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James Lusk, BA (Cantab).; Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur; Captain & Adjutant 6th Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Letters & Memories.
1st Ed., [vii]+151pp., portrait frontis., col. plate (of Legion d'Honneur). Oxford: Printed for B.H. Blackwell.
1916
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James Lusk was commissioned in the 6th Cameronians in 1908, mobilised & served in France March-Dec. 1915. Memoir followed by extensive & interesting letters from training and the Front: wounded by a trench mortar on Christmas Day 1915 whilst going round his trenches & DoW 28/12/15. He was awarded the Legion d'Honneur at Festubert in June when he was Bn. Transport Officer & the bn. having lost heavily in officers he made his way up the line & helped reorganise. He was appointed adjutant after this battle. Orig. grey paper covd. boards with purple cloth backstrip, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£145
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James Lusk, BA (Cantab).; Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur; Captain & Adjutant 6th Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Letters & Memories.
1st Ed., [vii]+151pp., portrait frontis., col. plate (of Legion d'Honneur). Oxford: Printed for B.H. Blackwell.
1916
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James Lusk was commissioned in the 6th Cameronians in 1908, mobilised & served in France March-Dec. 1915. Memoir followed by extensive & interesting letters from training and the Front: wounded by a trench mortar on Christmas Day 1915 whilst going round his trenches & DoW 28/12/15. He was awarded the Legion d'Honneur at Festubert in June when he was Bn. Transport Officer & the bn. having lost heavily in officers he made his way up the line & helped reorganise. He was appointed adjutant after this battle. Orig. grey paper covd. boards with purple cloth backstrip, little rubbed & worn, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£120
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The Jullundur Brigade in France & Flanders 1914-1915.
1st Ed., orig. dec. laminated card wraps., [ii]+64pp., num. photos., 3 maps. New Delhi: Kraftwerk Print & Design [for the Brigade Association]. nd (c.1990)
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The 8th Bde. of the Lahore Division consisted of the 1st Bn. Manchester Regt., 47th Sikhs & 59th Scinde Rifles. A useful concise illustrated account of their active service in France & Flanders, plus chronology, regimental notes &c. VG & uncommon. See illustration on our website.
£35
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"An O.E." [Pseud. of FILDES (Lt. G.P.A., Coldstream Guards)]
Iron Times with the Guards.
By an "O.E." 1st Ed., xv+358pp. Murray.
1918
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Anonymous personal account. The 'Old Etonian' was commissioned in a territorial regiment in 1914, shortly afterwards transferred to the Coldstream & served with 2nd Bn. in France from April 1915: fought in battle of Festubert, later at Ypres & on the Somme. Orig. purple cloth, sp. a little sunned o/w VG & scarce with presentation inscrip. "Eric Dawson-Walker in memory of the author, Geoffrey Fildes, 1888-1963, from his daughter, Pamela Myers. Windsor, April 1965.". See illustration on our website.
£50
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BEWSHER (Major F.W., DSO, MC)
The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918.
1st Ed., xvi+411pp., 3 portraits, 13 maps. Blackwood.
1921
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The mixed fortunes of the famous Highland Div. on the Western Front from April 1915: including Festubert, the Somme & Ancre, Passchendaele &c. Rarest of all Great War divisional histories. Orig. red cloth, blocked gilt & black, VG, nice copy. See illustration on our website.
£225
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BILL (Major C.A.)
The 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (2nd Birmingham Battalion) in the Great War.
1st Ed., [xii]+151pp., portrait frontis., 20 photos., 5 maps. Birmingham: Cornish.
1932
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To France at end of 1915 & integrated into 5th Div., served on the Arras front, then on the Somme 1916, Festubert sector 1916-17, Arras & 3rd Ypres, Italy 1917-18. Appealing & scarce history with some interesting photos. of trenches & many interesting anecdotes. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£120
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BILL (Major C.A.)
The 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (2nd Birmingham Battalion) in the Great War.
1st Ed., [xii]+151pp., portrait frontis., 20 photos., 5 maps. VG in dw. Birmingham: Cornish.
1932
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To France at end of 1915 & integrated into 5th Div., served on the Arras front, then on the Somme 1916, Festubert sector 1916-17, Arras & 3rd Ypres, Italy 1917-18. Appealing & scarce history with some interesting photos. of trenches & many interesting anecdotes. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG in torn but neatly repaired dw. See illustration on our website.
£125
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BORASTON (Lt.-Col. J.H.) & BAX (Capt. C.E.)
The Eighth Division in War 1914-1918.
1st Ed., xv+359pp., 18 illus., 21 maps. Medici.
1926
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Regular Div. F&F 1914-18 inc. Festubert; Aubers Ridge; Loos; Somme; Arras; 3rd Ypres; March Retreat; Final Advance. Order of Battle, awards roll, col. plates of unit patches. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG, nice copy. See illustration on our website.
£50
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BORASTON (Lt.-Col. J.H.) & BAX (Capt. C.E.)
The Eighth Division in War 1914-1918.
1st Ed., xv+359pp., 18 illus., 21 maps. Medici.
1926
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Regular Div. F&F 1914-18 inc. Festubert; Aubers Ridge; Loos; Somme; Arras; 3rd Ypres; March Retreat; Final Advance. Order of Battle, awards roll, col. plates of unit patches. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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CHAUDHURI (Lt.-Col. P.)
9 Gurkha Rifles: A Regimental History (1817-1947).
1st Ed., 7+260pp., 17 photos., num. maps. VG in worn dw. Delhi: Vision Books.
1984
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Useful abridgement of the rare earlier histories by Stevens & Poynder. Western Front & Mespot in WW1, Italy & Burma in WW2. VG in worn dw with loss at head of sp. panel. See illustration on our website.
£35
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