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178 Siege Battery R.G.A., B.E.F. France 1916-1918.
1st Ed., viii+127pp., 4 plates. Chorley & Pickersgill Ltd., Printers, Leeds.
1919
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6-inch Howitzer battery formed 1916: to France in October & immediately in action on the Arras front, inc. supporting a raid at Blangy in Jan. 1917, Battle of Arras inc. supporting attacks on Monchy-le-Preux &c., later at 3rd Ypres, Cambrai, Spring Offensive &c. Nominal roll of original Battery, another at demobilization, Roll of Hon. (inc. wounded & gassed), awards. Useful account with much interesting detail on the work of the battery & several most interesting appendices including Battery Humour &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. Ownership inscrip. of W.N. Bates, listed as a Gunner in the nominal roll of the original battery. See illustration on our website.
£100
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France Sheet 57B 1:40,000, Enemy Rear Organisation. Ed. 1A.
Fldg. linen backed map with German reserve lines south of Cambrai at Masnieres &c. (Masnieres-Beaurevoir Line, Le Catelet-Nauroy Line, Hindenburg Support &c.), also railways, supply & ammunition dumps, HQs of various types, hospitals, aerodromes &c. "Trenches & corrections to detail revised to 24/9/1918. Reference of Enemy Organisation 25/9/18." VG. See illustration on our website.
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£75
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From Otterpool to the Rhine with the 23rd Battery Canadian Field Artillery.
1st Ed., 48pp., fldg. plate, one other photo. Printed by Charles & Son, London. nd (c.1920).
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D/23rd Batt., 5th C.F.A. Brigade raised & trained in UK, F&F from Jan. 1916 with 4.5-inch Hows. inc. ops. at Ypres, Somme, Vimy, Passchendaele, Cambrai, Final Advance &c. Contains rolls of casualties plus nominal rolls of all ranks with service details. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to boards, little marked & worn, generally VG & rare. "This is a very brief record, but the basic facts are presented clearly & many individuals are named in the narrative." - Perkins. See illustrations on our website.
£95
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Historical Record of 125 Heavy Battery, R.G.A., in France.
Bound photocopy of unpublished typescript history, 8pp., foolscap. nd (compiled c.1920s)
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A good account of service in France from April 1916 to the armistice, including Battle of the Somme 1916, Final advance near Cambrai 1918, &c., plus much work in the line in between major events. Casualties & awards, to all ranks, noted with some detail in the text. Recent plain blue cloth, VG. See illustration on our website.
£35
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King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle 1917.
1st Ed., xii+327pp., 7 illus., 7 fldg. maps. Murray, For the Regt.
1920
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Detailed war records of all bns. on service, excellent maps inc. Arras, 3rd Ypres, Cambrai &c. Rolls of officers killed & wounded, obituaries, roll of awards. Publication of this edition was delayed until after the armistice to avoid constraints of censorship & present as comprehensive, accurate record as possible. Paperback edition, orig. dec. wraps., chipped, lacking rear wrap., o/w sound. See illustration on our website.
£30
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The 116th Battalion [Canadian Expeditionary Force] in France.
By the Adjutant. 1st Ed., 111pp., 49 photos. (inc. portraits of Fallen Officers &c.). Toronto: Hunter-Rose.
1921
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Served in France/Flanders from Feb. 1917 inc. Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele & Cambrai. Roll of Hon. Perkins states "a bare statement of facts & events with little attempt at comment or analysis." He adds that the author was probably E.P.S. Allen, under whose name the work is copyrighted Orig. wheat cloth, gilt to sp. & front + unit patch to front board. VG. See illustration on our website.
£65
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The 23rd London Regiment 1798-1919.
Compiled from Contributions by Former Officers of the Regiment. 1st Ed., xvi+188pp., col. frontis., 7 maps. Times Pubg. Co. Ltd.
1936
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Almost entirely (apart from the first short chapter) WW1: 1st Bn. in France inc. Givenchy, Loos, Somme, Ypres, Messines, Bourlon Wood & 1918 battles; 2nd Bn. in Salonika & Palestine then briefly in Flanders in 1918. Roll of Hon. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£35
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The History of the Eighth Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1919.
1st Ed., xiii+286pp., 38 photos., 4 fldg. maps. Printed Privately for the Bn. by Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd.
1921
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24th Div. in F&F 1915-18: Battles of Loos, Somme, Vimy, 3rd Ypres, German Spring Offensive, Final Advance from Cambrai to Mauberge 1918. Awards roll. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, little wear, VG. See illustration on our website.
£50
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The Rifle Brigade Chronicle 1919.
1st Ed., iv+240pp. For the RB.
1921
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This edition includes detailed war diaries of the four regular bns. 1916-1918, also various other regimental records & complete index to Chronicles 1909-1919. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£50
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The War History of the 1st/4th Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1914-1918.
1st Ed., 193pp., 4to, 18 photos., 13 maps (8 coloured & fldg.). Preston: Geo. Toulmin.
1921
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Festubert, Somme, 3rd Ypres, Cambrai. Roll of Hon. (including those wounded, with date &c., awards. A superior quality history with excellent atmospheric narrative compiled entirely by men of the bn., with fine maps & illustrations. Orig. green cloth with red formation patch & gilt regimental badge to front, stating to covs. o/w VG & very scarce. See illustration on our website.
£120
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