EDMUND IRONSIDE served in the Royal Navy and, after succeeding to his father’s title, went on to a varied career with, amongst others, Marconi and Rolls-Royce. He was for many years an active member of the House of Lords, focusing on scientific issues and defence procurement, and was Honorary Secretary of the all-party Defence Study Group. He also served as Vice President of the Institute of Patentees and Inventors, and was the first President of the Electric Vehicle Association. He edited High Road to Command, based on his father’s diaries covering the years 1920–22.
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Lord Edmund Ironside: Ironside
The Field Marshal was a born commander and, besides being a gifted linguist, was mobilised as a Subaltern for the Boer War to act as a secret agent and to streamline the peace process. With an appeti …
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Edmund Ironside: Faraway
Earth Empire has developed incredible technology, and it has taken humans half way across the galaxy. Entire sentient species have been conquered, their worlds and inhabitants exploited brutally. Hum …
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Edmund Ironside: Island in the Stars
Earth empire is crumbling, but still dangerous. A select group of humans and their duster friends have been rescued from Faraway, and taken to a place of sanctuary; a wonder called Earth Island. Comi …
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