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The Bombay Light Horse & its Successor The Bombay Motor Patrol A.F.I.
1st Ed., 47pp., 6 plates. Croydon: Cranford Press.
1966
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Limited edition of 150 copies of this Auxilary Force India unit history that "contains much scarce information regarding equipment, uniforms, reorganisations & individual services." - Perkins 530. Orig. rexine cloth, VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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ANDERSON (Col. H.S.) & FRANCKLAND (Capt. A.)
The 101st Grenadiers: Historical Record of the Regiment, 1778-1923.
2nd Ed., [xv]+138pp., 4to, portrait frontis., 2 col.plates of uniforms, 15 photos., 9 maps. Aldershot: G&P.
1928
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The 1885 edition by Anderson re-written & much expanded to include additional material on earlier campaigns (Malabar, Sikh Wars, 2nd Afghan War &c.) to which are added Burma 1885-87, WW1 in East Africa, Egypt & Palestine, Somaliland & post-war Waziristan. Officers' services &c. (plus rolls of MOs & of officers attached to the regiment during the Great War, with remarks on their services). "...improved version of Anderson's 1885 history... based mainly on official records, but Franckland manages to weave in some personal accounts & these help to enliven the text..." - Perkins 451. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£350
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HAWARD (Edwin)
"Pioneers on Four Fronts" Being a Short Record of the Doings of the 107th Pioneers (now the 1/2nd Bombay Pioneer Regiment) in the Great War.
1st Ed., [vii]+63pp., 4 fldg. maps. Lahore: "Civil & Military Gazette" Press.
1923
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Western Front 1914-15 inc. Neuve Chapelle, then Mesopotamia, Waziristan & East Persia. Rolls of officers, awards. Perkins 444. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. Scarce. See illustration on our website.
£245
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PALSOKAR (Col. R.D., MC)
The Grenadiers: A Tradition of Valour.
1st Ed., xxiv+538pp., col. frontis., 5 other col. plates & 120 b/w illus., 49 maps. VG in sl. chipped dw. Jabalpur: The Regimental Centre. [1980].
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The 4th Bombay Grenadiers (1922 title) from raising as 1st Indian Grenadiers in 1779 onwards, inc. Mysore Wars, Egypt 1801, Mahratta Wars, Central India in the Mutiny, Abyssinia, 2nd Afghan War, Burma, Somaliland &c., WW1 Mespot. &c., post-war NWF, WW2 PAIFORCE & Burma (inc. Kohima & Meiktila &c.) & post-1947 Indo-Pakistan Wars &c. Appenices inc. rolls of commanding officers & subedar-majors, gallantry awards (inc. MiDs) to all ranks, both pre- & post-Independence. "a comprehensive account of all the Grenadier battalions & their forebears between 1779 & 1980... gives proper recognition to this fine regiment" - Perkins. VG in sl. chipped dw & very scarce. See illustration on our website.
£165
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SHAND (Alexander Innes)
General John Jacob: Commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse & Founder of Jacobabad.
1st Ed., x+320pp., portrait frontis., 25 plates, map. Seeley.
1900
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Bombay Artillery 1828 & served in Scinde Campaign becoming Political Supt. of the Scinde Frontier 1847 & saw much action against the hill tribes. Cmd. cavalry in Persian War, 1857. Remarkable soldier, reformer & pioneer of improved rifles who did much to leave his stamp on Scinde before his premature death of fever aged 46 in 1858. Orig. maroon cloth, gilt, little worn, generally VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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SPRING (Col. F.W.M.) Comp.
The Bombay Artillery: List of Officers who have served in the Regiment of Bombay Artillery from its Formation in 1749 to Amalgamation with the RA...
1st Ed., xii+135pp., 6 plates. Clowes.
1902
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The officers' services include full career details, campaign service, date of death &c. There is also a history of the early days of the regiment & a statement of the war services of each Troop, up to & including the Boer War. Perkins 431. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, white cloth backstrip, stained but o/w VG. See illustration on our website.
£75
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TUGWELL (Lt.-Col. W.B.P.)
History of the Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933.
1st Ed., 439pp., 11 col. & 42 b/w plates, 17 maps. Bedford: Sidney Press.
1938
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Pioneers accompanied every expedition & the regiment saw a great deal of active service inc. Afghan Wars 1838-42 & 1878-80; NWF inc. Black Mountain, Bhutan 1864, Tirah & Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Indian Corps in France 1914-15, Mesopotamia, NWF 1916-17; Afghanistan 1919 & Waziristan 1924-28. "One of the most comprehensive & handsomely produced of all IA histories" - Perkins 443. Orig. half blue morocco, gilt, sp. dry/rubbed as usual o/w VG. See illustration on our website.
£125
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