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in London, England, The United Kingdom

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Born in 1962, Mitch spent the first part of his career in the photographic and printing trades before becoming a Black Cab Driver. After fifteen years behind the wheel of a “Black Rat”, Mitch decided to change his profession and since 2007, he has been a Driving Instructor. He is currently to be found with the well-known Kent-based Driving School, A Class Driver Training. He has also passed the RoSPA Advanced Driver's test.

A founder member of Lusitania Online, (website www.lusitania.net) Mitch co-authored Lusitania and Beyond: The Life of Commodore William Thomas Turner (Avid Publications 2001), as well as The Lusitania Story (Pen and Sword Books, 2002 and US Naval Institute Press, 2003). This book was updated and republished in February of

Born in 1962, Mitch spent the first part of his career in the photographic and printing trades before becoming a Black Cab Driver. After fifteen years behind the wheel of a “Black Rat”, Mitch decided to change his profession and since 2007, he has been a Driving Instructor. He is currently to be found with the well-known Kent-based Driving School, A Class Driver Training. He has also passed the RoSPA Advanced Driver's test.

A founder member of Lusitania Online, (website www.lusitania.net) Mitch co-authored Lusitania and Beyond: The Life of Commodore William Thomas Turner (Avid Publications 2001), as well as The Lusitania Story (Pen and Sword Books, 2002 and US Naval Institute Press, 2003). This book was updated and republished in February of 2015 in time for the centenary of the Lusitania disaster.He also wrote Lost Souls Of The River Kwai (Pen and Sword Books, 2004) with the late Bill Reed.

Mitch's latest project is an e-book titled 1940:THE BATTLES TO STOP HITLER. (Pen & Sword Books Ltd). Telling the story of that momentous year, this e-book was released in June of 2015.

Mitch was recently fortunate enough to have been allowed to sit in the cockpit of a Mk IX Spitfire and run through the start-up sequence, which short of actually being able to go up in it; was for him, something of a dream come true! (As is clearly evidenced in his profile picture)!

Mitch writes for numerous journals, magazines and web blogs and has contributed to programmes on BBC Radio Kent. He has also acted as a historical adviser to The Discovery Channel as well as smaller, independent film-makers such as Spa Films.

Mitch lives with his wife Jane, their daughter, Katie and their son, Mylo, (plus Jane’s menagerie of rescued animals!) at Allhallows-on-Sea, near Rochester, Kent. All the Author's royalties from his books are donated directly to the Medway Queen Preservation Society, to help save the ship that became known as "The Heroine Of Dunkirk".

In June of 2019, Mitch was successful in raising a memorial to the crew of a B 17 bomber which crashed on the beach at Allhallows in June of 1944, killing all but one of its crew.

Any spare time Mithe has is spent riding his classic and rather unique 1450cc custom Harley-Davidson. ...more

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	Lost Souls of the River Kwai: Experiences of a British Soldier on the Railway of Death by Bill Reed, Mitch Peeke (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lusitania Story by Mitch Peeke (Goodreads Author), Kevin Walsh-Johnson, Steve Jones 3.79 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1940: The Battles to Stop Hitler 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lusitania and Beyond: The Life of Commodore William Thomas Turner by Mitch Peeke (Goodreads Author), Kevin Walsh-Johnson, John Gray (Illustrator) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lusitania Story: The Atrocity that Shocked the World by Steve Jones, Mitch Peeke (Goodreads Author), Kevin Walsh-Johnson liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great War at Sea: Naval Battles of World War One by Paul Wilkinson (Editor), Roni Wilkinson (Editor), Keith Yates it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kapitan der Lusitania 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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