Derek Law Bibliography

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MEREDITH, Anthony. The Pilot and the Commando: The Interlinked Lives of Two Young Christians in the Second World War. ix, 207p., bibliog., illus. Bloomington, IN; Authorhouse, 2011. ISBN: 9781467877619.          

The story of two childhood friends who became related by marriage. They joined up in 1940 from University. One went to No. 2 Commando and fought in Sicily, Italy and the Balkans. The other joined the FAA, was sunk with Ark Royal and served in Colombo and East Africa, including Madagascar before returning to the UK and the Service Trials Unit, alternating between service at Crail and on Pretoria Castle. The book is fuller on the commando experience.