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memoir, biographical, memoir
Accession Number

NAM.2005-05-44-1

Description

Typed and handwritten memoirs relating to the service of Douglas ('Roger') Wright, MM, Grenadier Guards, Special Air Service (SAS) and Special Boat Squadron (SBS), World War Two (1939-1945). Wright joined the Grenadier Guards in 1938 and served in France and Belgium, 1939-1940, before being evacuated at Dunkirk. After a spell of home service he volunteered for the SAS and went on to take part in Commando operations in Yugoslavia and Greece, including the Battle for Leros (1943), the Raid on Karasovici, Croatia (1944), and operations around Athens, Salonika and Crete (1944). Associated with the Evacuation of Dunkirk, World War Two, North West Europe (1939-1943), 1940, World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945) and World War Two, Balkans (1941-1945).

Campaigns

World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945), World War Two, Balkans (1940-1945), World War Two, Greece (1940-1945)

Events

Dunkirk, Evacuation, 1940 (World War Two, North West Europe 1939-1940), Leros, Battle for, 1943 (World War Two, Greece 1940-1945)

Associated collection