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Biography & Autobiography Military

Battle Diary

From D-Day and Normandy to the Zuider Zee and VE

by (author) Charles Cromwell Martin

with Roy Whitsed

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Initial publish date
Jul 1996
Category
Military, World War II, Canada
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550022131
    Publish Date
    Jul 1996
    List Price
    $21.99
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781550022148
    Publish Date
    Jan 1994
    List Price
    $16.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554880928
    Publish Date
    Jul 1996
    List Price
    $12.99

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Description

A fast-paced account by a soldier who was twice decorated. Charlie Martin, company sergeant-major in the Queen’s Own, was with his beloved A Company in all of the significant Normandy actions.

About the authors

Charles Cromwell Martin, DCM, MM, CM, became at twenty-four one of the youngest company sergeant-majors in the history of the Queen's Own, Canada's historic rifle regiment. Since the war, Charlie has lived, very happily, with his war bride Vi, working for the Department of Agriculture, raising a family, and in more recent years battling – and winning – on the golf course with his sons and grandchildren.

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Editorial Reviews

As well as being an absorbing read, Battle Diary is an important book — important because it concerns a critical period in our country's history.

Minister of National Defence