The fascinating personal story of Sid Bowland, a member of Britain's Grenadier Guards and SAS, covering service as a regular. Dunkirk, the early days of the SAS, and postwar Palestine and Malaya. The lively text is supplemented by photos and superb drawings by artist Sean Bolan.

The lively text is accompanied by many previously unseen photographs from private collections and is brought to life by a series of high quality and accurate drawings depicting the uniforms of the day. It is an enjoyable human story but is also an accurate account of military life during the war years which will be of interest to anyone researching or studying this period, particularly those with an interest in the early days of the SAS, the world's premier elite force.