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Lancashire Fusiliers   7 Books
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Memoir of Capt. Geoffrey Grenside Bowen, M.C., The Lancashire Fusiliers. 1st Ed., [iii]+121pp., portrait frontis., 2 photos., fldg. map. Printed by Richmond Hill Printing Works, Ltd., Bournemouth. nd [c.1919].  #65271
[HLMainPic] Ed. at Charterhouse 1909-13 & passed into Sandhurst. Commissioned August 1914, Lancashire Fusiliers & joined 3rd (SR) Bn. on the East Coast for a few weeks before being posted to the 2nd Bn. in France in Sept. Wounded 21/10/14 at Le Touquet, near Ploegsteert & returned to England. Back to the 2nd Bn. in Jan. 1915 & on Bde. staff during 2nd Ypres until evacuated with jaundice. On his recovery he was posted to the 19th (S) Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers as adjutant & accompanied them to France in November 1915, but returned to the 2nd Bn. in May 1916. He was wounded on 1/7/16 between Serre & Beaumont Hamel & invalided to England once more; returned in Nov. 1916 & was awarded MC & Mentioned in Despatches for work at Arras in the spring of 1917; later served during 3rd Ypres then attached 2/2nd Lovats Scouts in UK, Nov. 1917-April 1918. Rejoined 2nd Bn. & took part in the Final Advance. He was Killed in Action commanding "B" Coy. in an attack on the Drocourt-Queant Line on 2/9/18. "Granny" Bowen wrote most informative letters to members of his family as well as keeping a daily diary for longish periods. These documents largely make up this book & provide an extremely valuable record of the life of a regular infantry officer in all its facets from the daily routine to active operations, courses of instruction &c. Concludes with letters of condolence from regimental officers, describing his death & burial. Orig. red cloth. leather sp. label, sp. little rubbed & worn o/w VG & inscribed: "Evelyn Barron Christmas 1931. J.C.G. Bowen, Zo. W. Bowen." See illustrations on our website.   £225
BUTTERWORTH (J., Lancashire Fusiliers) "Bees' Wings & Ruby Queens" or A Private's Digressions. 1st Ed., orig. printed paper covd. boards, 57pp., portrait frontis. Ilfracombe: H. Welsford, Printer. nd (c.1918).  #58336
[HLMainPic] Small volume of thoughts on service in France, inc. A Private's Thoughts About the Padre ("Few padres manage to break down a soldier's prejudice. I have been in tents when the entry of a chaplain has changed the gay company into one of cold reserve... Many privates have told me that they do not like to go & see a padre because he is an officer... If only Tommy would put aside his foolish abjection & make a real pal of the padre, he in turn would be a very valuable friend in return. The help I have personally received from chaplains... often gives me cause for gratitude & makes me thankful that I overcame this prejudice...") Of the title - Bee's Wings & Ruby Queen's were apparently nicknames for the Army "fag" issue. Orig. paper covd. boards with cloth backstrip, somewhat worn, sound & about VG, & a curious privately published work. See illustration on our website.   £45
FLOYD (Thomas Hope) At Ypres with Best-Dunkley. 1st Ed., xv+284pp., fldg. 1:10,000 trench map. Bodley Head (On Active Service series). 1920  #64382
[HLMainPic] Subaltern, 2/5th Lancs. Fus. in the Ypres Salient in 1917; Floyd recounts the climactic period leading up to the first day of Third Ypres & the attack itself is described in great detail from numerous sources. Apart from the author, the central character is his almost unbelievably unpopular 27-year-old fire-eating CO destined to win the VC, being mortally wounded so doing, on 31st July 1917. Orig. brown cloth, very nice copy, near fine & rare. See illustrations on our website.   £225
FLOYD (Thomas Hope) At Ypres with Best-Dunkley. 1st Ed., xv+284pp., fldg. 1:10,000 trench map. Bodley Head (On Active Service series). 1920  #65378
[HLMainPic] Subaltern, 2/5th Lancs. Fus. in the Ypres Salient in 1917; Floyd recounts the climactic period leading up to the first day of Third Ypres & the attack itself is described in great detail from numerous sources. Apart from the author, the central character is his almost unbelievably unpopular 27-year-old fire-eating CO destined to win the VC, being mortally wounded so doing, on 31st July 1917. Orig. brown cloth, VG & rare. See illustrations on our website.   £165
KNOWLES (Sir Lees, Bart.) The War in the Peninsula: Some Letters of Lieutenant Robert Knowles, of the 7th, or Royal Fusiliers, a Lancashire Officer. 2nd Ed., 92pp., frontis., 2 plates, 2 fldg. maps. & one other. Bolton: Tillotson & Son. 1913  #46941
[HLMainPic] Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca & Vittoria; Killed in Action in the Pyrenees, July 1813. Orig. cloth, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £85
RAY (Cyril) Regiment of the Line: The Story of XX The Lancashire Fusiliers. 1st Ed., xiii+194pp., 31 illus. VG in dw. Batsford. 1963  #60049
[HLMainPic] Inc. Minden, Peninsula, Crimea, Indian Mutiny, Sudan, Boer War, WW1 (Gallipoli, Western Front &c.) & WW2 (Middle East & Burma - no distinct WW2 history published). VG in dw. See illustration on our website.   £20
SANDILANDS (Brig-Gen. J.W., CB, CMG, DSO) A Lancashire Brigade in France. 1st Ed., 84pp., portrait frontis., 9 other portraits (commanding officers of bns.). Business Newspapers Ltd. [1919].  #61780
[HLMainPic] History of 104th Brigade, formed Jan. 1915 consisting of 17th, 18th & 20th (S) Bns. Lancashire Fusiliers & 3rd (S) Bn. Manchester Regt. In 1917 the latter two battalions were disbanded & replaced by 19th (S) Bn. DLI. Served with 35th Div. in France & Flanders from Jan. 1916 onwards, inc. Somme, Arras, Passchendaele, Final Advance. &c. Useful & very scarce history by the brigade commander. Orig. red cloth, titled & dec. in black to front & rear. Minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.   £95

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