Ken Small first discovered the existence of Exercise Tiger after he took up beachcombing in 1969. From there, Ken dedicated the next 35 years of his life to honouring the young men who perished in the disastrous exercise. Pulling a Sherman tank from the seabed, Ken created a memorial to those who died and started to share their story, and his, with the world. The Forgotten Dead was originally published in 1988, bringing both Exercise Tiger and Ken's efforts to light. Ken sadly passed away in 2004 after a long struggle with cancer. Today, people from all over the world travel to Torcross to see Ken's tank and remember the tragedy of Exercise Tiger.

Mark Rogerson is a communications specialist and former BBC television journalist. As well as collaborating with Ken Small on The Forgotten Dead, he is the author of Home Banking - A Commercial Proposition? (Lafferty Publications), one of the first examinations of the impact of technology on branch banking and The Dali Scandal (Gollancz), an investigation into the billion dollar world-wide trade in fakes of the Spanish surrealist's work. He lives in southwest France.

There is a continued strong interest in this subject both in the local area and beyond.

Acknowledgements

1 The Forgotten Dead
2 Exercise Tiger
3 Attack!
4 A Slow, Cold Death
5 A Question of Blame
6 Early Days
7 How to Buy a Tank
8 The Recovery Begins
9 Ashore at Last
10 The Memorial Service
11 Relatives and Friends
12 The Missing Graves
13 The Next Crusade

Afterword
Survivors' Stories
The German Perspective
A Note on the Author
The Roll of Honour
Index