“I am proud to have been asked to write a foreword to this astonishing document. I have not been party to its creation. That has been entirely due to the enterprise and determination of its author who has lived and worked with it for thirteen years and travelled extensively, at his own expense, to produce facts and photographs to support the remarkably detailed accounts of the lives and deaths of those for whom this work was undertaken. The result is here for all to see, a reference and history unique in its nature and purpose put together to unite as one in remembrance of the Second World War casualties of the Special Air Service, the Special Boat Squadron [later Service] and the Long Range Desert Group …
It is right and proper that a special Roll of Honour should be created for those units addressed here. Each followed its own path and has its tale to tell. Many of the casualties died heroic and lonely deaths and those of us who are left remember them with pride. The research of this document was completed in the 75th year of the creation of the LRDG and its publication in the year marking the same anniversary of that of the SAS.”
Jim Patch, Former Navigator of Y Patrol, LRDG – Kent, 2016
- 17 maps and 752 photos. 786 pages printed on highest quality 130gsm Magno Satin. Full colour throughout
- Date and place of birth, pre-service employment details, full service history including units served in and theatres and operations deployed on, as well as the citations of any honours awarded, are all included
- Newly discovered casualties recognised as SAS for the first time
- In addition to revealing individual stories the three hardback volumes are geographically collated so that the information can be used more easily, both as an 'off-the-shelf' reference and also as a field guide
- Clear indexing and explanatory appendices (much of the material being published for the first time) form a separate User Guide for use in conjunction with any of the volumes
- Richly illustrated with photographs of the casualties and scenes of where their achievements were accomplished
- Sympathetically designed and bound in foil embossed Wibalin to the standard one expects with a project of this importance
- Volumes and User Guide contained in a handmade and beautifully designed Wibalin covered slipcase
- Crown Quarto 246x189mm
- Foreword by Jim Patch, wartime navigator to Y Patrol, LRDG, and former Secretary of the LRDG Association
- Proudly produced in the UK