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George Buchanan Smith 1890-1915. 1st Ed., vii+142pp., 223x179mm, portrait frontis., 8 photos. Glasgow: Printed by Maclehose, For Private Circulation. 1916  #66007
[HLMainPic] George Buchanan Smith was a son of the Very Rev. Sir George Adam Smith and Lady Smith, of Aberdeen. He was born in October 1890, educated at Glasgow Academy (where he was in the Cadet Corps) and the University of Glasgow (where he was a vocal student and secretary of the Liberal Club). He then entered the legal profession but very soon after graduating (LL.B.) at Aberdeen in June 1914, war broke out and he was promptly commissioned in the Gordon Highlanders (Special Reserve). He was posted to the 1st Battalion in Flanders in December, where he was wounded in his first engagement, on 14th inst, just two days after arriving, in a local attack between Kemmel and Wytschaete. He lost a middle finger of his left hand but after several months in hospital and rather longer convalescing he went out to the 2nd Battalion in August 1915 and was killed in action on 25th September, the first day of the Battle of Loos, aged twenty-four. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Contains a detailed memoir of his early life and student days, an account of his two brief periods of active service (including contributions by comrades), extracts from his letters written from France, August-September 1915, numerous letters of condolence and so forth. Orig. grey paper covered boards), blocked in black to front and spine, letter from the subject's mother paid onto paste-down, little rubbed & worn, generally VG.   £225
George Buchanan Smith 1890-1915. 1st Ed., vii+142pp., 223x179mm, portrait frontis., 8 photos. Glasgow: Printed by Maclehose, For Private Circulation. 1916  #69344
[HLMainPic] George Buchanan Smith was a son of the Very Rev. Sir George Adam Smith and Lady Smith, of Aberdeen. He was born in October 1890, educated at Glasgow Academy (where he was in the Cadet Corps) and the University of Glasgow (where he was a vocal student and secretary of the Liberal Club). He then entered the legal profession but very soon after graduating (LL.B.) at Aberdeen in June 1914, war broke out and he was promptly commissioned in the Gordon Highlanders (Special Reserve). He was posted to the 1st Battalion in Flanders in December, where he was wounded in his first engagement, on 14th inst, just two days after arriving, in a local attack between Kemmel and Wytschaete. He lost a middle finger of his left hand but after several months in hospital and rather longer convalescing he went out to the 2nd Battalion in August 1915 and was killed in action on 25th September, the first day of the Battle of Loos, aged twenty-four. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Contains a detailed memoir of his early life and student days, an account of his two brief periods of active service (including contributions by comrades), extracts from his letters written from France, August-September 1915, numerous letters of condolence and so forth. Orig. grey paper wraps. (a cheaper version: more usually seen with paper covered boards), blocked in black to front and spine, edges chipped, VG.   £145
George Elton Sedding: The Life & Work of an Artist Soldier. Edited by His Brother. 1st Ed., xiv+215pp., portrait frontis., 14 illus. Letchworth: Garden City Press. 1917  #69350
[HLMainPic] Sedding was born in 1882, Ed. at Radley & on leaving was "providentially prevented, by rejection on medical grounds, from entering a Bank as a clerk," instead began an apprenticeship in an art studio & proving a to be a gifted art metal worker he later opened his own workshop near Oxford Circus. He also travelled in Europe and India. Enlisted Norfolk Regiment Aug. 1914, to France in May 1915, wounded near Hohenzollern Redoubt 11/10/15 & DOW on 23rd inst. whilst serving as a Lance Cpl. in the 7th (Service) Battalion. Contains accounts of his work & pre-war travels, letters from the Front 1915, at Plugstreet & Loos. Red cloth, gilt title to front and spine, somewhat worn, generally sound   £35
History of the Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles. 1st Ed., xvi+489pp., col. frontis., 26 photos., 14 maps. Printed for the Regt. 1921  #53057
Detailed history: 1st Bn. Western Front 1915-18; 2nd Bn. F&F briefly then Palestine & back to France in 1918. Nominal roll, awards &c. VG ex-IWM lib.   £25
