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URL:https://felixstowebookfestival.co.uk/events/we-fought-them-in-gunboats
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SUMMARY:We Fought Them in Gunboats: the new HMS Beehive edition
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n\nWhen ‘Hitch’ was killed in action 
 on 13 April 1943\, returning to Felixstowe’s HMS Beehive Coastal Forces 
 base\, there was shock across the nation. But heroes do not exist in isola
 tion. Eighty years later a new edition of Lieutenant-Commander Robert Hich
 ens' classic We Fought Them in Gunboats is being published to include reco
 gnition of some of the other men and women who also served at HMS Beehive.
   Authors Antony Hichens and Captain Chris O’Flaherty RN will join the 
 Festival event to add their insights.\n\nEvent chaired by Julia Jones and 
 supported by Felixstowe Museum and the Coastal Forces Heritage Trust.\n\nA
 ntony Hichens is Robert's son and was a young boy when his father served h
 ere. He wrote Gunboat Command\, a biography of his father. His daughter T
 amsin Clive will contribute a foreword to the new edition\, reflecting on 
 her grandfather's legacy.\n\nCaptain Chris O'Flaherty RN is currently His
  Majesty's Naval Attaché to Libya. His books include two biographies of W
 W2 officers who served at HMS Beehive: Crash Start - the Life and Legacy 
 of Lt Guy Hudson DSC RNVR \; and Torpedoes\, Tea\, and Medals - the Gall
 ant Life of Commander Jake Wright DSC** RNVR.\n\n[caption id="attachment_1
 3567" align="alignleft" width="273"] Antony Hichens[/caption]\n\n\n\n&nbsp
 \;\n\n\n\n\n[caption id="attachment_13564" align="alignleft" width="263"] 
 Captain Chris O'Flaherty credit Royal Navy[/caption]\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Adult Programme,Non-fiction,Suffolk and the Sea 2023
LOCATION:Harvest House\, Cobbold Road\, FELIXSTOWE\, IP11 7SP\, United King
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