CARY (A.D.L., OBE) & McCANCE (Capt. S.)
Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Vols. I & II. 1689-1815 & 1816-1914.
1st Ed., 2 Vols., 4to; xxi+324pp. & xviii+425pp., maps. Wrexham: The RWF.
1995
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These vols. contain Napoleonic Wars, inc. Peninsula & Waterloo, Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, Ashanti, Burma 1885, Black Mountain Expedition, Boer War &c. Orig. blue cloth, worn, sound.
£40
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THORNTON (Surgeon Gen. Sir J.H., KCB)
Memories of Seven Campaigns: A Record of Thirty-Five Years Service in the Indian Medical Department in India, China, Egypt & Sudan.
1st Ed., xxviii+359pp., 64 illus. Constable.
1895
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Appointed surgeon in the EIC shortly before the Mutiny (seeing much service in it, Relief of Lucknow &c.). Distinguished career also included China 1860, Bhootan, Egypt &c. & culminated in the Black Mountain Expedition in 1890, by which time he was Principal Medical Officer of the P.F.F. Modern blue cloth with leather lettering label to sp., VG thus. See illustration on our website.
£75
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VAUGHAN (Gen. Sir J. Luther, KCB)
My Service in the Indian Army & After.
1st Ed., xi+303pp., portrait frontis., 3 fldg. maps. Constable.
1904
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Native Infantry 1841, served Gwalior, to the PFF 1850 (one of its earliest officers); attached Turkish Contingent in the Crimea then commanded a Field Force against the Yusafzai's in 1857 & the 5th Native Infantry in the Mutiny; Umbeyla 1863 & Black Mountain expedition 1868. Hon. Colonel, 58th Vaughan's Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force. Contains useful accounts of several NWF campaigns. Orig. red cloth, gilt, sp. worn & stained, o/w VG & rare See illustrations on our website.
£165
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