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HODSON (Lt. V.C.P., 10th DCO Lancers) Comp.
Historical Records of the Governor-General's Body Guard.
1st Ed., xiv+414pp., 4to, col. frontis., 4 col. plates, 12 b/w plates (inc. portraits of officers), 3 maps/plans. Thacker & Co.
1910
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Lavish & detailed history of what may be termed 'India's Household Cavalry', with detailed statements of officers' services, lists of Native officers &c. "...a detailed work which certainly ranks as a formal history... The Bodyguard took part in many actions, & these are described in some detail... principal campaigns were Mysore (1791-1792), Java (1811), Mahratta Wars (1815-18), First Burmese War (1824-26), Gwalior (1843), Sikh Wars (1845-46 & 1848-49), & the Burma War of 1885-87." - Perkins. Orig. red cloth, gilt titles with regimental device to front (with battle honours for Ava, Java, Maharajpore, Moodkee, Ferozeshuhar, Alliwall & Subraon (sic). Sp. a little bumped, cloth rubbed at extremities, generally VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£365
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WYLLY (Col. H.C., CB)
The Military Memoirs of Lt.-Gen. Sir Joseph Thackwell, GCB, KH, Colonel, 16th Lancers.
"Arranged from Diaries & Correspondence." 1st Ed., xvi+424pp., portrait frontis., plate, 9 maps & plans (several fldg.). Murray.
1908
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Peninsula (retreat to Corunna &c.) & Waterloo (wounded in the last charge of the 15th Hussars) followed by service in India inc. 1st Afghan & 1st & 2nd Sikh Wars, commanding cavalry division in the Army of the Sutlej, briefly the 3rd Div. in the Army of the Punjab then the cavalry division. Present at Aliwal, Sobraon, Chillianwallah, Gujerat. Important source, orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG with armorial bookplate of Sir Archibald Hamilton Dunbar of Northfield, Seventh Baronet. See illustration on our website.
£125
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