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Lancaster Regiment   8 Books
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BIGLAND (Editha Blanche Hinde) The Soldier Squire: A Memoir with Portraits of Second-Lieutenant George Braddyll Bigland of Bigland of the 1/4th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, the Immortal Fifty-First Division. By his Mother. Edited by Alfred Fell. 1st Ed., [xi]+72pp., 230x152mm, portrait frontis., 7 plates including memorial tablet, example of a musical score composed by the subject and two of juvenile handwriting. Ulverston: Kitchin & Co. 1923  #66650
[HLMainPic] 2nd Lieutenant Bigland was born at St. Louis, Missouri, but returned to England aged two, was privately educated & took over running the Bigland estate at an early age, his father having died in 1902. He received a commission in the 4th Bn. Royal Lancaster Regiment (TF) in August 1914, joined in September & left for the front with his battalion on 3rd May 1915. Six weeks later he was Killed in Action, leading his platoon in the Battle of Festubert on 15th June 1915. An account of his childhood & youth largely recalled by his widowed mother, to whom, as an only child, he was naturally close, & of his military training. His death is described in letters from officers & men of his battalion. He was twenty-three years old & had married in the spring of 1915, Audrey Hampson; a daughter, also Audrey, was born after his death. He is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial. Orig. red cloth, gilt to front (title & coat of arms), VG, rare & touching memorial. See illustrations on our website.   £145
HODGKINSON (Capt. A.) The King's Own T.F. Being a Record of the 1/5th Bn. The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) in the European war 1914-1918. 1st Ed., 184pp., portrait, 13 maps. Lewes: Lewes Press. 1921  #63925
[HLMainPic] Western Front from Feb. 1915 to the Armistice then Brussels & Germany to Sept. 1919. 2nd & 3rd Ypres, Loos, Cambrai &c. Roll of Hon., awards, officers &c. Fine depiction of a TF bn.'s war experience compiled by the Quartermaster. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG, plus loosely inserted appealing colour printed statement of services. See illustrations on our website.   £50
MELLING (J., Hon. Treasurerer, 12th Y&L Memorial Fund) A Record, Memorial & Roll of Honour of Officers, N.C.O's. & Men of the 12th Batt. Yorks. & Lancs. Regt. (Sheffield City Battalion) Who Fell in th War, 1914-1919. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 27pp., plate (of Memorial Tablet in Sheffield Cathedral). Sheffield: Bertram Hosier. nd [1920]  #67150
[HLMainPic] Contains a short history of the Battalion's movements &c. followed by Roll of Hon. (no., rank, name & date of death) plus a supplementary roll of those killed with other units (mostly men of the 12th Y&L who had been commissioned from the ranks). Orig. printed wraps., staining to these but generally VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £45
MONTAGU ([Lieut.] J.B.) A History of the 9th (Service) Battalion the York & Lancaster Regiment 1914-19. 1st Ed., orig. gilt dec. brown card wraps., [vii]+approx 200pp., unnumbered pages, dup. typescript, rectos only. No imprint/date (c.1930).  #65972
[HLMainPic] A detailed, rare & interesting record of their raising, training & active service (France & Flanders 1915-18 with 23rd Division: Loos, Somme, Messines & 3rd Ypres; with the same Div. in Italy 1918, the Piave & Vittorio Veneto) compiled principally for "the surviving officers of the 9th Battalion, who meet to dine annually in Derby Week" - Preface. Compiled by a former officer of the bn., utilising official records & the diaries & memories of several officers. Inlcudes roll of awards & Roll of Honour. Duplicated ts in printed wraps., doubtless a small number issued. VG. See illustration on our website.   £245
PRIESTMAN (E.Y.) With a B-P Scout in Gallipoli: A Record of the Belton Bulldogs. 2nd Ed., xv+311pp., portrait frontis., 4 plates, num. sketches. London: Routledge & NY: Dutton. 1917  #64122
[HLMainPic] Memoir, letters and sketches of Lt. Edmund Yerbury Priestman (born 1890), Scoutmaster of the 16th (Westbourne) Sheffield Boy Scouts. He was commissioned October 1914 in the 6th (S) Bn. York & Lancaster Regiment, trained at Belton Park & Godalming then went to Gallipoli with the battalion: landed Suvla Bay in August 1915 & was KiA on 19th Nov. when, whilst engaged in improving a front line position at night, his party was rushed & wiped out by the Turks. The next night the position was recaptured and Priestman's body was recovered. The recaptured position was renamed Priestman's Post in honour of his gallant defence. He was buried in Hill 10 Cemetery, Gallipoli. Second edition jointly imprinted on tp for Routledge & Dutton: this copy with Dutton named at foot of sp. & on jacket. Rare dw, with publishers' endorsement: "...the book is full of the cheeriest kind of fun; the irrepressible outburst of a youth who is blessed with the ability always to see the grotesque side of life. The book will teach you to respect Tommy Atkins as a man aside from his ability as a soldier." Orig. brown cloth, titled in black, near fine in neatly renovated & VG dw. See illustration on our website.   £220
ROBERTS (Eric S.) Passing Along. 2nd Ed., enlarged & corrected, xi+167pp., 8 plates. VG in dw (head of sp. repaired with loss). Sheffield: J.W. Northend Ltd. 1930  #63022
[HLMainPic] Memoirs of the Western Front. The author was Ed. Harrow, enlisted Sheffield City Bn. 1914, comm. 2/4th Hallamshires 1915 but found unfit in 1916 & became a recruiting officer in Doncaster, finally left to join the Hallamshires at the Front in August, served at Arras, Gavrelle &c. Orig. red cloth, titled in black, VG in worn dw (head of sp. with loss but neatly repaired). The short Foreword to this second edition states: "The first edition of this little book of memories was printed by my father's desire, & was for private circulation. It was so kindly received by my friends that I am now venturing to publish it, & in so doing I have added a chapter on my parents & made a few necessary alterations." Rare in any edition, especially in dw (illustrated with a portrait of the author in sheepskin jacket & Tommy's helmet). See illustrations on our website.   £165
ROBERTS (Eric S.) Passing Along. 1st Ed., [xi]+168pp., frontis., 6 plates. Sheffield: J.W. Northend Ltd. 1925  #63936
[HLMainPic] Ed. Harrow, enlisted Sheffield City Bn. 1914, comm. 2/4th Hallamshires 1915 but found unfit in 1916 & became a recruiting officer in Doncaster, finally left to join the Hallamshires at the Front in August, served at Arras, Gavrelle &c. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG. See illustrations on our website.   £85
WADHAM (Lt.-Col. W.F.A.) The Fourth Bn. The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) & the Great War: Early Days. 1st Ed., card covs., 23pp. No imprint. 1920  #65657
[HLMainPic] Notes on the training & preparation period in the UK 1914-15 & first few months in France, by the then CO. Roll of officers on mobilization in 1914 & who proceeded overseas in May 1915. Orig. printed wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.   £35

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