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1st Bn. The Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry. The Sergeants' Mess Rules. Rawal Pindi January 1900.
Orig. printed cloth covd. wraps., 25pp. (& blank interleaves). Eureka Printing Press, Rawal Pindi. Contemp.
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Details of messing arrangements, accounts, &c. Small pocketbook, orig. green printed cloth covd. wraps., gilt, VG & doubtless scarce survival. See illustration on our website.
£25
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56th Infantry Brigade (19th Division): Presentation of King's Colour to 9th (S) Bn. The Cheshire Regt., 8th (S) Bn. The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regiment by HRH The Prince of Wales.
Dec. card wraps., 16pp. Aldershot: G&P. nd (c.1919).
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Attractive souvenir of the presentation includes short history of the brigade's service in France, also that of each bn. & rolls of officers & WOs on 11/11/18 of the 9th Cheshires, 1/4th KSLI & 8th North Staffs. See illustration on our website.
£25
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A Record of the 2nd Bucks Battalion T.F. 1914-1918.
Presented to the Bucks TF Assoc. by Lord Anslow, CB, Chairman of the Association. 1st Ed., orig. dec. card wraps., 24pp., 4to. No imprint/date. nd (c.1919).
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Not to be confused with the battalion history by Swann, this is a souvenir "To commemorate the patriotism, the bravery & the sacrifice of this Battalion during the great European War..." It contains a brief history, Rolls of Honour (noting date of death & in the case of other ranks their home town), rolls of awards to all ranks (some with citations), lists of officers who served overseas or at home with the battalion. See illustrations on our website.
£75
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Extracts from the Standing Orders of The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
[v]+55pp. Devonport: Swiss & Co. nd (c.1908).
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Customary regimental routines, regulations &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
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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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Incidents with the Seventh Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry in France & Germany from June 1944 to June 1945.
1st Ed., 74pp. No imprint/date [Germany, c.1946].
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Anonymous account (by "B" Coy. commander) which conveys well the confusion in Normandy & the bleak outlook. With the arrival of an effective CO the bn's. confidence returned but days later he was killed. A third CO was killed within a few more days then the author was wounded at Mont Pincon & evacuated to the UK. Rejoined in 1945 in time for the Rhine crossing & final operations. Contemp. red cloth, blind, no publication details but evidently manufactured in Germany c.1945-46. Stain to front o/w VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£125
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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.
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The Light Bob Gazette: Regimental Journal of The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) Vol. XXXVIII, No.3: The Royal Silver Jubilee & 250th Anniversary Number, July 1st, 1935.
Orig. dec. wraps., 80pp., 4to, several col. plates, num. photos. Taunton: Goodman & Son. (for the SLI). Contemp.
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This special number includes numerous historical notes & a wide range of photos. of uniforms & campaigns (inc. WW1, with portraits of wartime battalion commanders) &c. VG. See illustrations on our website.
£25
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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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[BAYLEY (John Arthur)
Reminiscences of School & Army Life, 1839-1859.
1st Ed., vii+206pp. No imprint/place.
1875
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Engaging memoirs of Eton College (including an account of fagging: "Many a young peer, who in the nursery or school-room at home had never been controlled or contradicted, learnt a useful lesson when he found that he was bound, under pain of a thrashing, to run up Eton as fast as his legs could carry him & fetch a pound of sausages for Smith major's breakfast; Smith possibly being well known to be the son of a rich tradesman..."), further education in Germany then service in the 52nd Light Infantry from 1851. Served a year or two in Ireland until the regiment was ordered to India in 1853. He describes garrison social life & a march in the Punjab - 513 miles up the Grand Trunk Road to Umballa, &c., the annexation of Oude in 1856 & events of the Mutiny. He witnessed the atrocity of native soldiers blown from the mouths of cannon, various operations up country & the attack on Delhi in which he was wounded. A printed note to the title-page states that "The following Reminiscences were originally intended solely of the amusement of the writer's Nephews & Nieces. They are now printed for the use of such of his friends as may care to read them." Orig. red cloth, gilt title to front, little spotted & worn but VG, inscribed by author on tp: "C.D. Lucas from J.A. Bayley" (the recipient possibly Adml. Charles Davis Lucas VC) with one or two small ink corrections to the text & an interesting marginal statement next the account of the assault on the Kashmir Gate by the 52nd on 13th Sept. 1857, in which Bayley was wounded in command of a storming party. By the close of the action the 52nd had been "compelled to retire" but the marginal note states: "In 1876 General Campbell [commanding the 52nd in 1857], speaking to me on this subject, said - I retired in obedience to an order brought by a Staff Officer. J.A.B." Just five copies on Library Hub (formerly COPAC), confirming the identity of the author. Ladendorf 228. Raugh 6456. Bayley also contributed an article to the Ox. & Bucks. L.I. Chronicle 1905 on "The Beginning of the Indian Mutiny" & another short booklet "The Assault of Delhi: A Vindication of H.M. 52nd Light Infantry.... From the Aspersions of Sir John Kaye, in the Third Volume of his History of the Sepoy War." See illustrations on our website.
£450
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