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1st Bn. The Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry. The Sergeants' Mess Rules. Rawal Pindi January 1900. Orig. printed cloth covd. wraps., 25pp. (& blank interleaves). Eureka Printing Press, Rawal Pindi. Contemp.  #63705
[HLMainPic] Details of messing arrangements, accounts, &c. Small pocketbook, orig. green printed cloth covd. wraps., gilt, VG & doubtless scarce survival. See illustration on our website.   £25
A Record of the 2nd Bucks Battalion T.F. 1914-1918. Presented to the Bucks TF Assoc. by Lord Anslow, CB, Chairman of the Association. 1st Ed., orig. dec. card wraps., 24pp., 4to. No imprint/date. nd (c.1919).  #66120
[HLMainPic] Not to be confused with the battalion history by Swann, this is a souvenir "To commemorate the patriotism, the bravery & the sacrifice of this Battalion during the great European War..." It contains a brief history, Rolls of Honour (noting date of death & in the case of other ranks their home town), rolls of awards to all ranks (some with citations), lists of officers who served overseas or at home with the battalion.   £65
Extracts from the Standing Orders of The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). [v]+55pp. Devonport: Swiss & Co. nd (c.1908).  #63706
[HLMainPic] Customary regimental routines, regulations &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £20
Henry Augustus Coit, Number 487429, Private in Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. 1st Ed., 31pp., 197x158mm, portrait frontis., one other portrait & one photo. of Duke of Connaught inspecting Fifth University Overseas Copamyy (Coit identified on parade). No imprint/date. Printed for Private Distribution. [1917]  #68153
[HLMainPic] Henry Augustus Coit, an American & a student at Yale, enlisted in the PPCLI at Montreal in December 1915, sailed for England in March 1916 where several months were spent in training before arriving in France where he he had been a month on active service when he was struck & dangerously injured by a motor lorry near Ypres. He died at Third Canadian CCS at Remy Siding & was buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. Includes records of his services, memoir & various letters of condolence, &c. Rare: no copies on JISC/Library Hub, one institutionally in USA (at Yale). Orig. brown paper covd. boards with brown cloth backstrip, title to front with embossed bronze medal. See illustrations on our website.   £145
In Memoriam. Alexander Roxburgh Murray, 2nd Lieut., 17th Highland Light Infantry. Born at Chungking, West China, on Christmas Day, 1897. Killed, leading his men into action, near Beaumont Hamel, on the morning of 18th November, 1916. 1st Ed., 59pp., 170x122mm, portrait frontis. & 47 photos. No imprint or date (c.1917).  #69285
[HLMainPic] Alexander Roxburgh Murray was educated at Glasgow Academy where he excelled at athletics and Rugby Football. Leaving school in 1915 he was commissioned in the 17th (Service) Battalion Highland Light Infantry (The Glasgow Chamber of Commerce battalion) and went to France in July 1916. He was just eighteen when he fell on 18th November 1916 and is buried in New Munich Trench British Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel. This small book, printed on art paper throughout, contains a 'photographic essay' of his young life, growing up in China and Scotland, and later in uniform, followed by several pages of extracts from letters of condolence. Orig. purple cloth, silver gilt to front board with H.L.I. badge & "In Memoriam." VG & rare.   £165
Incidents with the Seventh Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry in France & Germany from June 1944 to June 1945. 1st Ed., 74pp. No imprint/date [Germany, c.1946].  #61045
[HLMainPic] Anonymous account (by "B" Coy. commander) which conveys well the confusion in Normandy & the bleak outlook. With the arrival of an effective CO the bn's. confidence returned but days later he was killed. A third CO was killed within a few more days then the author was wounded at Mont Pincon & evacuated to the UK. Rejoined in 1945 in time for the Rhine crossing & final operations. Contemp. red cloth, blind, no publication details but evidently manufactured in Germany c.1945-46. Stain to front o/w VG & rare. See illustration on our website.   £125
Keeling Letters & Recollections. Edited by E.T. [Mrs E. Townshend], with an Introduction by H.G. Wells. xvi+329pp., 3 portraits. (one as Serjeant-Major, D.C.L.I.). Allen & Unwin. 1918  #69327
Frederic (but known variously as "Frank", "Fred" or "Ben") Hillersdon Keeling was born in 1886, Ed. at Winchester & Trinity College, Cambridge, travelled in Europe & was reading for the Bar when war came in 1914. He enlisted in the 6th (S) Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 14th (Light) Division, served in France from May 1915, disdained to accept a commission because of socialist principals, was awarded the Military Medal & became a Company Serjeant Major. He was KiA on the Somme on 18th August 1916 & is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. H.G. Wells wrote that "Ben" Keeling, "was a copious, egotistical, rebellious, disorderly, generous, and sympathetic young man. His egotism is the prime cause of this book; he wrote abundant letters, and they were often about himself..." Contains around 100pp. letters written in training with the New Army (August 1914-April 1915) & at the front (May 1915-August 1916). Concludes with letters of condolence from his CO & another officer. Orig. blue cloth with paper label to spine, label chipped & rubbed, generally VG.   £45
Roll of Honour. 113th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Ex 55th Searchlight Regiment, R.A., & 2nd/5th Battalion the Durham Light Infantry. 1938-1945. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 6 leaves (printed rectos. only). Printed by Gebruder Janecke, Hannover. nd [1945].  #70141
[HLMainPic] Outline history (Normandy from June 1944, Low Countries, Rhine Crossing) followed by rolls of those killed & wounded (noting battery & location), roll of awards up to 31/12/44. Orig. dec. wraps., VG & scarce.   £45
Scrap Book of the 7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry (13th Foot) being a chronicle of their experiences in the Great War, 1914-1918, contributed by officers & other ranks... [And:] Cambrai... A Supplement to the Scrap Book of the 7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. With a Foreword by Col. C.J. Troyte-Bullock, DSO. 1st Ed., 156pp., plate, 2 maps. Aylesbury: Fredk. Samuels Ltd., The Kingsbury Press. 1932  #68017
[HLMainPic] 61st Bde., 20th (Light) Div., Western Front 1915-18: Somme (notably capture of Guillemont), 3rd Ypres (inc. capture of Langemarck, Eagle Trench), Cambrai &c. A fine collaborative effort organised by Capt. H.A. Foley, MC, who served with the bn. 1915-18 (PoW, March 1918) & whose brother was killed with it in May 1917. Orig. blue cloth gilt, complete with the Cambrai supplement, VG & rare. See illustrations on our website.   £220
The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918. 1st Ed., [x]+250pp., 24 plates, 3 fldg. maps in end-pocket + 6 in text. Glasgow: Printed for Private Circulation. 1921  #67253
[HLMainPic] Gallipoli 1915 & Palestine campaigns, inc. battle of Gaza &c. then France in 1918, 52nd (Lowland) Div. Roll of Hon., awards, officers & NCOs. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £75

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