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George Elton Sedding: The Life & Work of an Artist Soldier.
Edited by His Brother. 1st Ed., xiv+215pp., portrait frontis., 14 illus. Letchworth: Garden City Press.
1917
#69350
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Sedding was born in 1882, Ed. at Radley & on leaving was "providentially prevented, by rejection on medical grounds, from entering a Bank as a clerk," instead began an apprenticeship in an art studio & proving a to be a gifted art metal worker he later opened his own workshop near Oxford Circus. He also travelled in Europe and India. Enlisted Norfolk Regiment Aug. 1914, to France in May 1915, wounded near Hohenzollern Redoubt 11/10/15 & DOW on 23rd inst. whilst serving as a Lance Cpl. in the 7th (Service) Battalion. Contains accounts of his work & pre-war travels, letters from the Front 1915, at Plugstreet & Loos. Red cloth, gilt title to front and spine, somewhat worn, generally sound
£35
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JOSLING (Harold)
The Autobiography of a Military Great Coat: Being a Story of The 1st Norfolk Volunteer Active Service Company 1900-1.
1st Ed., 425pp., 27 photos., 3 maps. Jarrold & Sons.
1907
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Norfolk Volunteer Coy. with 2nd Bn. Norfolk Regt. inc. ops. in Cape Colony, OFS & Johannesburg; "an account from the point of view of the men in the ranks." Appendix of experiences of a volunteer with Mounted Infantry. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, stamp of Anglian Academy of Arts to tp & rear ep o/w VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£145
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KEMP (Lt. Cdr. P.K.)
History of the Royal Norfolk Regiment 1919-1951.
1st Ed., 192pp., 4to, 36 plates, 24 maps (most fldg.). Norwich: Regimental Assoc.
1953
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BEF 1940, Singapore, Burma & North-West Europe 1944-45. Roll of awards. Orig. blue cloth, chipped at head of sp., o/w VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£60
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PETRE (F. Loraine, OBE)
The History of the Norfolk Regiment 1685-1918.
1st Ed., 2 Vols., xx+440 & xix+454pp., 4to, 47 illus., 58 maps. Norwich: Jarrolds.
1924
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Substantial & scarce history. Vol. I to 1914 includes much Peninsula, 1st & 2nd Afghan Wars, Sikh Wars, Cimea, Jowaki, Boer War &c., Vol. II 1914-18, Western Front, Mesopotamia & Gallipoli. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£125
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