With a Morse Key and Rifle: One Man's Humorous Attempt to Survive the British Army is a paperback by Graham Hill and is the autobiography about the national service of a (mainly wireless) Telegraphist in the Royal Signals in the late 1850s.
It captures the boredom and a waste of time, which was the resigned mood and experience of many young men who were called up for national service at that time. At other levels it is it gives an insight in the experiences of relatives, and for others of course it will be nostalgic. The author was certainly a rebel.
Interestingly there are a number of references to ham radio and the ham radio shack they built and used on Cyprus. However I cannot figure out if the author held an amateur radio licence.
Overall an interesting read.
Stewart/G3YSX
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