Anita Leslie
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Anita Leslie

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Anita Leslie (1914-1985), daughter of Shane Leslie (Sir John Randolph Leslie, 3rd Baronet) and first cousin once removed of Sir Winston Churchill, was a writer of memoir and biography. She joined the Mechanized Transport Corps as a fully trained mechanic and ambulance driver during World War II, serving in Libya, Syria, Palestine, Italy, France and Germany. She wrote letters home from Hitler's office in the Reich Chancellery and took part in the Victory parade in Berlin. In the latter part of the war she drove an ambulance for the Free French Forces, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1945 by General Charles de Gaulle. She is the only woman to be awarded both that and the Africa Star for her service in the Western Desert. Leslie later married Commander Bill King and had two children. She published seventeen books, the last in 1985—the year she died.
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    • Train to Nowhere

    • One Woman's War: Ambulance Driver, Reporter, Liberator
    • By: Anita Leslie
    • Narrated by: Deryn Edwards
    • Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 25-08-2017
    • Language: English
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