Sailor in the Desert
Posted on Wednesday 16th October 2013



Further Reading
Sailor in the Desert
(Hardback - 148 pages)
ISBN: 9781783462308
by David Gunn
Only £19.99
Sailor in the Desert is the personal account of a Royal Navy sailor's experiences during the Mesopotamian campaign of 1915. As an able seaman on an armed sloop supporting the British expedition up the River Tigris, Philip Gunn's recollections give a rare perspective of this ill-fated campaign.
At the outbreak of war, Phillip Gunn was serving on HMS Clio, a naval sloop fitted with sails and guns stationed in China and immediately tasked with hunting the soon-to-be-famous German cruiser Emden, but failed to prevent her escape. Gunn…
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