Far From Home: A Memoir of a Twentieth-Century Soldier

By Jeffery Williams

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ISBN 1-55238-119-6br> 350 pp.
6" x 9"
35 B&W photos,
Legacies Shared Series, no. 9

Military History/Biography

About the Book

Far From Home recounts the life of a soldier who grew up in 1920s Calgary and became an officer in the Canadian army who travelled the world. Williams offers a vivid retelling of his childhood, of growing up in Calgary during the depression. Following the outbreak of war in 1939, Williams was sent to England as an untrained, but enthusiastic, amateur member of the Canadian army. Thirty-three years in the army, Williams experienced wars in Europe and Korea and served in Canada, Germany, the United States, and England. With an uncanny memory, Williams tells tales of meeting various famous and unknown people of the twentieth century, including the Royal Family, John Diefenbaker, and John Eisenhower, among others.
Williams´ transition from “the most untrained officer in the army” to an army officer at home in the Pentagon, along with the culture shock of moving from a relatively simple upbringing to the sophisticated life of an international officer, is told with great humour and rare insight into the human side of the military life.

About the Author

Jeffery Williams is the Governor General´s Literary Award winner of the 1983 Non-Fiction Award for his biography of Field Marshal the Viscount Byng of Vimy. Committed to the interests of veterans, he represented the Royal Canadian Legion on the executive of the British Commonwealth Ex-Services League. He now lives in Somerset, England, with his wife.

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