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Natal Field Artillery Centenary 1862-1962. Durban, Pietermaritzburg.
Orig. dec. card wraps., [iii]+25pp., 25 photos. Printed by The Natal Witness, Pietermaritzburg. Contemp.
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Useful & well illustrated short account of the regiment, inc. Roll of Commanding Officers & Roll of Hon. for WW2. "Surprisingly, this is the only free-standing published record of one of South Africa's longest serving units... it fought in the Anglo-Boer War at Elandslaagte & in Northern Natal... Mobilised again in 1914, it took part in the GSWA campaign. In WWII, the NFA saw much action, & suffered many casualties, in the Western Desert... All of this is covered in condensed but useful detail." - Perkins. Covs. little marked, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£35
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The Tiger Kills: The Story of the Indian Divisions in the North African Campaign.
1st HMSO Ed., 195pp., 27 plates, 12 maps. HMSO for Govt. of India.
1944
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The 4th & 5th Indian Divisions in North Africa. Orig. dec. wraps. (as issued), sl. chipped, VG. See illustration on our website.
£15
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BOUSKELL-WADE (Lt.-Col. G.E.)
"There is an Honour Likewise..." The Story of 154 (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, R.A.
1st Ed., xi+143pp., 4to, 16 plates (inc. sketches by Edward Seago), 28 sketches in text, several maps. VG in dw. Leicester: Backus.
1948
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Useful detailed record of the regiment in Western Desert (inc. Battle of El Alamein), PAIFORCE, Syria, Palestine & Italy. Roll of Hon., rolls of officers (in 1939 & on embarkation for Middle East in 1942). Orig. rust cloth, gilt, VG in dw. Uncommon in jacket. See illustration on our website.
£60
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BRETT-JAMES (Antony)
Ball of Fire: The Fifth Indian Division in the Second World War.
1st Ed., deluxe edition, xiv+481pp., 66 photos., 12 maps. Aldershot: G&P.
1951
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East then North Africa, followed by PAIFORCE then Burma inc. Arakan, then flown up to Kohima & Imphal & the advance south through Meiktila to Rangoon. The author was a captain with divisional signals in the Middle East & Burma & was later a prominent military historian. His history contains a very fine record of the Division's exploits in all the theatres where it served. Rare deluxe edition, bound in full red morocco, raised bands & black leather lettering labels to sp., plus the Division's black & red "Ball of Fire" (or as their rival formations had it - the Flaming Areshole) sign inset to front. Shoulders of sp. a little rubbed but generally a very nice example of this superior edition, with marbled endpapers, gilt edges &c. See illustration on our website.
£145
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BRETT-JAMES (Antony)
Ball of Fire: The Fifth Indian Division in the Second World War.
1st Ed., xiv+481pp., 66 photos., 12 maps. Aldershot: G&P.
1951
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East then North Africa, followed by PAIFORCE then Burma inc. Arakan, then flown up to Kohima & Imphal & the advance south through Meiktila to Rangoon. The author was a captain with divisional signals in the Middle East & Burma & was later a prominent military historian. His history contains a very fine record of the Division's exploits in all the theatres where it served. Rebound in blue cloth with leather lettering label to sp., VG thus. See illustration on our website.
£35
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CARVER (Brig. R.M.P.)
The History of 4th Armoured Brigade.
1st Ed., orig. printed card wraps., 46pp. Gluckstadt: J.J. Augustin.
1945
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Independent armoured brigade in North Africa, Italy & NW Europe 1944-45. Roll of Bde. commanders, order of battle. Orig. dec. wraps., little chipped & worn, about VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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CRAWFORD (Driver Robert John, RASC)
I Was An Eighth Army Soldier.
As narrated to Major John Dalgleish, RASC. 4th Imp., 86pp., 8 photos., fldg. map. Gollancz.
1944
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Personal experiences with 1st Armd. Div., six months in the Western Desert until wounded in June 1942. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£15
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CREW (F.A.E., FRS)
The Army Medical Services, Campaigns, Volume II: Hong Kong, Malaya, Iceland & the Faroes, Libya, 1942-1943, North-West Africa.
1st Ed., xxxvii+537pp., 20 plates, 66 sketch maps & diagrams, 93 tables. VG ex-lib. in dw. HMSO.
1957
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Much of value, with excellent photos., maps &c. from the Far East to the Western Desert & Tunisian campaigns. Orig. cloth, VG ex-lib. in dw, & scarce (1000 copies printed). See illustration on our website.
£120
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FERNYHOUGH (Brig. A.H., CBE, MC) & HARRIS (Maj. H.E.D.)
History of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1920-1945.
1st Ed., xvi+492pp., col., frontis., 9 maps, fldg. chart. The RAOC. nd (c.1958).
#64637
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The RAOC on all fronts in WW2 with much interesting info. Awards roll. Orig. cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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GLEESON (Ian)
The Unknown Force: Black, Indian & Coloured Soldiers Through Two World Wars.
1st Ed., xi+278pp., photos. throughout. VG in dw. Rivonia, SA: Ashanti Pubg.
1994
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Non-white South Africans (The Cape Corps in East Africa & Palestine in WW1; Native Military Corps & other SA units in Middle East in WW2) & their services in the World Wars. Roll of awards for WW2. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£25
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