The Broken Column

by C.E.T. Warren, James Benson

The remarkable story of a British sub-mariner who became the leader of an Italian partisan group during World War II. James Frederick Wilde, a Yorkshireman from Shiregreen, Sheffield, was an ordinary seaman until his submarine, Sahib, was sunk off the Italian coast and he was taken prisoner. A fascinating story put together by C.E. T. Warren and James Benson.

207 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1966

Reviews

[Keith · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very interesting story, one of those wartime episodes that deserve to be remembered. Here was a Sheffield-born sailor who became a hero in Italy during the second world war, and after it was all over he went back to South Yorkshire and lived out the rest of his life in modesty and obscurity. He deserves to be remembered.