War Record of the 2nd City of Edinburgh Battery: First Lowland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (C Battery, 86th Army Brigade) 1914-1918.
1st Ed., [viii]+115pp., 4to, frontis. (portraits of six officers), + 3 plates. Glasgow: Printed for the Battery by Maclehose & Co.
1923
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TF unit arrived in France Oct. 1915 & became part of 51st (Highland) Div. Artillery until reorganised into Army Field Artillery Brigades in February 1917: Western Front throughout the war inc. Vimy 1916, the Somme, Beaumont Hamel, Arras & Passchendaele in 1917, Amiens, Hindenburg Line & Selle in 1918. Plates include named officers groups in 1917 & 1918. Very scarce & excellent history with nominal roll & casualty list, portraits of Fallen Officers (frontis.). Orig. blue cloth, gilt, a worn & stained copy lacking the folding map from the end-pocket. See illustrations on our website.
£45
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