Cyril Bencraft Joly | |
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| Born | September 9, 1918 |
| Died | 2000 (aged 81–82) |
| Allegiance | 
United Kingdom |
| Service/ | 
British Army |
| Commands held | C Squadron 3 Royal Tank Regiment |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
Lt Colonel Cyril Bencraft Joly MC (9 September 1918 – 2000) was a British Army officer who served with 7th Armoured Division ( Desert Rats) throughout the campaign in North Africa during World War II.
He described his experiences as a squadron commander in the Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) in Take These Men (1955), a (lightly fictionalised) personal narrative of the Western Desert campaign that is regarded as a classic of its kind. During Operation Crusader he served in the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (3 RTR). [1]
Life
He was born in Mengtes, Yunnan, China and died at Winchester in Hampshire. [2]
Later in life he invented and patented an apparatus for providing a desired atmosphere in a sleeping space. It consisted of a frame for a bed with electrical fans to control the temperature. [3]
In his later days he lived at Tregatillian near St Columb Major in Cornwall [4]
Family
Henry Bencraft Joly (1857-1898; his grandfather) was British Vice-Consul in Macao and translator of Ts'ao Chan's Hung Lou Meng: The Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books. [5] He had three brothers. His only daughter, Vivien, married Hugh David Beddington, son of Keith Lionel Beddington CBE. [6]
Works
- 1955 Take These Men (London, Constable and Company Ltd; reprinted Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1956; London, Buchan & Enright, 1985) ISBN 0-907675-40-9
- 1980 Silent Night: the defeat of NATO . London: Cassell
ISBN
0-586-06847-3
- Operation Stille Nacht ISBN 3-7057-2018-X
References
- ^ "A Literary Field Return". Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Cyril Bencraft Joly - I129 - Individual Information - PhpGedView". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
- ^ wikipatents[ permanent dead link] Improvements in or relating to and apparatus for providing a desired atmosphere in a sleeping space
- ^ Contemporary Authors. 1975. ISBN 9780810300361.
- ^ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9603 The Dream of the Red Chamber 1892-93
- ^ The Times, Wednesday, 24 June 1964; p. 14; Issue 56046; col C
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Cyril Bencraft Joly | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 9, 1918 |
| Died | 2000 (aged 81–82) |
| Allegiance |
United Kingdom |
| Service/ |
British Army |
| Commands held | C Squadron 3 Royal Tank Regiment |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
Lt Colonel Cyril Bencraft Joly MC (9 September 1918 – 2000) was a British Army officer who served with 7th Armoured Division ( Desert Rats) throughout the campaign in North Africa during World War II.
He described his experiences as a squadron commander in the Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) in Take These Men (1955), a (lightly fictionalised) personal narrative of the Western Desert campaign that is regarded as a classic of its kind. During Operation Crusader he served in the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (3 RTR). [1]
Life
He was born in Mengtes, Yunnan, China and died at Winchester in Hampshire. [2]
Later in life he invented and patented an apparatus for providing a desired atmosphere in a sleeping space. It consisted of a frame for a bed with electrical fans to control the temperature. [3]
In his later days he lived at Tregatillian near St Columb Major in Cornwall [4]
Family
Henry Bencraft Joly (1857-1898; his grandfather) was British Vice-Consul in Macao and translator of Ts'ao Chan's Hung Lou Meng: The Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books. [5] He had three brothers. His only daughter, Vivien, married Hugh David Beddington, son of Keith Lionel Beddington CBE. [6]
Works
- 1955 Take These Men (London, Constable and Company Ltd; reprinted Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1956; London, Buchan & Enright, 1985) ISBN 0-907675-40-9
- 1980 Silent Night: the defeat of NATO . London: Cassell
ISBN
0-586-06847-3
- Operation Stille Nacht ISBN 3-7057-2018-X
References
- ^ "A Literary Field Return". Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Cyril Bencraft Joly - I129 - Individual Information - PhpGedView". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
- ^ wikipatents[ permanent dead link] Improvements in or relating to and apparatus for providing a desired atmosphere in a sleeping space
- ^ Contemporary Authors. 1975. ISBN 9780810300361.
- ^ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9603 The Dream of the Red Chamber 1892-93
- ^ The Times, Wednesday, 24 June 1964; p. 14; Issue 56046; col C
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