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In Memoriam. Alexander Roxburgh Murray, 2nd Lieut., 17th Highland Light Infantry. Born at Chungking, West China, on Christmas Day, 1897. Killed, leading his men into action, near Beaumont Hamel, on the morning of 18th November, 1916.
1st Ed., 59pp., 170x122mm, portrait frontis. & 47 photos. No imprint or date (c.1917).
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Alexander Roxburgh Murray was educated at Glasgow Academy where he excelled at athletics and Rugby Football. Leaving school in 1915 he was commissioned in the 17th (Service) Battalion Highland Light Infantry (The Glasgow Chamber of Commerce battalion) and went to France in July 1916. He was just eighteen when he fell on 18th November 1916 and is buried in New Munich Trench British Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel. This small book, printed on art paper throughout, contains a 'photographic essay' of his young life, growing up in China and Scotland, and later in uniform, followed by several pages of extracts from letters of condolence. Orig. purple cloth, silver gilt to front board with H.L.I. badge & "In Memoriam." VG & rare. See illustrations on our website.
£165
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The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918.
1st Ed., [x]+250pp., 24 plates, 3 fldg. maps in end-pocket + 6 in text. Glasgow: Printed for Private Circulation.
1921
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Gallipoli 1915 & Palestine campaigns, inc. battle of Gaza &c. then France in 1918, 52nd (Lowland) Div. Roll of Hon., awards, officers & NCOs. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£75
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The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service 1914-1918.
1st Ed., 136pp., 30 plates, map. Glasgow: Clark.
1920
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A 'Pals' battalion; F&F 1915-18 (Somme 1/7/16 at Mouquet Farm where Sgt. Turnbull won a VC; Beaumont Hamel; Messines; Passchendaele &c.). Nominal roll, awards. Orig. grey & red cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£45
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BOWMAN (A.A.)
Sonnets from a Prison Camp.
1st Ed., xi+152pp. Lane.
1919
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Poetry with war &/or PoW themes. Bowman, a subaltern in the HLI, was captured in April 1918 & incarcerated in the Offizier-Gefangenenlager at Hesepe. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, sp. dull o/w VG & inscribed by the author: "With kind regards, A.A. Bowman Christmas 1921." See illustrations on our website.
£45
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CAMPBELL (Capt. George F., RFC)
A Soldier of the Sky.
1st Ed., 232pp., portrait frontis., 21 photos. Chicago: Davis Printing Works.
1918
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Campbell was a regular officer in the HLI who was wounded at Neuve Chapelle in 1915 then transferred to RFC & became a pilot: he joined a Scout Squadron & was on active service for two years until wounded in action in the air. Atmospheric account of flying over the Somme &c. Orig. blue cloth, titled in white, somewhat rubbed, generally VG with inset of author in flying kit to front. See illustration on our website.
£50
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CHALMERS (T.)
An Epic of Glasgow: History of the 15th Bn. The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment).
1st Ed., xv+227pp., 18 plates, 7 maps, num. illus. in text. Glasgow: McCallum.
1934
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The Glasgow Tramways Battalion: F&F 1915-18 inc. Somme, Thiepval, Beaumont Hamel &c. Roll of Hon., awards, nominal roll of unit. Orig. green cloth, titled in red, VG, nice copy. See illustration on our website.
£60
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CHALMERS (T.) Ed.
A Saga of Scotland: History of the 16th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment).
1st Ed., xvi+174pp., 28 plates (inc. maps). Fine in dw. Glasgow: McCallum & Co.
1930
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F&F from Nov. 1915 inc. 1/7/16 at Beaumont Hamel, the epic of Munich Trench &c. Nominal rolls, casualties, awards. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, near fine copy in scarce & attractive pictorial dw. See illustrations on our website.
£75
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COLQUHOUN (James)
William W. Colquhoun, Captain H.L.I., A Memoir.
By His Father. 1st Ed., ix+175pp., 208x152mm, portrait frontis., 8 plates, map (of action at Loos). Printed for Private Circulation by John Murray.
1920
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William Wallace ("Willie") Colquhoun was educated at Glenalmond, where he was a Cadet Officer and Captain of the School, and graduated at Columbia University, New York, in 1914. Coming home, he obtained a commission in the 11th (Service) Battalion Highland Light Infantry (9th Scottish Division) and proceeded to France in May 1915. He fell during the Battle of Loos, leading "B" Company in the attack on Hohenzollern Redoubt, on 25th September 1915. He was twenty-five and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Includes extracts from letters in training and valuable descriptions of trench warfare in 1915, with much of interest on the Battle of Loos and the attack in which he met his death. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, sp. sl. sunned o/w VG & inscribed: "With the Author's Compliments Tunbridge Wells 3rd Decr. 1920."
£220
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KIDSTON (J.B.)
The Glasgow Volunteers: Recollections 1914-1918.
1st Ed., vii+65pp., portrait frontis. Glasgow: Hopkins.
1926
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Personal account of the Home Service volunteers, from enlistment in 1914 in the Citizen's Training Force (as it was first called: later Volunteer Bn., HLI), through the ranks to a commission. A contemp. review (not present with this copy) stated: "Its activities included all ordinary branches of infantry training, but also special duties of a delicate nature in connection with registration of visitors & the guarding of the docks. All these are described; with much quiet drollery, not a few touches of pathos & deep feeling, & an adroit insinuation of interesting detail..." Orig. brown paper covd. boards with wheat cloth backstrip, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£65
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OATTS (Lt.Col. L.B.)
Proud Heritage: The Story of the Highland Light Infantry. Volume I: The 71st H.L.I. 1777-1881.
1st Ed., xvi+256pp., 5 plates, fldg. col. chart. VG in chipped dw. Nelson.
1952
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Inc. early India, Peninsula War, Waterloo, Crimea & Indian Mutiny. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.
£25
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