Soldiers' first-hand accounts of Second World War active service
invariably make inspiring and exciting reading but Mines, Bombs,
Bullets and Bridges is exceptional for several reasons. First,
Brian Moss's role as a bomb disposal specialist was especially
hazardous. Secondly, he was in the thick of the action from the
start, dealing with unexploded ordnance during the London blitz. He
was then deployed as a frontline sapper to North Africa and onto
Sicily before landing on Gold Beach on D-Day. Despite many close
calls he was relatively unscathed until taken out by a butterfly
bomb at Nijmegen. Fortunately, despite serious injury he lived,
quite literally, to tell the tale but his war was over. While the
Author's graphic account compares favourably with the very best
wartime memoirs, it also has a unique element, namely examples of
his outstanding artistic skill. It is truly remarkable that he not
only managed to produce so many fine works under combat conditions
and that he was able to draw such accurate maps from memory. His
sketches and paintings bring a special dimension to this story.
What a privilege it is to feast on the words and images created by
this exceptionally brave and talented man.
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