Unique Signed First Edition by WW2 veteran.
 
The true story of the authors experience in WW2. Serving on an armed merchant navy cruiser HMS Voltaire as an ordinary naval signalman. His period of active service was brought to an abrupt end when his ship was shelled and sunk by the german ship Thor.Mr Coward survived the ordeal of shipwreck in shark infested waters only to endure the harder one of confinement in german POW camp-a life that bought out the best-and the worst- in those who were obliged to live it. Sailors in Cages is Mr Coward's account of the brutality, the corruption,the heroism and the humour of those years, told with unimpeachable aurthority and remarkable charity.