Derek Law Bibliography

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BENTLEY-BUCKLE, A. Through Albert’s Eyes (The British Navy at War, Volume 2). viii, 152p., illus., index. Dunbeath: Whittles, 2013. ISBN: 9781849950664.

An autobiography, roughly half of which describes his wartime career. He joined the RN in early 1939 and was initially with Dunedin on the Northern Patrol and then in the Caribbean. In mid-1940 he moved to Edinburgh serving from the Arctic to Freetown. In mid-1941 he joined Revenge with the Eastern Fleet. After a spell ashore he trained as a beachmaster and served in Sicily and Italy. He moved into special operations and was captured, escaped and recaptured in Croatia. He spent the rest of the war as a POW, including helping with the famous escape of “Albert, R.N.”.