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Scotland Yard's bravest and best
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- Book Synopsis
- During the 20th Century, unarmed Scotland Yard detectives and their uniform counterparts needed to be physically tough and fearless, given the ruthless, armed criminals they confronted. In this thrilling book, the author draws on archival correspondence and first-hand experiences from his contemporaries. 'Pat the Cat' was a detective who was awarded a British Empire Medal for gallantry after surviving a fusillade of shots from an escaped convict and was awarded a Bar to the medal, four years later after being severely injured, when thwarting an armed robbery. We learn of police officers who, despite being shot, went on to arrest the gunman, plus the Flying Squad detective who dismantled a ticking IRA bomb, primed to detonate outside Scotland Yard. PC Reggie Grose won a George Medal for rescuing a group, trapped in a building during the Blitz and after wartime service with No. 3 Commando, returned to undertake hazardous duties as an undercover officer with the secretive Ghost Squad. Detective Sergeant Ryland only survived being killed by sticking his thumb between the hammer and the percussion cap of his assailant's revolver and when an army deserter fired shots at the police, he was caught with the assistance of Police Dog, Rex III and a detective's truncheon. Two officers tackled a mentally deranged axeman on a roof, 50 feet above street level, warding off his attack with a pig-bin lid - these and many other tales of outstanding bravery await the reader in the pages of Scotland Yard's Bravest and Best.
- About The Author
- DICK KIRBY was born in the East End of London and joined the Metropolitan Police in 1967. Half of his twenty-six years' service was spent with Scotland Yard's Serious Crime Squad and the Flying Squad. Kirby contributes to newspapers and magazines on a regular basis, as well as appearing on television and radio. The Guv'nors, The Sweeney, Scotland Yard's Ghost Squad, Brave Blue Line, Death on the Beat, Scourge of Soho, Scotland Yard's Flying Squad, London's Gangs at War, Scotland Yard's Gangbuster, The Mayfair Mafia, Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, Racetrack Gangs, IRA Terror on Britain's Streets, Scotland Yard's Casebook of Serious Crime, The Brighton Police Scandal, Missing Presumed Murdered and Killers, Kidnappers, Gangsters and Grasses are all published under the Wharncliffe True Crime imprint and he has further other published works to his credit. On retirement he lives near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Kirby can be contacted via Pen & Sword Books.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781036150662
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword True Crime, (01 October 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 156 mm
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