Books, That Drug Danger by Sir James Hutchinson. 1st Edition. Signed

Inscribed and signed by the auther "with love and all good wishes to a dear and gallant friend". He was sent to Stanmore Park Preparatory School. For his education, followed by some study in France, before joining the family firm at the age of 19 in 1912. He was still learning the trade when the outbreak of the.

Led him to obtain a commission in the. Hutchison was later attached to the.

19th Lancers (Fane's Horse). In France and in 1917 to the 17th Cavalry of the.

In India, and served throughout the war. Hutchison kept up his connections with the Lanarkshire Yeomanry and three decades later was appointed as the regiment's honorary colonel. Although he was in his late 40s, Hutchison enlisted again at the start of the Second World War.

In the early part of the war he served in. And North Africa, before joining the. There he was appointed as the principal link between the British forces and the French section of the. The secretive and daring body who undertook. Despite turning 50, Hutchison was instructed to go to France to continue liaison work with the. However, the face of'Colonel Hutchison' was well known to the. Who shot saboteurs after capture. He therefore went to London. To have his appearance disguised before going to France. When the surgery was complete, he was dropped by. So effective was Hutchison that he was nicknamed the Pimpernel. ; he was not captured during four months in France, and at the end of the war he received the. The French awarded him the.

And made him a Chevalier of the. He published in 1977 his war adventures.

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