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Gordon Highlanders   16 Books
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George Buchanan Smith 1890-1915. 1st Ed., vii+142pp., 223x179mm, portrait frontis., 8 photos. Glasgow: Printed by Maclehose, For Private Circulation. 1916  #66007
[HLMainPic] George Buchanan Smith was a son of the Very Rev. Sir George Adam Smith and Lady Smith, of Aberdeen. He was born in October 1890, educated at Glasgow Academy (where he was in the Cadet Corps) and the University of Glasgow (where he was a vocal student and secretary of the Liberal Club). He then entered the legal profession but very soon after graduating (LL.B.) at Aberdeen in June 1914, war broke out and he was promptly commissioned in the Gordon Highlanders (Special Reserve). He was posted to the 1st Battalion in Flanders in December, where he was wounded in his first engagement, on 14th inst, just two days after arriving, in a local attack between Kemmel and Wytschaete. He lost a middle finger of his left hand but after several months in hospital and rather longer convalescing he went out to the 2nd Battalion in August 1915 and was killed in action on 25th September, the first day of the Battle of Loos, aged twenty-four. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Contains a detailed memoir of his early life and student days, an account of his two brief periods of active service (including contributions by comrades), extracts from his letters written from France, August-September 1915, numerous letters of condolence and so forth. Orig. Grey paper covered boards, blocked in black to front and spine, sp. worn, generally VG with presentation letter from the subject's mother affixed to front paste-down. See illustrations on our website.   £260
The Gordon Highlanders in Pictures 1940-1945. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 60pp., approx. 80 photos. Glasgow: Wilson, Guthrie & Co. nd (c.1946)  #63899
[HLMainPic] A fine selection of photos. of the Gordons at war on all Fronts. Covs. sl. chipped, stapled rusted, generally sound, VG & scarce. See illustrations on our website.   £45
A.A.D. [i.e. Bt. Lt.-Col. Arthur Abercromby Duff, CIE, MVO, Gordon Highlanders &c.] My Escape. By A.A.D. 1st Ed., [iii]+29pp. Aberdeen: Privately printed by William Smith & Sons, The Bon-Accord Press. 1919  #61039
[HLMainPic] Commences: "On the 26th August, 1914, late in the evening, about half-past six, I got wounded in Le Cateau-Cambrai battle." The author then relates being succoured by French peasants in a cottage, where he was hidden from enquiring Germans in the attic; he then spent a month in a French hospital at Caudry which, due to an outbreak of scarlet fever, the Germans avoided. Eventually they came, & escaping through a window, he evaded capture & again lived among the populace, avoiding detection even when German soldiers were also billeted with his temporary hosts. Eventually made his way to the British Consulate in Flushing & thence by boat to Folkestone (carrying the Consul's despatches & little else but a toothbrush). Arthur Abercromby Duff (later Scott-Duff) was a career colonial administrator who held many distinguished positions before WW1, & participated in operations in Somaliland 1903-04. His work in India as Military Sec. to the Governor of Madras was rewarded by the CIE in 1912. He was also an officer of the 3rd (SR) Bn. Gordon Highlanders & was attached to the 1st Bn. in 1914 when wounded. He was later 2ic (& sometimes acting CO) of 6th Bn. Gordon Highlanders on the Western Front. One copy on Library Hub (formerly COPAC, at National Library of Scotland). Orig. blue morocco, blocked "A.A.D." in gilt obliquely across top left corner of front & inscribed: "With best wishes for Xmas & 1920 from Arthur A. Duff." Little chipped & rubbed, generally VG & rare. See illustration on our website.   £250
CATTO (Alexander) With the Scottish Troops in France: Stories of The Gordons, Seaforths, Guards, Royal Field Artillery, Royal Engineers Etc. 1st Ed. in volume form, reproduced from the pages of the Aberdeen Daily Journal, orig. dec wraps., 88pp. Aberdeen Daily Journal Office. 1918  #60397
[HLMainPic] A most interesting & varied selection of pieces by Alexander Catto, the Aberdeen Journal's Special Correspondent at the Front, reproducing numerous atmospheric & interesting episodes relating to Scottish regiments in France from 1915-18, both in & out of action. Attractive, rare, & of great interest. See illustrations on our website.   £225
FALLS (Cyril) The Gordon Highlanders in the First World War 1914-1918. 1st Ed., xv+276pp., 21 sketch maps. Aberdeen Univ. Press. 1958  #62708
[HLMainPic] Western Front (Somme, Arras, Ypres &c.) & Italy. Orig. green cloth, gilt, sp. little sunned o/w VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £75
FALLS (Cyril) The Gordon Highlanders in the First World War 1914-1918. 1st Ed., xv+276pp., 21 sketch maps. Aberdeen Univ. Press. 1958  #63859
[HLMainPic] Western Front (Somme, Arras, Ypres &c.) & Italy. Orig. green cloth, gilt, stained & worn but sound & complete. Scarce. See illustration on our website.   £35
FRASER (Gen. Sir David) Ed. In Good Company: The First World War Letters & Diaries of The Hon. William Fraser, Gordon Highlanders. 1st Ed., x+348pp., map. VG in dw. Wilton: Michael Russell. 1990  #66331
[HLMainPic] To Flanders as a subaltern in 2nd Gordons in 1914: fought at 1st, 2nd & 3rd Ypres, Arras & Cambrai, several times wounded, won the MC & by 1918 was a 28-year-old battalion commander. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.   £15
GARDYNE (Lt.-Col. C. Greenhill) The Life of a Regiment: The History of the Gordon Highlanders: Volume I, 1794-1816 2nd Imp., xx+438pp., col. plates, photos., maps & plans. VG in dw. Medici. 1929  #66804
[HLMainPic] Peninsular & Waterloo campaigns. Orig. green cloth, titled in black, VG in dw. See illustration on our website.   £25
GARDYNE (Lt.-Col. C. Greenhill) The Life of a Regiment: The History of the Gordon Highlanders: Volume II, 1816-1898 (including an Account of the 75th Regt. from 1787-1881). 2nd Imp., xxiv+346pp., col. plates, photos., maps & plans. Medici. 1929  #66805
[HLMainPic] Campaigns include Crimea & Indian Mutiny, Second Afghan War, Transvaal War, Gordon Relief Expedition, Tirah 1897 &c. Orig. cloth, titled in black, VG. See illustration on our website.   £25
LINDSAY (Martin, DSO) So Few Got Through: The Personal Diary of Lieut.-Col. Martin Lindsay, DSO, MP, who served with the Gordon Highlander in the 51st Highland Division from July, 1944, to May, 1945. 1st Ed., 287pp., 9 maps. VG in chipped dw. Collins. 1946  #64379
[HLMainPic] 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders in NW Europe. Includes roll of officers who served in the bn. (106 in all, of whom 83 became battle casualties of one kind or another, & 10 more invalided). Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.   £25

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