Forgotten Warrior: The Life and Times of Major-General Merton Beckwith-Smith 1890-1942. Foreword by Field Marshal Lord Guthrie

by Michael Snape and Canon Professor Michael Snape

Eighty years after his death in a Japanese prison camp, this compelling new biography charts the career of a distinguished but hitherto neglected hero of the British army.

Major-General Merton Beckwith-Smith DSO, MC commanded the British 18th Division during the catastrophic Fall of Singapore in February 1942. A highly respected and much decorated veteran of the First World War, he was captured along with tens of thousands of other soldiers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0281086915
• ISBN13: 9780281086917
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages