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Charles Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley. Born August 14th, 1887, Killed in Action October 30th, 1914. An Appreciation.
By His Father. 1st Ed., 101pp., 22x17.5cm, portrait frontis., 24 photos., 4 maps. Privately published.
1924
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Charles Sackville Pelham was a regular officer educated at Eton and Sandhurst. He was gazetted to the Royal Horse Guards in 1908, went overseas in October 1914 commanding the Machine Gun Section of the Blues, saw much action in the trenches with his guns during the First Battle of Ypres until killed in action in the German attack at Zandvoorde on 30th October 1914. He was twenty-seven years old and left a widow, Lady Alexandra. Memoir of his life and career with much detail on the 7th Cavalry Brigade in 1914, including the diary of the Adjutant of the Blues and considerable detail on Worsley's final fight, death and burial, including critical commentary on inaccuracies in the German official monograph on First Ypres. Lord Worsley was originally buried in an isolated grave at Zandvoorde, but reinterred in the Ypres Town Cemetery Extension in 1921. Lady Worsley purchased the original burial site and the Household Cavalry Memorial (unveiled by Earl Haig in 1924) now stands on the spot. Orig. light blue cloth, gilt to front & and spine, little rubbed, generally VG & very scarce.
£220
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