Derek Law Bibliography

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BURN, Michael. Turned Towards the Sun: an Autobiography. 320p., illus. London: Michael Russell, 2003. ISBN: 0859552802.

He enlisted in a Territorial battalion in 1937 and was commissioned before the war. He was an early volunteer for the special independent companies, forerunners of the Commandos. He took part in the Norwegian campaign. His next action was the raid on St Nazaire, where the destruction of almost all the motor launches left him stranded ashore. He was taken prisoner and after several months in camps at Spangenburg and Rothenberg was moved to Oflag IVC at Colditz Castle where he spent the rest of the war.