White Knees Brown Knees : " Suez Canal Zone 1951 - 1954 ,the Forgotten Years"
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In the Suez Canal Zone between 1951 and 1954 there were some 250,000 Service personnel deployed. The MoD admits to 613 British burials in the Suez. In this book, Douglas Findlay tells how the real death toll was more than 1000. When Doug Findlay signed on at the recruiting office in Edinburgh in 1951 he had visions of a local posting and wowing the ladies as one of the RAF's Brylcreem boys. Instead, he found himself combatting sandstorms, mosquitoes and murderous Egyptians who wanted Doug and his fellow Brits out of the Suez Canal Zone as much as they wanted to go home. White Knees Brown Knees, his account of a lowly 'erk's part in defending the Canal, is guaranteed to raise many a smile, especially from anyone who ever buffed a barrackroom or billet floor. But the book also has a serious side. Its Roll of Honour records a death toll of over 1,100 and shows why the Government had to do a u-turn and award the medal Suez veterans should have had half a century ago.
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