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Grahame Warner’s History of The 10th Battalion

An A4 sized hardback, bound in black ‘Wibalin© Buckram’ cloth with silver blocked titles and featuring the ww2 Parachute Regiment cap badge. Four hundred full colour pages, including 300 illustrations, plus over 50 maps and graphics, printed on 130gsm silk paper. Dust jacket designed by and based on an original oil painting on board, specially commissioned from Derek Chambers FRSA.

Dimensions A4 – 297mm x 210mm x 28mm, weight 1665gm. ISBN: 978-1-3999-2612-6.

£49.50 including free postage and packing (UK only) – All proceeds go to the Charity

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A Sad Glory

This is the very human story of a disparate group of battle-hardened volunteers brought together in the withering heat and sun-baked deserts of North Africa in 1942 and forged into a fledgling parachute battalion.

Moving, sometimes humorous, it follows them from Egypt through the 1943 invasion of Italy and their nine months back home in England to their last stand at the battle of Arnhem in September 1944, where their battalion was destroyed.

Of the 604 men dropped into action at Arnhem, just thirty-seven reached Allied lines in the immediate aftermath of the battle. Ninety-nine lost their lives, 405 were wounded or captured, and the rest were hidden by the local Dutch people.

The Tenth had been destroyed in just eight days of ferocious combat.

 

 

A Veteran’s opinion – Victor Gregg – The Tenth’s Last Man Standing:

“I have just finished my second reading of Arnhem: Eight Days to Oblivion. I sit and wonder at the number of hours Grahame Warner must have spent collecting and distilling all this information. As an author myself, I give him full praise. He’s managed to make a very readable account out of a scenario that was utter chaos from start to finish. Most of all, he has captured the spirit of those who were involved, despite the realisation, from late on Tuesday, that we were all on a loser.”

 

Dan Snow says:

‘WOW! WHAT A TREMENDOUS BOOK. A REAL LABOUR OF LOVE I CAN TELL. A SUPERB TRIBUTE TO THAT REMARKABLE BATTALION. YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOURSELF!’

 

 

Friends of The Tenth Padre, the Reverend Brian McAvoy says:

“Grahame, you’re a great storyteller and you made all the characters real and alive at every stage of the whole tragic event. Those personal accounts are what made the difference between just another historical document and being directly involved with the events as they happened.  All the feelings experienced by everyone involved are shared by the reader, the excitement,  the fear (those who show the greatest courage usually experience the greatest fear but do what they must do despite it!), the humour and above all the bonds of this band of brothers. 

The “Oblivion ” of your title was only a physical one, the spirit of the 10th is built on and continues to thrive because it was conceived and born in such a crucible.  I’m very proud and grateful to be a small bit player in the whole story.

You’ve brought together a huge and valuable collection of experiences and I have to congratulate you. I don’t know how you’ve done it but I suspect that your innate respect and admiration for everyone involved from all backgrounds ensured that. Your players are from all sides and the stresses and the fog of war come across vividly to your reader. The inevitable statistics, maps, lists and photos are all presented with a purpose and I was never bored.

If I picked up “8 Days….” and began to read I’d be hooked and I’d have to have it. Knowing the local and regional part of The Netherlands and Dutch people as I do made it all the more interesting but it’s a pretty gripping read anyway! Thanks for sharing it with me. I’m looking forward to the finished article!”

 

David Borgen – USA:

‘So very happy to add this one to my library’

 

Sally Dyos – niece of 10th Battalion Veteran, Pte. Frank Burton:

‘It is very readable, unlike a lot of books on a similar subject. It will be hard to put down’

 

Stephen Infield – son of Arnhem Veteran, Captain Gerald Infield (3rd Parachute Battalion):

‘Friends, this is a BEAUTIFUL book. It’s not a small, slim paperback but a proper, coffee-table-sized book of 375 superbly presented pages, carefully conceived and thought out’

 

Rick Stroud – military historian and co-author of Vic Gregg’s biography ‘Rifleman’:

‘A wonderful book about the 10^th’

 

Phil Spring – son of 10th Battalion Veteran, Sgt. Albert Spring:

‘Having had a chance to look at your beautiful book, I can only congratulate you on the quality of the final product. It is simply the best. Well done, and congratulations on a job delivered superbly well’

 

Alexandra Dembitz – niece of 10th Battalion Veteran, Pte. Denzil Keen KIA:

‘I think the research you have done is remarkable, and I am so glad I bought the book’

 

Paul Neelisson – Netherlands:

Well, my copy of the book arrived and what a beauty it is. This is a book made with love… Grahame Warner, great job, many compliments.

 

Paul Pariso – Arnhem book collector and reviewer:

At first glance this looks to be an excellent publication. Printed on high quality glossy paper and beautifully presented in A4 size, this book is a must for anyone interested in the battle or in the 10th battalion in particular.

Just finished Grahame Warner’s book and I was extremely impressed.

The quality is second to none, from the beautiful glossy pages to the incredible amount of work that has gone into its production. This is not just “another Arnhem” book; it is an absolute must-have for anyone with even the remotest interest in the battle in general or the 10th Battalion in particular.

The book is chock full of first-hand accounts from the men involved with the Battalion, from its fledgling days in the Middle East to its heroic last stand in Oosterbeek in the Netherlands. Numerous maps, illustrations, and pictures enhance the gripping narrative that Grahame has painstakingly put together.

All in all, this is a wonderful achievement from all involved and I can’t recommend it highly enough.

As I have said, to anyone who would listen, over the many years I have been collecting Arnhem related works “there is no such thing as a perfect book” but this one comes mighty close!

 

Gerald Nobbs:

The collector’s edition arrived today. Superb quality, and really impressed.

 

Adrian Deacon:

My “Limited Edition” has just been delivered. A wonderful surprise, superbly packaged. At first glance, the book looks absolutely brilliant

 

Martin Wyke – son of 10th Battalion Veteran, Pte. Peter Wyke:

I read the book from cover to cover—and finished it at 0300 this morning! It’s the best book I’ve read on the subject. What these lads went through made me consider myself lucky to be here. I wish the ‘old man’ was here to read it—he would love it.