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59th Division 1915-1919.
1st Ed., 186pp., 9 photos., 2 fldg. plans. Chesterfield: Wilfred Edmunds Ltd.
1928
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Collaborative effort mostly by officers of the Division. Served Ireland (sent to quell the Easter Rising) & then F&F from Feb. 1917 & fought at Passchendaele, Bourlon Wood, March Offensive &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt to front, VG & rare with presentation letter tipped onto front paste-down, from one of the compilers, Lt-Col. E.U. Bradbridge, to Gen. Sir P. Hambro [i.e., Maj.-Gen. Sir Percy Otway Hambro, KBE, CB, CMG, DAQMG of III Corps 1915-18]: "My dear General, The officers of the Reunion Club of the late 59th Division hope that you will accept the enclosed volume... on account of your connection with the Division in the early days of our service in III Corps apropos of which I have made my - personal - acknowledgement to you, in the book..."
£120
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