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Cameronians   11 Books
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James Lusk, BA (Cantab).; Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur; Captain & Adjutant 6th Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Letters & Memories. 1st Ed., [vii]+151pp., portrait frontis., col. plate (of Legion d'Honneur). Oxford: Printed for B.H. Blackwell. 1916  #66642
[HLMainPic] James Lusk was commissioned in the 6th Cameronians in 1908, mobilised & served in France March-Dec. 1915. Memoir followed by extensive & interesting letters from training and the Front: wounded by a trench mortar on Christmas Day 1915 whilst going round his trenches & DoW 28/12/15. He was awarded the Legion d'Honneur at Festubert in June when he was Bn. Transport Officer & the bn. having lost heavily in officers he made his way up the line & helped reorganise. He was appointed adjutant after this battle. Orig. grey paper covd. boards with purple cloth backstrip, VG. See illustrations on our website.   £145
The Tenth Battalion the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) A Record & A Memorial 1914-1918. 1st Ed., xix+168pp., 23 portraits of officers, from drawings by Lt. H.J. Gunn, 3 photos. Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation. 1923  #66525
[HLMainPic] Fine history (written by four former officers of the battalion) with 15th (Scottish) Div., Western Front 1915-18 inc. Loos, Somme, Arras, Ypres &c. Officers' roll noting dates served in the bn. &c., roll of awards. Orig. green cloth, titled in black, little marked & worn, generally VG & rare. See illustration on our website.   £90
[BOYD (Capt. E.R.)] A Yarn of War: Palestine & France 1917-1918. By E.R.B. 1st Ed., xvi+251pp., 33 plates, 5 sketch maps. Glasgow: Maclehose, Jackson & Co., Printed for Private Circulation. 1919  #55655
[HLMainPic] Atmospheric personal account of service with 8th Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 52nd (Lowland) Div. inc. Battles of Gaza 1917 & campaign in the hills to capture of Jerusalem &c. Then to France in April 1918 & into the line on the Vimy Ridge, then in July the bn. transferred ro the 34th Div. & the author was wounded by shrapnel during series of advances near Beugneux (near Soissons). Num. photos. & good coloured sketch maps of Gaza, advance to Jaffa, Vimy District &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & scarce with author inscrip. "Joan & Leslie from E.R.B. June 1934." See illustration on our website.   £185
BAYNES (John) & MACLEAN (Hugh) A Tale of Two Captains. 1st Ed., vii+178pp., 26 photos., map. Edinburgh: Pentland. 1990  #63078
[HLMainPic] Memoirs of Capt. R. Baynes (2nd Bn.) & letters of Capt. J.B. Maclean MC (1st Bn.), both serving with Scottish Rifles on the Western Front. Signed by John Baynes. Orig. dec. boards, VG. See illustration on our website.   £20
BAYNES (Lt.-Col. John) The History of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Vol. IV: The Close of Empire 1949-1968. 1st Ed., xvi+303pp., 40 photos., 12 maps. VG in dw. Cassell. 1971  #65827
[HLMainPic] Includes Malaya 1950-51, 1951-53; Oman 1957-58; Aden 1966-67 &c. Rolls of bn. staff &c., Malaya Roll of Hon., awards. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.   £20
CLERK (Rev. Archibald) Memoir of Colonel John Cameron, Fassiefern, K.T.S., Lieutenant-Colonel in the Gordon Highlanders, or 92d Regiment of Foot. 1st Ed., [iii]+108pp., 4to, tinted litho. portrait frontis., 2 other tinted litho. plates (monument & family home). Printed for Sir Duncan Campbell, Bart., of Fassiefern, by Thomas Murray & Son, Glasgow, For Private Circulation. 1858.  #65082
[HLMainPic] Memoir of John Cameron, who was commissioned in the Cameronians in 1793; transferred to the 93rd then to the 92nd as a Captain in 1794; served in Holland, Egypt, Walcheren Expedition then in the Peninsula from 1810-13, in various actions with Hill's 3rd Division; then in the Waterloo campaign, where he was killed in action leading his regiment at Quatre Bras. Detailed account of his services & campaigns, with some extracts from his letters. Near contemp. half morocco gilt sp. with raised bands & lettering labels, USC bookplate (presented by Sir Duncan Cameron, Bart., 1858). Front joint partially split o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £145
FINDLAY (Col. J.M., DSO) With the 8th Scottish Rifles 1914-1919. 2nd Imp., xv+240pp., 32 illus., 3 fldg. maps, table. Blackie. 1926  #64698
[HLMainPic] 52nd Div. at Gallipoli, Egypt (Gaza &c.) & F&F in 1918. Roll of Hon., awards, officers &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt & black, nearly rebacked with orig. sp. laid down & sound thus. See illustrations on our website.   £45
FINDLAY (Col. J.M., DSO) With the 8th Scottish Rifles 1914-1919. 2nd Imp., xv+240pp., 32 illus., 3 fldg. maps, table. Blackie. 1926  #65829
[HLMainPic] 52nd Div. at Gallipoli, Egypt (Gaza &c.) & F&F in 1918. Roll of Hon., awards, officers &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt & black, sp. split, sound thus. See illustrations on our website.   £35
JOHNSTON (S.H.F.) The History of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 26th & 90th. Vol. I: 1689-1910. 1st Ed., xvi+308pp., 2 plates, 13 maps (4 fldg.). Aldershot: G&P. 1957  #65825
[HLMainPic] Inc. Marlborough Wars, Napoleonic, Crimea, Mutiny, Boer War &c. Orig. green cloth, silver gilt, near fine. See illustration on our website.   £45
LAWSON (J.B.) A Cameronian Officer: Being a Memoir of Lieutenant James Burnett Lawson, Second Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). 1st Ed., viii+255pp., 4 portraits. Glasgow: John Smith & Son. 1921  #66109
[HLMainPic] Contains a detailed memoir utilising his letters written during training, at the front &c. Ed. at Rothesay Academy & entered the medical school at Glasgow Univ. in 1914. Commisioned the following year in the Cameronians; posted to 9th (S) Bn. in France, May 1916 & returned in Sept. on transfer to the MGC. Trained at Belton Camp, Gratham, until, in April 1917, he learnt he was unlikely to see active service with the MGC because of his youth & requested to transfer back to his original regiment. Joined 2nd Scottish Rifles in June 1917 & took over "A" Coy. during 3rd Ypres. After a period of sick leave in the UK he returned to France for the last time in Jan. 1918. He was wounded in a counter-attack behind Meharicourt Village, 27/3/18 & DoW the same day. Contains a number of letters from other officers explaining, to their best knowledge, the circumstances of his wounding & death. Orig. tartan paper covd. boards with paper label & green cloth backstrip with gilt title, a little worn but scarce. See illustration on our website.   £225

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