A Few Deeds Short of a Hero - Robert Widders
Robert Widders
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Published March 2009
Price: £18.00 ISBN: 978 0 7043 7147 7 Format: HB Extent: 256pp Size: 216 x 138mm Category: Memoir THE BOOK Robert Widders served in all three branches of the armed services; the Royal Navy, the Army and the RAF. A Few Deeds Short of a Hero tracks his life from childhood through naval service in the NATO rapid response Atlantic Squadron during the Cold War, through Army military manoeuvres in Germany, and active service in RAF Field Hospitals during the Gulf War. Widders has emerged on the other side of conflict and a life shaped by the military as a balanced individual despite the trials of war.
Few Deeds Short of a Hero
"Graphically charts the highs and lows, boredom and excitement, camaraderie and tragedy of military life."
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Liverpool Post
"Wonderfully self-deprecating."
Ryan Tubridy, the Tubridy Show, Radio 1 (Ireland)
"Adventurous is an understatement when describing Robert Widders."
University of Birmingham, Alumni News
"A unique insight into the mind-set of the enlisted man."
Ireland's Big Issue
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