellicoe: SAS and SBS Commander
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
George’s exploits with the newly formed SAS, as David Stirling’s second-in-command, and later commanding the SBS, make for fascinating reading. Over four years it embraced the North African and Mediterranean campaigns and culminated in the saving of a newly-liberated Athens from the communist guerrillas of ELAS.
The brutality of Stalinist communism led him to join the post-war Foreign Office. In Washington he worked with Kim Philby and Donald Maclean in the cloak and dagger world of espionage. Resigning in 1958 so he could marry the woman he loved, he turned to politics. Although his ministerial career ended in 1973 after unwittingly become entangled with the Lambton scandal, he continued to sit in the House of Lords becoming ‘Father of the House’. He held numerous public appointments including President of the Royal Geographical Society, Chairman of the Medical Research Council, President of the SAS Regimental Association and the UK Crete Veterans Association.
Thanks to the author’s research and access, this is more than a biography of a significant public figure. It provides fascinating detail of Special Forces operations and the characters of the countless figures with whom he mixed.
Nicholas C. Jellicoe
Nicholas Jellicoe's life is steeped in British naval tradition. His grandfather, Sir John Jellicoe, commanded the Grand Fleet at Jutland while his father, George, was a minister of defence for the Navy and the last man to hold the time-honoured post of First Lord of the Admiralty. Nick's career has been in communications, notably with Rolex. His first book recounted the story of Jutland, while this new work brings the story of the great naval struggle of the First World War to its close. A digital animation of the events of 21 June 1919, the circumstances surrounding the scuttle and the salvage, as well as a large amount of other reference materials, are available to view on line at _www.ScapaFlow1919.com_.Nicholas Jellicoe's life is steeped in British naval tradition. His grandfather, Sir John Jellicoe, commanded the Grand Fleet at Jutland while his father, George, was a minister of defence for the Navy and the last man to hold the time-honoured post of First Lord of the Admiralty. Nick's career has been in communications, notably with Rolex. His first book recounted the story of Jutland, while this new work brings the story of the great naval struggle of the First World War to its close. A digital animation of the events of 21 June 1919, the circumstances surrounding the scuttle and the salvage, as well as a large amount of other reference materials, are available to view on line at _www.ScapaFlow1919.com_.
Read more from Nicholas C. Jellicoe
The Last Days of the High Seas Fleet: From Mutiny to Scapa Flow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5George Jellicoe: SAS and SBS Commander Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to George Jellicoe
Related ebooks
A British Achilles: The Story of George, 2nd Earl Jellicoe KBE DSO MC FRS Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Defending Crete from the Fallschirmjagers: Memoirs of a Royal Engineer & POW Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Bravest Man in the British Army: The Extraordinary Life and Death of Lieutenant Colonel John Sherwood Kelly VC Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRaiders from the Sea: The Story of the Special Boat Service in WWII Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Secret Forces of World War II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrom Dartmouth to War: A Midshipman in the Mediterranean 1940-1941 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5No Pyrrhic Victories: The 1918 Raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend - a Radical Reappraisal Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChurchill's Folly: The Battles for Kos and Leros, 1943 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dawns Like Thunder: The Retreat From Burma Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Perilous Road to Rome & Beyond: The Memoirs of a Gordon Highlander Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWith Alex at War: From the Irrawaddy to the Po, 1941–1945 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsScapegoats: Thirteen Victims of Military Injustice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hitler's Gulf War: The Fight for Iraq 1941 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5MI9: Escape and Evasion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStories from the Trenches: Humorous and Lively Doings of Our 'Boys Over There' Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Reality of War: Volunteers to Fight Our Wars, #5 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings'The Most Dangerous Moment of the War': Japan's Attack on the Indian Ocean, 1942 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFriend or Foe: Friendly Fire at Sea, 1939–1945 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Scattered Under the Rising Sun: The Gordon Highlanders in the Far East, 1941–1945 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Man Who Shot the Great War: The Remarkable Story of George Hackney - The Belfast Soldier Who Took His Camera to War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBattle for Crete Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The British and Cyprus: An Outpost of Empire to Sovereign Bases, 1878-1974 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTarget Corinth Canal: 1940-1944 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTo War with a 4th Hussar: Fighting in Greece, North Africa & The Balkans Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Gathering Storm: The Naval War in Northern Europe September 1939 - April 1940 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5His Own Life Story and War Diary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFighting with the Long Range Desert Group: Merlyn Craw MM's War 1940–1945 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Military Biographies For You
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Rediscovered Books): A Triumph Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sun Tzu's The Art of War: Bilingual Edition Complete Chinese and English Text Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Personal Memoirs Of U.s. Grant Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Daily Creativity Journal Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Mein Kampf: The Original, Accurate, and Complete English Translation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer - The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: Volumes One and Two Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Hell and Back: The Classic Memoir of World War II by America's Most Decorated Soldier Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir (40th Anniversary Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alexander the Great Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Napoleon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Staring Down the Wolf: 7 Leadership Commitments That Forge Elite Teams Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Right Kind of Crazy: My Life as a Navy SEAL, Covert Operative, and Boy Scout from Hell Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for George Jellicoe
0 ratings0 reviews