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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
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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
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5th Signal Company Royal Engineers: Summary of War History 1914-1919.
Card wraps., [7]pp. Aldershot: G&P. nd
#62577
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Summary of services with 5th Div., Western Front from Aug. 1914, & list of awards. Concise but scarce. VG. See illustration on our website.
£35
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The Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry 1848-1948.
1st Ed., 126pp., 4to, 18 plates, tailpieces to each chapter. Glasow: Printed for the Regiment by MacLehose & Co.
1948
#69566
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Includes active service in Boer War, Gallipoli, Egypt & Western Front in WW1 & as anti-tank units in WW2. Very nicely illustrated & produced history, orig. qtr. morocco, VG throughout & rare.
£75
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The History of the Locally Raised 160th (Wearside) Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
1st Ed., 41pp., 4to, frontis. (faux arms), 3 plates. Sunderland: Robert Youll, Printer. nd (c.1920)
#63178
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Rare record of 160th Bde. RFA, raised in Sunderland in 1915 & served in France/Flanders from Jan. 1916-1919 with the 34th Div., inc. Somme 1916, Arras 1917, Passchendaele, 1918 Battles &c. Short historical record followed by rolls of officers, NCOs & men who served with the unit, noting the battery to which they belonged, together with roll of those killed or wounded (including date), & awards roll. Contemp. half red leather binding, titled to front, little chipped & worn, generally VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£125
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King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle 1918.
1st Ed., xv+339pp., 7 illus., 8 fldg. maps. Winchester: Warren & Sons.
1919
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Detailed war records of all bns. on service inc. March Retreat, Final Advance &c., excellent maps inc. coloured trench maps. Rolls of officers killed & wounded, obituaries, roll of awards. Orig. green cloth, silver gilt, sp. chipped & worn, generally sound.
£30
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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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The History of the Eighth Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1919.
1st Ed., xiii+286pp., 38 photos., 4 fldg. maps. Printed Privately for the Bn. by Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd.
1921
#63153
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24th Div. in F&F 1915-18: Battles of Loos, Somme, Vimy, 3rd Ypres, German Spring Offensive, Final Advance from Cambrai to Mauberge 1918. Awards roll. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, little wear, VG. See illustration on our website.
£50
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Standing Orders of the Seaforth Highlanders. 1912.
vii+196pp. sample forms, musical scores &c. Letchworth: Arden Press.
1912
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Combined SOs for the 1st & 2nd Bns., containing customary regimental rules & regulations, duties &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt to front & spine, VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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Standing Orders of the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Horse Guards, War Office, 1893. 272pp. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO.
1893
#69389
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Covering all sorts of matter relating to discipline & duties of various ranks, &c. Orig. red cloth, blindstamped & gilt, VG with ink ownership inscrip. to front of Giles Lawrence Clarke.
£35
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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
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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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