Neil Swindells

Mark of War Neil Swindells

Many thousands of young British men found themselves in the Army, the Royal Air Force, or the Royal Navy, despatched from their homes and careers when the conscription of the Second World War was extended for the so-called Cold War with the Soviet Union, the Malaysian Emergency (involving Japan), and again in 1950 with the Korean War. This is the story of one of those National Service lads, Mark Ryham, who saw action in Malaya before becoming an Intelligence Officer and carry on the battle for peace on the home front.