A Life Less Ordinary

The life of Colonel Tris Hegglun OBE, ED

‘Lead started to fly as we beat a hasty retreat for a mile. A shell landed close by our truck so I shut the door to keep it out … queer the things a chap does in action. An ambulance got stuck in the sand so we gave them a shove out. Tank shells made things uncomfortable in this operation and everybody was trying to push from the leeward side … the sides were made of three ply but it gave a chap ostrich security.’