Derek Law Bibliography

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SPARKS, William, with MUNN, Michael. The Last of the Cockleshell Heroes: A World War Two Memoir. 152p., illus. London: Cooper, 1992. ISBN: 0850522978.

Sparks joined the Marines in 1939 and spent two years on Renown. After a spell of illness and the death of his brother on Naiad he joined the Commandos. He was in the cockle with the leader of the raid on Bordeaux Harbour, Major Hasler. The raid and their escape to Spain are described.

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The Royal Navy; Operation FRANKTON (The Cockleshell Heroes);

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