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A Commando's Story: A Son's Tribute To His Father
World War II. A search for adventure. A soldier’s story.
Boredom can give way to a dangerous life. Garrison duties were tedious, so it was natural that Bob Cubitt should look for excitement. By joining the commandos, he got more than he bargained for.
After spending several months cooking for other soldiers, Bob Cubitt decided to seek out soemthing more adventurous. The problem was that during a war, adventure involved risking his life. Would joining the commandos result in serious injury or even death?
This real life story follows Bob Cubitt from his poverty stricken roots to a fulfilling career. In his own dramatic words, he describes his experiences during peace and war to show what it means to be one the of Britain’s elite – the commandos.
A Commando’s Story is a story of wartime action. If you like true stories of adventure and heroism, then you’ll love Robert Cubitt’s touching telling of his father’s story.
Go where ordinary men won’t dare and buy today.
Boredom can give way to a dangerous life. Garrison duties were tedious, so it was natural that Bob Cubitt should look for excitement. By joining the commandos, he got more than he bargained for.
After spending several months cooking for other soldiers, Bob Cubitt decided to seek out soemthing more adventurous. The problem was that during a war, adventure involved risking his life. Would joining the commandos result in serious injury or even death?
This real life story follows Bob Cubitt from his poverty stricken roots to a fulfilling career. In his own dramatic words, he describes his experiences during peace and war to show what it means to be one the of Britain’s elite – the commandos.
A Commando’s Story is a story of wartime action. If you like true stories of adventure and heroism, then you’ll love Robert Cubitt’s touching telling of his father’s story.
Go where ordinary men won’t dare and buy today.
203 pages, Paperback
Published September 30, 2020
About the author
Robert Cubitt
59 books22 followersBob was born in Edinburgh in December 1951. His father was a professional soldier and the first few years of Bob's life was spent travelling around the world with his family. During his first 15 years he lived in Edinburgh, Austria, Malaya, Enfield, Leigh-on-Sea, Maldon (the Essex one), Harlow and Peckham.
In 1968 Bob Joined the Royal Air Force as an apprentice electronics technician and spent the next 23 years travelling the world and enjoying all that service life had to offer. Places visited included Oman (a small island by the name of Masirah), Cyprus, Malta, Holland, Germany and various parts of the UK. During this time he met and married Bernadette and produced three children, Ewan, Tara and Sinead. He retired from the RAF in 1991.
Following on from this Bob took up new employment with Royal Mail as part of their logistics team and stayed with them until 2009. After that he returned to his roots and took up a position with the Ministry of Defence at their logistics facility at Bicester, Oxfordshire, before leaving to take up full time writing 2012.
Bob has always been keen on writing and had tried his hand at various projects over the years, but the need to earn a crust had always interfered with his desire to be more creative. Over the past ten years Bob has produced a considerab;e body of work, including a 9 book sci-fi series under the collective title of "The Magi". He has just published the 5th book of a World War II series set around the Army Commandos (predecessors of the Royal Marine Commandos) under the series title of "Carter's Commandos".
His work is published by Selfishgenie Publishing.
In his spare time Bob enjoys playing golf, is a member of a pub skittles team and is an avid supportero of Northampton Saints rugby team
In 1968 Bob Joined the Royal Air Force as an apprentice electronics technician and spent the next 23 years travelling the world and enjoying all that service life had to offer. Places visited included Oman (a small island by the name of Masirah), Cyprus, Malta, Holland, Germany and various parts of the UK. During this time he met and married Bernadette and produced three children, Ewan, Tara and Sinead. He retired from the RAF in 1991.
Following on from this Bob took up new employment with Royal Mail as part of their logistics team and stayed with them until 2009. After that he returned to his roots and took up a position with the Ministry of Defence at their logistics facility at Bicester, Oxfordshire, before leaving to take up full time writing 2012.
Bob has always been keen on writing and had tried his hand at various projects over the years, but the need to earn a crust had always interfered with his desire to be more creative. Over the past ten years Bob has produced a considerab;e body of work, including a 9 book sci-fi series under the collective title of "The Magi". He has just published the 5th book of a World War II series set around the Army Commandos (predecessors of the Royal Marine Commandos) under the series title of "Carter's Commandos".
His work is published by Selfishgenie Publishing.
In his spare time Bob enjoys playing golf, is a member of a pub skittles team and is an avid supportero of Northampton Saints rugby team
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