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Paiforce: The Official Story of the Persia and Iraq Command 1941-1946.
1st Ed., 137pp., 22 photos., 8 maps. VG in chipped dw. HMSO.
1948
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Orig. brown cloth, gilt, VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.
£25
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ADCOCK (Col. W.H.)
Sappers in the Persian Gulf.
1st Ed., xv+175pp., 33 photos., fldg. diagram, ep maps. VG in chipped dw. Bombay: Thacker.
1952
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The work of Royal Engineers with PAIFORCE. Orig. cloth, VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.
£30
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DAVIS (Lt.-Col. T.B., MC, RA)
The Story of 98th Field Regiment (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Q.M.R.) R.A. (T.A.) & 144th Field Regiment (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry) R.A. (T.A.) 1939-1946.
1st Ed., xvii+370pp., frontis., pictorial eps, 21 maps (some fldg.). VG in dw. Ditchling Press.
1980
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98th Field served in BEF 1940, Western Desert (inc,. Alamein), Sicily, Italy & NW Europe; 144th served Abyssinia & Eritrea, Western Desert & PAIFORCE. Roll of Hon., awards. VG in dw. Inscribed by the author "With best wishes Tom Davis. December 1980." See illustration on our website.
£35
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GRAVES (Charles)
The Royal Ulster Rifles: Vol.III, 1919-1948 & Including a short account of the bns. which served with the 36th Ulster Div. 1914-18.
1st Ed., [viii]+345pp., 10 maps. VG in chipped dw. The Regt.
1948
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Paiforce; Middle East & NW Europe. Roll of Hon., awards, &c. VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.
£50
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JAMES (N.D.G.)
Before the Echoes Die Away: The Story of a Warwickshire Territorial Gunner Regiment 1892-1969.
1st Ed., xii+194pp., 33 photos., 6 maps. VG in dw. 268th Officers' Reunion Assoc.
1980
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WW1 Western Front as 242 Bde. RFA; WW2 Paiforce & Italy as 268th (Warwickshire) Field Regt. Roll of Hon., awards, COs, Adjutants, RSMs &c. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£15
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PAL (Dharm)
Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War: Campaign in Western Asia.
1st Ed., xxiii+570pp., 17 photos., 37 maps (17 fldg.). Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan).
1957
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Iraq, Syria & PAIFORCE. Excellent, detailed account with num. appendices & among the rarest Indian official histories. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£145
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PALSOKAR (Col. R.F., MC [Retd.])
History of the 5th Gorkha Rifles. Volume III. 1858-1991.
1st Ed., xiv+317pp., col. portrait frontis., 10 col. photos., num. b/w photos. & portraits. VG in dw. Shillong: The Commandant, 5th GR.
1991
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Including Afghanistan & NWF camapaigns, WW1 Gallipoli & Mesopotamia, WW2 PAIFORCE, Italy, Burma, Java &c. Post-Independence J&K 1947-48, Indo-Pakistan Wars 1965 & 1971. Orig. cloth, gilt, VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.
£125
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PETERS ([Brigadier] R.W. [OBE]) et al.
Central India Horse Newsletter 1 to 24.
1st Ed. in volume form, [iv]+225pp., 7 maps. Printed by C. Murphy at Thacker's Press, Bombay. nd (1945).
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Reprint of all the CIH Newsletters that appeared from time to time between the regiment's departure overseas in July 1940 to its return to India in Feb. 1946: in between it saw service with 4th Indian Div. in Eritrea, North Africa, PAIFORCE & Italy, initially armed only with carriers until Humber Armoured Cars arrived in Italy in March 1944. The newsletters contain a goldmine of fascinating material on the regiment & its members in the war, written for regimental consumption & with great immediacy. Much personal information includes various lists of officers, casualties among the ranks, full citations for awards &c. Orig. full green morocco, gilt to sp. & with regimental device to front. Perkins 420. VG, rare with ink inscrip. "With Kind Regards from The Central India Horse. R.W.P." i.e. Brig. R.W. Peters, Commandant & one of the compilers, plus carbon ts letter to front paste-down from R.A. (Reggie) Savory, acknowledging receipt of this copy. See illustration on our website.
£425
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SINGH (Lt.-Gen. Hanut)
"Fakhr-E-Hind": The Story of the Poona Horse.
1st Ed., [x]+301pp., 4to, photos. throughout, maps. VG in dw. Dehra Dunn: Agrim.
1993
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Complete history inc. First Afghan War, Sikh Wars, Persia 1856, Abyssinia, Afghanistan & China, WW1 (Western Front then Palestine), NWF 1930 &c., WW2 (Paiforce), Indo-Pakistan Wars 1965, 1971. Also contains some most interesting recollections of service in the regiment by British officers, &c. Orig. dec. laminated boards, inner front joint split o/w VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£125
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SINGH (Major K. Brahma)
History of Jammu & Kashmir Rifles (1820-1956): The State Force Background.
xxxv+324pp., 4to, col. & b/w illus, maps. New Delhi: Lancer.
1990
#64621
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J&K State Forces in various NWF ops., 2nd Afghan War, WW1 East Africa, WW2 Eritrea, PAIFORCE & Burma, post-war ops. with Indian Army in Jammu &c. Orig. laminated pictorial boards, minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.
£75
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