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SAS Rogue: The Clandestine Life of Peter Weaver

Author(s): Major Peter Weaver (Author), Dr William A. Ward (Author)

Publisher: Casemate
Publication Date: July 9, 2026
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 320 pages
ISBN-10: 1636246613
ISBN-13: 9781636246611

Book Description

"Trenchant. Gripping. Revelatory. Exhaustively researched, SAS Rogue constitutes a new chapter of untold SAS history. Weaver is one of the wartime unit’s great characters. Bravo!”
― Damien Lewis, author of SAS Great Escapes Five and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Major Peter Weaver's military career is remarkable for its breadth, from the Royal Tank Corps, to the infantry, but also as an engineer and on colonial and special operations. The story is told using his own words, supported by extensive research to confirm what at times seem unbelievable tales. Having lost his father in 1916, school proved a challenge academically, but he excelled at sports, as he would throughout his life. Thwarted in his attempts to become an officer, he was involved in a series of increasingly dubious business ventures.

Hearing his mother and sister’s first-hand accounts of the rise of Hitler and Nazism, he joined the Territorials. The outbreak of war saw him rapidly promoted, volunteering for the Auxiliary Units, the secret stay behind force created in case of German invasion. His section of Dorset Regiment men set high standards in training, attracting the attention of Lord Lovat. Considered too important for his commando, they were instead later recruited into the SAS. Paddy Mayne, SAS commander, was impressed by Weaver’s leadership during a near disaster. Weaver parachuted into France on Operation Bulbasket, one of the few to escape a deadly ambush there. After specialist ski training, he fought in Germany on Operation Archway and was present for the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Following VE Day he landed in Norway, nominally disarming the German garrison, but finding time for sports, drink and the hospitality of local women.

Part of a little known SAS deployment in Crete, he later had spells with the Sudan Defence Force and training the Greek Army. More conventional soldiering with the Berkshire Regiment still saw him in combat in the Canal Zone.

Weaver lived his life to the full, enjoying the Army, fast cars and beautiful women, though struggling to treat those he loved as he should. Drama followed him but he always managed to get away somehow.

Table of Contents

Maps
Introduction

1 Boyhood
2 Days in Bristol
3 The Royal Tank Corps
4 Self-Employed
5 The Territorials
6 Commissioned
7 Auxiliary Units
8 Commandos
9 The Special Air Service
10 SAS Training
11 Behind Enemy Lines
12 Verrières
13 With the Maquis
14 Bon Bon
15 Back Home
16 Skiing in the Alps
17 Across the Rhine
18 Belsen to the Baltic
19 Norway
20 Crete
21 Eritrea and Back to Greece
22 A Conventional Soldier
23 Retirement

Conclusion
Appendices
Acknowledgements
Endnotes
Select Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Review

“The combination of Peter Weaver’s own words and Dr Will Ward’s incredible knowledge has created a compelling insight into one of the most amazing stories from the Second World War. By following Weaver from the highly secret, highly trained, brutal civilian groups created to counter a German invasion of Britain, to the action behind enemy lines in France with the SAS, one gets an extraordinary view of his war. More than that, this book is important in smashing perceptions of Britain and the SAS that have built up since the end of the war.”
Andrew Chatterton, author of "Britain’s Secret Defences"

Trenchant. Gripping. Revelatory. Exhaustively researched, SAS Rogue constitutes a new chapter of untold SAS history. Weaver is one of the wartime unit’s great characters. Bravo!”
Damien Lewis, author of "SAS Great Escapes Five and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare"

About the Author

Will has a long interest in World War II military history, both as a researcher and model maker. Becoming the voluntary Auxiliary Units coordinator for the Defence of Britain Project in 1995, he developed substantial expertise in the field and many good friendships. This led to researching the links between Auxiliary Units and the SAS and he has been fortunate to meet many veterans of both, along with their families. In 2010, he joined Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART), becoming a major contributor to their website, www.staybehinds,com. Through a CART event, he met Major Weaver’s family and others involved in his story.

In recent years he has also been involved in archaeological explorations of Auxiliary Units Operational Bases, providing talks and displays and has visited many Operation Bulbasket locations in France. He has helped many families uncover the wartime history their father or grandfather would or could never talk about.

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