Man of War
''A lot of people know me,'' wrote Alan Hillgarth in a letter, ''but I''m very much an enigma to most of them and regarded with suspicion because I don''t fit into any category . . . I''m a trouble-maker. I ride the storm.''
Captain Alan Hillgarth was just 15 years old when he found himself aboard the HMS Bacchante as the First World War broke out. Within months he''d fought at Gallipoli, bayoneted...
''A lot of people know me,'' wrote Alan Hillgarth in a letter, ''but I''m very much an enigma to most of them and regarded with suspicion because I don''t fit into any category . . . I''m a trouble-maker. I ride the storm.''
Captain Alan Hillgarth was just 15 years old when he found himself aboard the HMS Bacchante as the First World War broke out. Within months he''d fought at Gallipoli, bayoneted...
