Jim's War : The saga of one man's struggle against the Nazi hordes

Until my forties all I'd known about dad's World War 11 `active service' was that he'd enjoyed it. `Best days of my life, son,' he'd always say to the mock despair of his beloved Winnie, my mother.

As to what dad had actually done in six and a quarter years of army life, between 1939 and 1946, well Jim had always remained relatively coy about it.

This all changed when dad's third-born grandson was given a school project that required an interview with a war veteran.

For William Pearce `granddad' was the obvious target, and the war veteran opened up to provide a raft of reminiscences. Now faithfully recorded with word for word accuracy in this, his mainly light-hearted book, 'Jim's War' is a unique account of wartime active service from an ordinary man braver than he would give himself credit for.