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Regimental History Regimental and divisional histories including the Great War 1914-1918   455 Books
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Standing Orders of the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). viii+94pp. (with blank interleaves). Chatham: G&P. 1891  #65748
[HLMainPic] Customary regimental organisation, duties, &c. Orig. green cloth, somewhat worn but near VG with pencil ownership inscrip. of E.A.F. Dawson (Ed. Eton, served as a regular officer in the RB 1885-1905 & commanded the 6th Special Reserve Bn. 1911-1917. Served in Boer War). See illustration on our website.   £30
A Short Record of the Services & Experiences of the 5th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers in The Great War. 1st Ed., 44pp., map. [Dublin, 1919].  #65956
[HLMainPic] Service battalion raised in 1914, landed at Suvla Bay in August 1915, went on to Salonika &c. Concise accounts of campaign service plus rolls of officers. Rare, & a very nice clean copy. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front. See illustration on our website.   £120
With the 1st/1st South Midland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance: Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine, Salonica 1914-1918. 1st Ed., [iv]+63pp. No imprint/date, but label to rear paste-down of Globe Printing & Binding Works, Aston, Birmingham. [c.1920]  #65951
[HLMainPic] Arriving at Alexandria in April 1915 the Ambulance spent several months dealing with streams of wounded from Gallipoli. A detachment served at Gallipoli as reinforcement to 2nd Fd. Amb., another section served in Salonica (there is an account of these sub-units' experiences in the text) while the main body took part in the Senussi campaign. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. red cloth, gilt to front, VG & rare. See illustration on our website.   £145
14th Heavy Battery R.G.A. War Diary, List of Honours & Awards to Officers, N.C.O.'s & Men Whilst Serving with the Battery, List of Officers who have Served with the Battery & Battery Roll of Honour. 1st Ed., 108pp., 7 photos., fldg. map (showing positions & dates where the Battery was in action, 1915-1918). Robert Scott. 1919  #67412
[HLMainPic] Contains Battery history, War Diary & various rolls as stated in the title. Roll of casualties includes the wounded, inc. place & nature of wounds; roll of awards includes citations inc. MMs; officers' service roll includes dates of service with unit & other details. Served at the Somme 1916, Arras 1917 &c. Orig. paper covd. boards with title & coloured cloth onlay to front (formation sign), blue spine strip latterly renewed, VG thus. See illustration on our website.   £60
The History of the London Rifle Brigade 1859-1919. 1st Ed., text & mapcase: xx+515p., 6 plates, 17 sketch maps in text + 5 lge. fldg. maps in separate case. Constable. 1921  #63056
[HLMainPic] 5th Londons F&F 1914-18 Plugstreet, 2nd Ypres, 1/7/16 at Gommecourt &c. Detailed & readable history with num. anecdotes &c. Appendices inc. officers' services, awards. Complete: text + 5 fldg. maps in separate mapcase. Orig. green cloth, silver gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £50
Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-19. The Signal Service (France). 1st Ed., xvi+359pp., frontis., 20 drawings/diagrams (some fldg.). Chatham: RE Institution. 1921  #61365
[HLMainPic] Excellent, detailed survey & history of signals throughout the war on the Western Front. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, sp. sunned & little chipped o/w VG with ownership inscrip. of "Joseph Doust. 'Worlston,' Overcliffe, Gravesend, January 1922" & loosely inserted orig. typescript foolscap leaf "Report on Working of Wireless Communication, 56th Division During the Advance Between November 3rd. and 11th. 1918" dated 19/11/1918 & signed by J. Doust, Lieut. R.E., O.C. Signals Wireless Section 56th Division. Also a later ownership inscription. See illustration on our website.   £165
A Record of the 53rd (Welsh) Divisional Cyclist Company. Gallipoli - Egypt - Palestine, 1915-1919. 1st Ed., 117pp., 5 photo. portraits of officers, 2 other photos., 2 maps. Manchester: Rawson & Co., Printers. nd (c.1919)  #65892
[HLMainPic] Formed in early 1915 the unit served in Gallipoli from August.-December 1915 & Egypt/Palestine 1916-18. Rare history with much interesting detail plus various nominal rolls (the original Coy. in July 1915 & subsequent drafts received. This copy with ownership inscrip. of a member of the unit who appears in the roll of 'originals.' He has added a postcard photo. of the HMAT 'Wiltshire' (which transported them to the East), pasted-in a newspaper cutting from the Stockport Express oj March 1971 in which he records his experiences, plus a related letter & photo. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front, worn but rare & interesting copy. See illustrations on our website.   £245
The Story of the Sixty-Sixth C.F.A. 1st Ed., xii+148pp., portrait frontis., 12 photo. plates (inc. portraits of Battery Commanders), 3 maps. Edinburgh: Turnbull & Spears, for the Battery. 1919  #63108
[HLMainPic] A fine history compiled by members of the Battery in Belgium in 1919. Includes accounts of raising & training in Canada & UK, then active service in France 1917-18. Perkins applauds the factual information within & adds that is was "presumably based upon the war Diary" although there is far more detail on events & personalities than generally found in those bare records. Includes nominal rolls of all ranks with details of their services. Orig. blue calf, gilt to front & sp., VG & rare. See illustration on our website.   £145
Historical Records of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Volume III. 1st Ed., xxiii+468pp., 4to, 31 plates, 20 of 22 fldg. maps. Blackwood. 1931  #61336
[HLMainPic] Fine record of the regular Cameron battalions 1914-1918, 1st Bn. on Western Front & 2nd Bn. in Salonika. Roll of Hon., awards, &c. Orig. dark green cloth, gilt, VG & rare, clean ex-MHS copy, lacking 2 of the 5 end-pocket maps. See illustration on our website.   £100
The 60th C.F.A. Battery Book 1916-1919. 1st Ed., 190pp., 31 photos., several maps. Printed by King & Jarrett, London, & published by the Canada Newspaper Co., Ltd., Kingsway. 1919  #63109
[HLMainPic] Includes accounts of raising & training in Canada & UK, then active service in France 1917-18. "A substantial record... contains plenty of good factual information... with abundant references to individual officers & men... Most of the photographs are unique to this book, & are reasonably well produced." - Perkins. Orig. purple cloth, somewhat worn & stained, portrait of CO torn with loss, o/w sound. See illustration on our website.   £50

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