By Roger Field, Geoffrey Gordon-Creed
This can be the untold tale of 1 of the main deadly and winning squaddies of the second one international warfare - a hugely adorned hero in addition to a self-confessed rogue. within the tank conflict within the wilderness of North Africa, significant Geoff, as he got here to be identified, quick confirmed himself a soldier of significant athleticism, unwavering will to win and nearly superhuman instincts whilst it got here to survival and outwitting the enemy. nearly exceedingly he received the army move on his first actual day in motion. He fought along the SAS in its early days and was once with them whereas they have been forging the ruthless combating ideas that experience made them feared through the international. He performed a decisive function within the Greek resistance to German profession. whereas in Greece he additionally turned taken with a few of the dirtiest hand handy combating of the battle. To the boys with whom he fought shoulder to shoulder he used to be 'Saint Geoff', to his enemies he was once the satan incarnate, a guy who may cease at totally not anything, and to his critics one of the partisans he a used to be a womanizer, extra drawn to having fun with himself than killing the enemy.This is a good account of profitable the battle now not through reasonable play yet through being extra ruthless than your enemy. yet perhaps what's much more impressive than his soldiering - its predatory ruthlessness and amorality - is the frank account of sexual adventuring that went with it. this can be how the canine of battle rather behave once they are allow off the leash. 'Thrilling (and even classic)...parachuted as a saboteur into Greece, the place he stayed for over a yr, doing heroic mischief opposed to the Nazis, and never precisely enhancing the morals of the neighborhood Greek ladies. there is not any doubting that this can be the list of a hero - albeit one within the Flashman mode.' A.N. Wilson - Reader's Digest 'Major Geoff is a courageous, blithe adventurer in ruthless, innovative motion, as opportunistic and lively within the theatre of conflict as within the bed room' occasions 'Former military officer Roger box items jointly significant Geoff's unpublished journals and letters during this uncut model of global battle II. such a lot riveting of all is the Major's account of the destruction of the Asopos Viaduct in occupied Greece - this can be Boys' personal stuff at its best.'Daily Mail 'War heroes are available in all styles and sizes, yet i have infrequently come upon any as charismatic as Geoffrey Gordon-Creed...A maverick and prodigious womaniser, it truly is no shock to benefit he used to be a pal of Ian Fleming and used to be apparently one of many versions for James Bond. ' Mail on Sunday
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As ever, he took matters into his own hands and wrote a deeply offensive official message about the behaviour of certain of his Greek compatriots which he knew would set off alarm bells back at HQ SOE, Cairo. Sure enough, there were calls for disciplinary action and the inevitable recall. There were to be no repercussions, although I wonder if he would have cared that much had there been. An astute staff officer guessed what he was up to and, in any event, higher command had no intention of pressing charges against a genuine war hero on the say-so of some Cairo desk jockey.
About ten days before the end of our nightmare and the passing-out parade, Mike and I had had enough. At noon on a Saturday, after the last parade, we sneaked out of barracks and drove up to London. We knew exactly where to go: the old Cavendish Hotel in Jermyn Street in London’s West End where that famous character Rosa Lewis continued to defy the Blitz with a running champagne party in her parlour. Enough has been written and televised about this unique and remarkable woman and I will only say that, having known me very, very slightly and my father rather well, she made us enormously welcome – as did the assembled company of brigadiers, colonels, lords and ladies, actresses and expensive tarts who came and went through the night.
The summer of 1940 was one of the better ones weather-wise. France had fallen and air battles raged constantly above our heads. I felt fiercely envious of the RAF fighter pilots being able to do their thing while I was stuck in a classroom trying to fathom the mysteries of an epicyclic gearbox or the insides of some bloody tank carburettor. However, the eight weeks turned out to be fun as well as hard work. Vast numbers of civilians had been evacuated from this south coast ‘invasion’ zone, and at the same time, typically, hundreds of typists and secretaries had been evacuated from bombed London and sent .