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The story of Britain’s greatest World War II sniper, so wonderfully interpreted by Martin Pegler that the reader feels like a participant.’ – John Walter Growing up in a working-class family in Manchester, Harry Furness joined the army in 1939 at the age of 16. Having always been captivated by the stories of First World War snipers, he immediately volunteered for sniper training when the army began to recruit soldiers in 1941. He did exceptionally well, qualifying as a marksman whilst a pre-war army cadet and was quickly promoted to lance corporal. Just prior to D-Day, he was promoted to corporal in the Green Howards Regiment and landed at Gold Beach on 6th June 1944. Together, he and his comrades began a hard fight across North-West Europe, gradually moving through Northern France, Belgium, Holland and eventually into Germany as they pushed the Germans back towards the Rhine. The manifold dangers and occasional humour of Harry Furness’s experiences of war come across in a very matter-of-fact but compelling way in the dozens of previously unpublished letters, personal interviews and images that make up Martin Pegler’s fascinating, moving biography of Furness and his extraordinary life.
Publisher : Greenhill Books
Publication date : 12 May 2025
Language : English
Print length : 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 1805001191
ISBN-13 : 978-1805001195
Item weight : 444 g
Dimensions : 24.2 x 2.4 x 16.3 cm
