- Paperback: 108 pages
- Publisher: ELSP (13 April 2009)
- ISBN-10: 1906641099
- ISBN-13: 978-1906641092
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.4 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This review is from: Lieutenant R.M.Pratchett M.B.E. and His Experiences During World War II: Member of the 30th Assault Unit Under Ian Fleming (Paperback)
Geraldine Pratchett-Hultkrantz has produced a small volume abut her father, Lt. Richard Maurice Pratchett RNVR MBE, and his experiences during World War 2. It tells of her father's pre-war career in the chemical industry and his determination to gain academic qualifications in his own time, to his enlisting as an ordinary Seaman in 1940. In 1942 while serving on the destroyer HMD Sikh he was selected for officer training under the Commissions and Warrants (CW) scheme and emerged from HMS Alfred with a commission as an Tempy. Sub Lieutenant RNVR in August 1942.
He chose to work in the dangerous world of mine disposal and worked as a bomb disposal officer with the Land Incident Section of the Torpedoes and Mining Department of the Admiralty, travelling around the UK defusing unexploded mines. In the run-up to D-Day he was employed in preparations for the deployment of the Mulberry harbours before being recruited by the Naval Intelligence Division for duties with the new 30 (Commando) Assault Unit. During his time with 30AU he travelled to liberated territories to recover captured enemy technology for return to the UK, initially in Europe and later in the Far-East. The book is easy to read and is well researched providing background information on the units, ships, and operations with which Lt. Pratchett was involved.
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