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Scottish Rifles   13 Books
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James Lusk, BA (Cantab).; Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur; Captain & Adjutant 6th Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Letters & Memories. 1st Ed., [vii]+151pp., portrait frontis., col. plate (of Legion d'Honneur). Oxford: Printed for B.H. Blackwell. 1916  #66642
[HLMainPic] James Lusk was commissioned in the 6th Cameronians in 1908, mobilised & served in France March-Dec. 1915. Memoir followed by extensive & interesting letters from training and the Front: wounded by a trench mortar on Christmas Day 1915 whilst going round his trenches & DoW 28/12/15. He was awarded the Legion d'Honneur at Festubert in June when he was Bn. Transport Officer & the bn. having lost heavily in officers he made his way up the line & helped reorganise. He was appointed adjutant after this battle. Orig. grey paper covd. boards with purple cloth backstrip, VG. See illustrations on our website.   £145
James Lusk, BA (Cantab).; Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur; Captain & Adjutant 6th Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Letters & Memories. 1st Ed., [vii]+151pp., portrait frontis., col. plate (of Legion d'Honneur). Oxford: Printed for B.H. Blackwell. 1916  #67488
[HLMainPic] James Lusk was commissioned in the 6th Cameronians in 1908, mobilised & served in France March-Dec. 1915. Memoir followed by extensive & interesting letters from training and the Front: wounded by a trench mortar on Christmas Day 1915 whilst going round his trenches & DoW 28/12/15. He was awarded the Legion d'Honneur at Festubert in June when he was Bn. Transport Officer & the bn. having lost heavily in officers he made his way up the line & helped reorganise. He was appointed adjutant after this battle. Orig. grey paper covd. boards with purple cloth backstrip, little rubbed & worn, VG. See illustrations on our website.   £120
The Tenth Battalion the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) A Record & A Memorial 1914-1918. 1st Ed., xix+168pp., 23 portraits of officers, from drawings by Lt. H.J. Gunn, 3 photos. Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation. 1923  #66525
[HLMainPic] Fine history (written by four former officers of the battalion) with 15th (Scottish) Div., Western Front 1915-18 inc. Loos, Somme, Arras, Ypres &c. Officers' roll noting dates served in the bn. &c., roll of awards. Orig. green cloth, titled in black, little marked & worn, generally VG & rare. See illustration on our website.   £90
[BOYD (Capt. E.R.)] A Yarn of War: Palestine & France 1917-1918. By E.R.B. 1st Ed., xvi+251pp., 33 plates, 5 sketch maps. Glasgow: Maclehose, Jackson & Co., Printed for Private Circulation. 1919  #55655
[HLMainPic] Atmospheric personal account of service with 8th Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 52nd (Lowland) Div. inc. Battles of Gaza 1917 & campaign in the hills to capture of Jerusalem &c. Then to France in April 1918 & into the line on the Vimy Ridge, then in July the bn. transferred ro the 34th Div. & the author was wounded by shrapnel during series of advances near Beugneux (near Soissons). Num. photos. & good coloured sketch maps of Gaza, advance to Jaffa, Vimy District &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & scarce with author inscrip. "Joan & Leslie from E.R.B. June 1934." See illustration on our website.   £185
BAYNES (John) & MACLEAN (Hugh) A Tale of Two Captains. 1st Ed., vii+178pp., 26 photos., map. Edinburgh: Pentland. 1990  #63078
[HLMainPic] Memoirs of Capt. R. Baynes (2nd Bn.) & letters of Capt. J.B. Maclean MC (1st Bn.), both serving with Scottish Rifles on the Western Front. Signed by John Baynes. Orig. dec. boards, VG. See illustration on our website.   £20
BAYNES (Lt.-Col. John) The History of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Vol. IV: The Close of Empire 1949-1968. 1st Ed., xvi+303pp., 40 photos., 12 maps. VG in dw. Cassell. 1971  #65827
[HLMainPic] Includes Malaya 1950-51, 1951-53; Oman 1957-58; Aden 1966-67 &c. Rolls of bn. staff &c., Malaya Roll of Hon., awards. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.   £20
CLERK (Rev. Archibald) Memoir of Colonel John Cameron, Fassiefern, K.T.S., Lieutenant-Colonel in the Gordon Highlanders, or 92d Regiment of Foot. 1st Ed., [iii]+108pp., 4to, tinted litho. portrait frontis., 2 other tinted litho. plates (monument & family home). Printed for Sir Duncan Campbell, Bart., of Fassiefern, by Thomas Murray & Son, Glasgow, For Private Circulation. 1858.  #65082
[HLMainPic] Memoir of John Cameron, who was commissioned in the Cameronians in 1793; transferred to the 93rd then to the 92nd as a Captain in 1794; served in Holland, Egypt, Walcheren Expedition then in the Peninsula from 1810-13, in various actions with Hill's 3rd Division; then in the Waterloo campaign, where he was killed in action leading his regiment at Quatre Bras. Detailed account of his services & campaigns, with some extracts from his letters. Near contemp. half morocco gilt sp. with raised bands & lettering labels, USC bookplate (presented by Sir Duncan Cameron, Bart., 1858). Front joint partially split o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £145
FINDLAY (Col. J.M., DSO) With the 8th Scottish Rifles 1914-1919. 2nd Imp., xv+240pp., 32 illus., 3 fldg. maps, table. Blackie. 1926  #64698
[HLMainPic] 52nd Div. at Gallipoli, Egypt (Gaza &c.) & F&F in 1918. Roll of Hon., awards, officers &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt & black, nearly rebacked with orig. sp. laid down & sound thus. See illustrations on our website.   £45
FINDLAY (Col. J.M., DSO) With the 8th Scottish Rifles 1914-1919. 2nd Imp., xv+240pp., 32 illus., 3 fldg. maps, table. Blackie. 1926  #65829
[HLMainPic] 52nd Div. at Gallipoli, Egypt (Gaza &c.) & F&F in 1918. Roll of Hon., awards, officers &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt & black, sp. split, sound thus. See illustrations on our website.   £35
JOHNSTON (S.H.F.) The History of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 26th & 90th. Vol. I: 1689-1910. 1st Ed., xvi+308pp., 2 plates, 13 maps (4 fldg.). Aldershot: G&P. 1957  #65825
[HLMainPic] Inc. Marlborough Wars, Napoleonic, Crimea, Mutiny, Boer War &c. Orig. green cloth, silver gilt, near fine. See illustration on our website.   £45

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