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Indian Army Regimental History Indian Army Regimental History   76 Books
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A Brief History of the 3rd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment. Formerly 76th Punjabis...&c. 1st Ed., [ix]+60pp. Aldershot: G&P. 1927  #69220
[HLMainPic] Formerly 76th Punjabis, inc. 19th Century campaigns but mainly WW1 in Mespot., followed by 3rd Afghan War & Waziristan 1921-23. Rolls of awards (including Mentions in Despatches) & officers killed or wounded. Perkins 447. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG & rare. See illustration on our website.   £160
Standing Orders Meerut District Signals 1936. [viii]+156pp., rectos. only. Karachi: Daily Gazette Press. 1936  #67672
[HLMainPic] Customary regimental regulations & instructions concerning all aspects of interior economy, duties, discipline, motor transport, signals &c. Orig. buff printed boards with blue cloth backstrip, paper labels on front & tp obscuring the previous title of this work which was "B Corps Signals Unit Standing Orders 1936." Large no. of typed or ms. amendments tipped-in. See illustration on our website.   £75
The Historical Record of the 5th Goorkha Regiment, or the Hazara Goorkha Battalion, Punjab Frontier Force. Bound photocopy of 1886 1st Ed., [ii]+iv+74pp. Lahore: Punjab Govt. Press. 1886.  #69513
[HLMainPic] One of the PFF series based on official & regimental records. "It lacks any human interest, but is a reliable source for checking dates & unit movements." - Perkins. Actuilly, it does mention the arrivals & departures of officers, & details of some awards of the IOM. Bound photocopy of scarce work, Indian-style half-calf, gilt, VG.   £35
History of the 20th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Infantry, Brownlow's Punjabis. From its Formation in 1857 to 1907. 1st Ed., [ix]+147pp., portrait frontis., 13 plates, plan. Devonport: Swiss & Co. 1910  #64121
[HLMainPic] Much NWF inc. Yusufzai Expedition 1858, Umbeyla 1863, Hazara, 2nd Afghan War, Tirah &c. 1897-98; also China in 1860 & 1900. "...detailed accounts of the sixteen campaigns in which it took part... interesting biographies of the regiment's founder..." - Perkins 476. Nominal rolls &c. Orig. qtr. green morocco, gilt, sp. browned & rubbed o/w VG, a good example as the leather sp. was prone to disintegration & most copies I have encountered have been rebacked. Contemp. ownership inscrip. of "C.M. Hawes" (listed in the Officers' Services roll: joined 1904, QM 1909: later Lt.-Col., DSO). Rare. See illustration on our website.   £220
History of the Guides. Part I, 1846-1922. 1st Ed., xv+347pp., 4to, 19 illus., 7 fldg. maps in pocket, 11 in text. Aldershot: G&P. 1938  #68969
[HLMainPic] Part I contains the raising of the Corps. & var. NWF expeditions inc. Ambeylah, Black Mountain, Chitral & many others; also Indian Mutiny, 2nd Afghan War, WW1 in Mespot., Persia & Palestine. Var. lists & rolls inc. British & Indian officers, awards &c. "An exemplary history" - Perkins 409. Orig. light brown cloth, gilt, bevelled boards, sp. rubbed & worn, little marked, VG overall. See illustration on our website.   £265
Seventh Gurkha Rifles Regimental Journal 1939-1945. Number 2, December 1946. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., [iii]+80pp., several maps/plans. Lahore: Civil & Military Gazette, for the Regiment. Contemp.  #68953
[HLMainPic] Contains detailed War Diaries (with several sketches) of 1st, 2nd & 4th Battalions in Burma & North Africa, plus other details. Includes roll of British Officers noting their current appointment & home address, additions to Roll of Hon. (British & Indian Officers), awards &c. Especially useful as the 7th GR regimental history is light on close detail. Orig. dec. wraps., staples rusted o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £65
Seventh Gurkha Rifles Regimental Journal 1939-1945. Number 1, July 1946. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., [iii]+68pp., several maps/plans. Lahore: Civil & Military Gazette, for the Regiment. Contemp.  #68952
[HLMainPic] Contains detailed War Diaries (with several sketches) of 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions in Burma, North Africa & Singapore, plus other details inc. Roll of Hon. (British & Indian Officers), awards &c. Especially useful as the 7th GR regimental history is light on close detail. Orig. dec. wraps., staples rusted o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £65
The Story of the 1st & 2nd Battalions, 41st Dogras, Volume I. October 1900 to December 1923 & October 1917 to March 1922. Compiled from the Digest of Services & Other Sources by Officers of the Regiment. 1st Ed., [ix]+146+xpp., portrait frontis., 10 plates, 5 fldg. maps. Printed by Thacker & Co. Ltd, Bombay, For Private Circulation Only. nd (c.1935). 1935  #64620
[HLMainPic] 41st Dogras raised 1900: served in China then with Indian Corps on the Western Front 1914-15, then in Mesopotamia, Afghan War 1919, Aden, Somaliland &c. 2nd Bn. raised 1917 served in Afghan War 1919, Mahsud campaign 1920 & Wana Column 1921. On IA reorganisation in 1922 the 1st B. became 3/17th Dogras & the 2nd Bn. the 10th (Training) Bn. Rare history with much interesting detail, composite photos. of COs & Subedars-Major, &c. "This is a handsome book, a pleasure to handle, & full of facts. The appendices are exceptionally good. The H&A appendix, for example, includes details of all IOM & IDSM awards, foreign awards, full citations where appropriate, & details of Recommendations." - Perkins. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & rare. See illustrations on our website.   £325
The Bombay Light Horse & its Successor The Bombay Motor Patrol A.F.I. 1st Ed., 47pp., 6 plates. Croydon: Cranford Press. 1966  #65057
[HLMainPic] Limited edition of 150 copies of this Auxilary Force India unit history that "contains much scarce information regarding equipment, uniforms, reorganisations & individual services." - Perkins 530. Orig. rexine cloth, VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
Records of No. 3 Mountain Battery R.A. 1st Ed., [iii]+78pp. Allahabad: Pioneer Press. 1909  #66168
[HLMainPic] Very rare history (not in Perkins) recording the history of the regiment from raising in 1759 & its subsequent services in the Peninsular War (Corunna &c.), 2nd Afghan War with the Kabul Field Force (Kandahar &c.), Zhob Valley Field Force 1884, Burma 1886-87, Sikkim 1888, Miranzai FF 1891, Relief of Chitral 1895, Mohmand 1897 &c. Much interesting detail on these campaigns, also on the organisation of the unit & notes on British officers' services. Orig. red full morocco, gilt title to front, very nice example. See illustration on our website.   £245

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