Cyril Bencraft Joly, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCyril Bencraft Joly
British Army officer
Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1918
Date of Death: 01-Jan-2000
Profession: inventor
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Cyril Bencraft Joly
- Lt Colonel Cyril Bencraft Joly MC (9 September 1918 – 2000) was a British Army officer who served with 7th Armoured Division (Desert Rats) throughout the campaign in North Africa during World War II. He described his experiences as a tank commander in the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (2 RTR) in Take These Men (1955), a (lightly fictionalised) personal narrative of the Western Desert campaign that is regarded as a classic of its kind.
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