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The
Canvas Chapel
The Canvas Chapel by E Bryn Little (ISBN 0-9543113-0-2; £14.99 –
available from Bob Little Press & PR or from Amazon
recounts the wartime experiences of Edward Brinley 'Bryn' Little.
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Bryn, the only surviving child of South Wales coal miner William Little
and his wife, Evelyn, volunteered for the army in February 1940 and
became a driver in the Royal Army Service Corps. After a time in
England during the Battle of Britain, active service took him to front
line duties in North Africa with the First Army and, with the 78th
Division, to Sicily, Italy, Egypt and Austria.
He received an immediate - on the field of battle - award of the
Military Medal during the battle of Monte Cassino in April 1944. The
award recognised his bravery and disregard for his own life while
tending the wounded and dying on two particular occasions, despite
being under intense fire.
Although still a driver - and only a lance corporal - Bryn found time
to take on the role of chaplain's assistant, conducting services for
the troops. Towards the end of the war he felt called to enter the full
time Baptist ministry and his preliminary studies towards that end were
conducted under shellfire.
Leaving the army in 1945, Bryn entered Rawdon Baptist College, Leeds,
and - in 1948 - began his pastoral career at Halesowen Baptist Church
in Worcestershire.
Over the years, Bryn Little was a prolific writer and, in his last few
years, an award-winning broadcaster on local radio. His six part
series, 'One Man's War' with presenter Barry Amis, broadcast on BBC
Three Counties Radio, in which Bryn outlined the challenges to, and
comfort from his faith during his wartime experiences, won an Andrew
Cross religious broadcasting award in 1996.
Book credits: Cover design by S&W Design, St Albans, Hertfordshire;
Typeset by PJC Design Ltd, Northampton; Printed and bound by Apollo
Print Management Ltd, Corby, Northamptonshire.
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