Wicksy and the king's shilling
By: Peter Wicks
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Isis reminiscence series; Isis reminiscence series
Publisher: ISIS Large Print; Reminiscence Large Print
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780753152744; 9780753152737
Subjects: Childhood and youth; Biography; Military police; Draftees; Great Britain. Army; Great Britain
Description: Peter Wicks dedicates the third instalment of his memoirs to his father Frank Wicks who fought in the trenches of the First World War. Now in his teens Peter receives his own conscription papers, destined to become a military policeman. During his training he learns to drive and discovers that bullies are found in all walks of life.