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SEAVER (George) Comp.
Richard Archer Houblon, A Memoir.
1st Ed., orig. printed card wraps., [viii]+150pp., real photo. portrait frontis., another in later years, 6 sketches. Portlaw, Waterford, Ireland: Volturna Press [privately published].
1970
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Rare biography/memoir based largely on letters/diaries of the subject, who obtained a commission in the Artillery via the Militia in 1905; appointed to "T" Battery RHA 1911; to France with it in 1914; later trans. to 32nd Batt. RFA, 8th Div., inc. Neuve Chapelle & Aubers Ridge, was awarded a DSO on the Somme & later returned to command "I" Batt. in the March Retreat &c. Orig. wraps., circulated for family & scarce. VG.
£45
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