Bernard Harris

Gebundenes Buch

Barbed-Wire Blues

A Blinded Musician's Memoir of Wartime Captivity 1940-1943

Beschreibung

The inspirational memoir of a seriously wounded and blinded POW who was later repatriated in 1943.

Autor

Bernard Harris was born in Herefordshire in 1917. He left school at 14. With a deep love of music, he paid for his own organ lessons, worked as an organist, and joined a Concert Party as a pianist. Bernard joined the British Army as a bandsman and was posted to Greece. Captured at the Battle of Corinth 1940, blinded and badly wounded, he was a POW until being repatriated in 1943. He was awarded the Military Medal. Post-war Bernard became a successful composer and musical director. His film credits included, appropriately, Adolph Hitler - My Part in his Downfall and Dad's Army. He married Marie in 1940 and they had two daughters. After Marie died unexpectedly in 1974, Bernard re-married. He died in West Clandon, Surrey in 1990.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 165mm x 241mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9781526783868
• ISBN-10: 152678386X
• Artikelnr.: 59982285