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A Short Record of the Services & Experiences of the 5th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers in The Great War.
1st Ed., 44pp., map. [Dublin, 1919].
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Service battalion raised in 1914, landed at Suvla Bay in August 1915, went on to Salonika &c. Concise accounts of campaign service plus rolls of officers. Rare, & a very nice clean copy. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front. See illustration on our website.
£145
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The Ulster Year Book: The Official Year Book of Northern Ireland, 1947.
Published by Authority of the Minister of Finance. 1st Ed., orig. dec. card wraps., li+321pp., 7 diagrams, fldg. map. Belfast: HMSO.
1947
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The first edition to be issued since 1938, including a special feature covering the period 1939-45: " This is an authoritative & permanent record of Northern Ireland's war effort, ably written by Dr. D.A. Chart, Deputy Keeper of the Records of Northern Ireland." This piece includes details of the wartime activities of local units including 5th Dragoon Guards, battalions of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Royal Ulster Rifles, Royal Irish Fusiliers, North Irish Horse, 8th (Belfast) HAA Regiment, 9th (Londonderry) HAA Regiment, 3rd (Ulster) Searchlight Regiment &c., as well as Civil Defence & Home Guard, Air Raids &c., followed by detailed statements on population, industry & trade, education, Justice & Police, transport, &c. Orig. dec. wraps., VG with smal withdrwn stamp of RCS Lib. & loosely inserted circular letter explaining the reasons for no issues appearing since 1938, &c. See illustration on our website.
£25
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DOWNSIDE SCHOOL: GRAHAM (Dom Lucius)
Downside & the War 1914-1919.
1st Ed., xii+232pp., 4to, col. frontis., portraits throughout. For the Schl.
1925
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A fine memorial. Roll of service + lengthy obits. with full page portraits of some 120 who fell. Half red morocco, gilt, little rubbed & worn, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£50
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GOUGH (Brig. Guy F., DSO, MC)
Thirty Days to Dunkirk: The Royal Irish Fusiliers, May 1940.
1st Ed., xiv+180pp., 24 photos., 3 maps. VG in dw. Wrexham: Bridge Books.
1990
#63426
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Diary of the commanding officer, 1st Bn. RIF in France in 1940. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£15
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METCALFE (Nick)
Blacker's Boys: 9th (Service) Battalion Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers (County Armagh) & 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 1914-1919.
1st Ed., [xiii]+914pp., 4to, num. portraits & other photos. (some in colour), 20 col. maps. Published by the Author.
2012
#67006
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An impressive, large format history utilising War Diaries, several personal accounts & various other sources to provide a full record of the battalion & its services on the Western Front with the 36th (Ulster) Division on the Somme, various trench raids, &c. Includes biographies of officers & details of some 3400 men who served with the battalion during the war. Orig. dec. laminated boards, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£45
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MORENO (Amanda) & TRUESDALE (D.)
Angels & Heroes: The Story of a Machine Gunner with the Royal Irish Fusiliers August 1914 to March 1915, As Recorded by Sergeant Hugh Wilson (Medaille Militaire).
1st Ed., 144pp., portrait frontis., num. photos., several sketch maps. VG in dw. Armagh: RIF Museum.
2004
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Sgt. Wilson's graphic journals augmented by War Diary extracts & other letters & diaries re 1st Bn. RIF, with Roll of Honour for the period. VG in dw. See illustration on our wqebsite.
£15
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