History of the Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles. 1st Ed., xvi+489pp., col. frontis., 26 photos., 14 maps. Printed for the Regt. 1921  #68346
[HLMainPic] 15th London Regiment. Detailed history: 1st Bn. Western Front 1915-18; 2nd Bn. F&F briefly then Palestine & back to France in 1918. Nominal roll, awards &c. Orig. grey cloth, titled in blue, VG. See illustration on our website.   £35
Letters from Flanders written by 2nd Lieut. A.D. Gillespie Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders to his Home People. 3rd Ed., with an Appendix, xvi+326pp., portrait frontis., 2 other portraits. Smith, Elder. 1916  #65190
[HLMainPic] Alexander Douglas Gillespie was Ed. at Winchester & New College, Oxford, commissioned in the 4th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders & went to the Front in Feb. 1915. He was killed in action on 26th September 1915 with the 2nd Bn. near La Bassée, during the Battle of Loos (his only brother, Thomas Cunningham Gillespie, 2nd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, had been killed near the same place on 18th October 1914). A.D.G. was twenty-six and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Contains one long letter from T.C.G. dated 16th October 1914, relating recent experiences in action etc. Almost all the book comprises A.D.G.'s lengthy letters from the Front, February 1915 onwards, describing life in trenches and billets, from the antagonistic activities of the Germans opposite to the habits of Sonia the cat that shared their trenches (and her kittens), changing conditions of warfare (issue of respirators etc.), curious rumours (streams poisoned with arsenic; booby-trapped corpses) and much more. Orig. red cloth, gilt, minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.   £120
Letters of Ivar Campbell Written Between May 1915 & January 1916. 1st Eds., [iii]+106pp., portrait frontis. Privately Printed (by A.L. Humphreys). 1917  #66644
[HLMainPic] Ivar Campbell, son of Lord & Lady George Campbell, grandson of the 8th Duke of Argyll, was Ed. at Eton & Christ Church College, Oxford. He received a commission in 3rd (SR) Bn, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was attached to 1st Seaforth in France May 1915-Nov. 1915 when this bn. was posted to the Mesopotamian front. DoW received during the Battle of Sheikh Saad on 8/1/1916 & is commemorated on the Basra Memorial. "Letters" contains largely his letters from the Western Front, with the Indian Corps in the Bethune region & the Battle of Loos; thereafter a record of the move via Marseilles to Mesopotamia and arrival there: very soon after this he was killed. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £145
The Fifth Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1914-1919. 1st Ed., xx+256pp., portrait frontis., 43 photos. & sketches, 8 fldg. maps. Near fine in dw. Glasgow: Jackson & Son. 1936  #68595
[HLMainPic] Territorial bn. landed in France Nov. 1914; in the line at Bois Grenier, Laventie &c. then battles of Loos, Somme, Arras, Bullecourt, third Ypres, Final Advance in 1918 inc. Epehy, Canal du Nord, Selle & Sambre. Roll of Hon., nominal roll, awards. Orig. green cloth, gilt & black, very nice copy, near fine in dw & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £85
The History of the Eighth Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1919. 1st Ed., xiii+286pp., 38 photos., 4 fldg. maps. Printed Privately for the Bn. by Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd. 1921  #63153
[HLMainPic] 24th Div. in F&F 1915-18: Battles of Loos, Somme, Vimy, 3rd Ypres, German Spring Offensive, Final Advance from Cambrai to Mauberge 1918. Awards roll. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, little wear, VG. See illustration on our website.   £50
The Jullundur Brigade in France & Flanders 1914-1915. 1st Ed., orig. dec. laminated card wraps., [ii]+64pp., num. photos., 3 maps. New Delhi: Kraftwerk Print & Design [for the Brigade Association]. nd (c.1990)  #67210
[HLMainPic] The 8th Bde. of the Lahore Division consisted of the 1st Bn. Manchester Regt., 47th Sikhs & 59th Scinde Rifles. A useful concise illustrated account of their active service in France & Flanders, plus chronology, regimental notes &c. VG & uncommon. See illustration on our website.   £35

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