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Captain Harvey Blease, 15th Battalion the King's Liverpool Regiment, attached 1/7th Lancs. Fusiliers. Killed in Action in Gallipoli, August 7th, 1915.
1st Ed., 67pp., 200x143mm, portrait frontis. No imprint or date [c.1916]
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Harvey Blease was the son of Walter and Mary Blease, of Sefton Drive, Liverpool; husband of Helen Dorothy Stanley Blease, of Rostherne, Blundellsands, Liverpool, and was educated at Sedbergh School. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 7th August 1915, aged thirty-two, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial. Contains his diary from 25th May 1915, embarking for the East, then on the Gallipoli peninsula from the beginning of July, where he was posted to the 1st/7th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Includes descriptions of the line, the incessant firing of artillery and snipers and so forth. After two weeks he went to Imbros for a short rest then returned to Gallipoli. The diary continues to 3rd August with interesting daily entries. Orig. grey card wrappers, titled to front "Diary of Captain Harvey Blease." VG & rare. See illustrations on our website.
£220
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HOPE (Thomas Suthren)
The Winding Road Unfolds.
1st Ed., [ix]+349pp. NY & London: Putnam.
1937
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Very scarce personal account of an under-age soldier in the Liverpool Regiment: he joined his bn. near Ypres on 20th July 1917 & served as a signaller, working on lines &c., until wounded near Gauche Wood at the beginning of December. Many experiences of action, training, life in billets &c. recounted in between. Orig. green cloth, gilt, sp. tanned o/w VG throughout. See illustration on our website.
£75
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HOPE (Thomas Suthren)
The Winding Road Unfolds.
1st Ed., [ix]+349pp. NY & London: Putnam.
1937
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Very scarce personal account of an under-age soldier in the Liverpool Regiment: he joined his bn. near Ypres on 20th July 1917 & served as a signaller, working on lines &c., until wounded near Gauche Wood at the beginning of December. Many experiences of action, training, life in billets &c. recounted in between. Orig. brown cloth, gilt, minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.
£65
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STANLEY (Brig.-Gen. F.C.)
The History of the 89th Brigade 1914-1918.
1st Ed., 295pp., 18 illus. Liverpool: Daily Post.
1919
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Liverpool Pals Bde. (17th, 18th, 19th, 20th Liverpools). Formation & service in France at Somme, Messines &c. Scarcer hardback version, orig. black cloth, gilt, minor wear. VG. See illustration on our website.
£35
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WURTZBURG (Capt. C.E., MC)
The History of the 2/6th (Rifle) Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1914-19.
1st Ed., xv+368pp., 4to, col. plates of bn. patches, 31 photos. inc. lge. fldg. panorama of bn. on parade, 4 fldg. maps in end-pocket + 12 in text. Aldershot: G&P (For the Regt.).
1920
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57th Div., Western Front Feb. 1917 onwards inc. Passchendaele, Cambrai 1918 &c. Superb history in every way, with roll of service for all ranks, casualties, awards. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG, nice clean copy. See illustration on our website.
£75
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WYRALL (Everard)
The History of the King's Liverpool Regiment. Vol. I: 1914-1915; Vol. II: 1916-1917; Vol. III: 1917-1919.
1st Ed., 3 Vols., xix+237pp., 10 plates, 8 fldg. maps; vii+247pp., 8 plates, 8 fldg. maps; 269pp., 2 plates, 4 fldg. maps. 4to. Arnold.
1928-1935
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Comprehensive history, each Vol. with Roll of Hon. for the period covered. Exceptionally scarce set, Vol. III being the most elusive. All volumes are the de luxe edition bound in qtr. black morooco with red cloth sides; Vol. I & II near fine, the scarcer Vol. III a little rubbed. See illustration on our website.
£250
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