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135 Survey Engineer Regiment (TA): History of the Regiment 1948-1965. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., dup. typescript, spiral bound foolscap format, ii+35+[xiv]pp., with loosely inserted col. plate of uniforms Ewell, Surrey: RHQ. 1965  #62813
[HLMainPic] An unusual TA regiment formed in 1948 comprising Topographic Squadron, Cartographic Squadron & Lithographic Squadron. Details of their work, rolls of officers, roll of awards of Efficiency Medals &c. VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
5th Signal Company Royal Engineers: Summary of War History 1914-1919. Card wraps., [7]pp. Aldershot: G&P. nd  #62577
[HLMainPic] Summary of services with 5th Div., Western Front from Aug. 1914, & list of awards. Concise but scarce. VG. See illustration on our website.   £35
A Soldier of England: Memorials of Leslie Yorath Sanders: Born July 5th, 1893, Killed in Action March 10th, 1917. 1st Ed., [vii]+145pp., portrait frontis. Dumfries: J. Maxwell & Son, Printers. 1920  #66011
[HLMainPic] Sanders was at Trinity College Cambridge in & enlisted in Queen Victoria's Rifle in 1914, went to France in Feb. 1915 & wounded at Hill 60 in April - an event of which he leaves an interesting account. He was commissioned in the RGA but when he returmed to France in Nov. 1916 he was attached to 3rd Field Survey Coy., RE, & killed when a shell burst in the HQ office in which he was working. Contains interesting & sometimes intensely poignant letters from the front in 1915 & 1916-17, various letters of condolence &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £145
A Soldier of England: Memorials of Leslie Yorath Sanders: Born July 5th, 1893, Killed in Action March 10th, 1917. 1st Ed., [vii]+145pp., 209x170mm, portrait frontis. Dumfries: J. Maxwell & Son, Printers and Publishers. 1920  #69336
[HLMainPic] Leslie Yorath Sanders, Son of Sir Charles Sanders K.B.E. (of the Board of Trade and later Director of Shipbuilding Work in the Ministry of Shipping) and Lady Agnes Sanders (who were Wesleyans), grew up in the East End of London, that his father "might devote his evenings and Sundays to social work amongst the poor." Sanders was educated at St Olave's Grammar School, Southwark, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He enlisted in Queen Victoria's Rifles (the 9th London Regiment, Territorial Force) in 1914, went to France in February 1915 and was wounded at Hill 60 in April (an event of which he leaves an interesting account). He was commissioned in the Royal Garrison Artillery, but when he returned to France in November 1916 he was attached to 3rd Field Survey Coy., Royal Engineers, and killed when a shell burst in the H.Q. office in which he was working on 10th March 1917. He was twenty-three and his grave lies in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty. Contains interesting and sometimes intensely poignant letters from the Front in 1915 and 1916-17, also various letters of condolence etc. In February 1917 he prophetically wrote: "The campaign that is opening now, it seems to me, will be the bloodiest in history… as the mud of winter once more renders the arena too slippery for the combatants to remain at grips… both sides will be exhausted, but the Bosche far more, and with far less material for recruitment. In the years that follow, I imagine, there can never be again the same intensity of effort there will be this summer; but though the Allies grow absolutely weaker, yet relatively they will grow stronger and stronger until at last, if only their will to win remains, they can overwhelm the Bosche in hopeless ruin… 'The War that will end War?' Perhaps. And maybe not." Green cloth, gilt to front and spine, rubbed & worn, sound, near VG.   £90
Catalogue of the Royal Engineers Corps Library at The Horse Guards, Whitehall, London. xxvii+521pp. Chatham: Mackays Ltd. for the Institution of REs. 1929  #69191
[HLMainPic] Library rules, Plan &c. followed by 434pp. subject catalogue then nearly 90pp. author index. Very absorbing reference, the library contained works on science & technical subjects as well as a great many service periodicals & all aspects of the military art, from training manuals to official histories, regimental & campaign history &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, sl. scarred but still VG.   £50
Collections & Recollections of 107th Field Coy. R.E. 1st Ed., 146pp., sketches in text. Darlington: Wm. Dresser & Sons. 1918  #63947
[HLMainPic] The first of 2 volumes recording the unit's services in Macedonia/Salonica: This part contains mainly humourous contributions, poems &c. by num. members of the Coy. Orig. blue cloth sp. with wheat cloth boards, titled in gilt to sp. & black to front, VG. Very scarce. See illustration on our website.   £125
Deeds of the Royal Engineers. Compiled in the Royal Engineer Record Office In Compliance with Army Council Instruction No. 850, dated April 19th, 1916. Orig. printed paper covd. boards, [iv]+81pp. Chatham: Royal Engineers Institute. 1918  #63746
[HLMainPic] Notable events in Corps history inc. chapters on Royal Engineers & The Battle of Waterloo; The Royal Sappers & Miners in the Crimean War; The Blowing In of the Cashmere Gate at Delhi; 23rd Coy. in the Indian Mutiny & China; 23rd Coy at Ladysmith, &c. Orig. grey printed paper covd. boards with blue cloth backstrip, little chipped/rubbed at top of rear panel o/w VG & rare (just 500 copies printed).   £50
Essex Group Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Companies, R.E., Monthly Orders, January 1926-December 1936. Eleven year run, around 1000pp. in all, several maps & diagrams, bound in 3 Vols. Printed by H.G. Allis, Printer, Brentwood. Contemp.  #61266
[HLMainPic] Exceptional survival, some 132 original Monthly Orders bound in 3 Vols., contemp. binders' cloth with ink titles to front & sp., unit stamps to eps. Contains much detail on regimental organisation, courses of instruction, appointments & promotions, training programmes, annual camp (with details of kit, dress &c.), sporting events, awards of Efficiency medals, some details of changes in AA equipment in use, &c. Demarcation of Duties of Permanent Staff Instructors, CQMS, CSM, Mechanist Machinery &c, are of notable interest.   £100
Field Service Manual. 1910. Royal Engineers - A Balloon Company. (Expeditionary Force.) Orig. red printed wraps., 45pp. HMSO. 1910  #67922
[HLMainPic] Complete details of establishment & organisation of a Balloon Company, personal & unit kit & equipment &c. from pencils & identity discs to carts & wagons (with notes on distribution & loads, technical equipment &c.). Orig. red printed wraps., VG & rare. See illustration on our website.   £95
Further Recollections of 107th Field Coy. R.E. 1st Ed., 228pp., 42 photos., 3 fldg. maps. Darlington: Wm. Dresser & Sons. 1920  #63948
[HLMainPic] The second of two volumes recording the unit's services in Macedonia/Salonica: This part contains the main historical narrative "Three Years in the Balkans" preceded by a very short account of early days in England & France. Roll of awards, fldg. map of Doiran Sector, texts of several Special Orders of the Day, &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. Very scarce & useful contribution of the literature of the campaign in Salonika. See illustration on our website.   £125

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