Memoirs Of A Reluctant Gunner [Hardcover]

This first volume of Memoirs of a Reluctant Gunner tells the story of young Vincent Gilbert from the time of his conscription into the British Army in 1943 to his arrival in India as a gunner in the 22nd Anti-tank Regiment, of the Royal Artillery. Vincent shares his experiences with clarity and wit, his frank descriptions of the sorrows and difficulties of war softened by a ready and disarming humour.