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BIRDWOOD (Lt.-Col. Lord)
The Worcestershire Regiment 1922-1950.
1st Ed., xv+302pp., 12 plates, 8 maps. VG in chipped dw. Aldershot: G&P.
1952
#67681
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Battalions served in Eritrea, Western Desert, Burma & NW Europe 1944-45. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.
£20
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RUSSELL (Henry)
Slaves of the War Lords.
1st Ed., 288pp. Hutchinson.
1928
#65132
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Lewis gunner with the 10th (S) Bn. Worcesters 1916-18: inc. Somme & Ancre, Arras, Messines, Ypres, March 1918. Wounded in 1918. Orig. grey/green cloth, titled in black, worn & stained copy with renewed endpapers, but a rare other rank memoir. See illustration on our website.
£75
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SMITH (Capt. H. Raymond)
A Soldier's Diary: Sidelights on the Great War 1914-1918.
1st Ed., 123pp., portrait frontis., 13 plates. Evesham: Printed by the Journal Press.
1940
#68292
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Very scarce privately printed personal memoir of service with 1/8th Worcesters, 48th (South Midland) Div., France from April 1915; to No. 3 Officer Cadet Bn. at Bristol in Nov. 1916 & commissioned in the Rifle Brigade. Served with 11th (S) Bn. in France 1917-18 inc. 3rd Ypres, Cambrai &c. Original red wraps., titled in black, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£145
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SMITH (Edward, JP)
Private 7664: A Faithful Soldier of the Brave Worcesters.
1st Ed., 96pp., portrait frontis., 156x104mm. London: The Religious Tract Society.
1915
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Joseph Henry Cox, a regular soldier and a zealous Christian, stated in this volume to be serving with the 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, but in CWGC records as with 3rd Battalion, was Killed in Action at La Quinque Rue (near Bethune) on 28th October 1914. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial. Pre-war correspondence and just one wartime letter from France, dated October 19th, 1914. Printed paper covered boards with title and regimental badge blocked in black to front. Litte rubbed, VG.
£45
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STACKE (Capt. H. FitzM.)
The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War.
1st Ed., xxx+667pp., 4to, 38 photo. plates, 22 drawings, 127 maps & plans. Kidderminster: Cheshire & Sons.
1928
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Detailed history of twelve bns. on active service inc. all main battles on Western Front, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia & Italy. Roll of Hon., awards &c. The most ambitious 1914-18 history in terms of scale, bulk & maps; an immense volume printed on art paper, far too heavy for the cloth used in the original binding, hence the copy here offered is partially split as usual, but overall sound & complete with all maps &c. See illustration on our website.
£145
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