BOOK 'ALWAYS A FUSILIER'. A 1939 to 1945 war history. by C Northcote Parkinson

Intersting book called ' Always a Fusilier' by C Northcote Parkinson. A 1939 to 1945 war history of the Royal Fusiliers..( City of London Regiment )

Bound in blue with some damege to the front hard cover,  It is smooth to the touch but has lost the very top thin layer of the blue dye.

One colour photo 12 pages of black and white photos,  8 maps. A good Appendix...Rollof Honour...1939 to 1945. ( thay lost a lot of brave men.) ...A large piece on Monte Cassino.

Honours and Awards...Plus Index.

Cyril Northcote Parkinson (30 July 1909 – 9 March 1993) was a British naval historian and author of some 60 books,

Parkinson was commissioned into the Territorial Army in the 22nd London Regiment (The Queen's), was promoted to lieutenant the same year, and commanded an infantry company at the jubilee of King George V in 1935. In the same year, Emmanuel College, Cambridge elected him a research fellow. While at Cambridge, he commanded an infantry unit of the Cambridge University Officers' Training Corps. He was promoted to captain in 1937.

He became senior history master at Blundell's School in Tiverton, Devon in 1938 (and a captain in the school's OTC), then instructor at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1939. In 1940, he joined the Queen's Royal Regiment as a captain and undertook a range of staff and military teaching positions in Britain.