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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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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.
£20
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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 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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EVERETT (Maj.-Gen. Sir H.)
The History of the Somerset Light Infantry 1685-1914.
1st Ed., xvi+421pp., 17 plates, 22 maps. Methuen.
1934
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Detailed history inc. Napoleonic Wars, First Afghan, Indian Mutiny, Zulu & Boer Wars &c. Orig three-qtr. morocco, gilt, VG with pencil ownership inscrip. of G.H.A. Couchman (noted in the text as Mentioned in Despatches for operations In Burma in 1887 & commanded the 2nd Bn. 1906-1909). See illustration on our website.
£65
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FOLEY (Henry Arthur, MC)
Three Years on Active Service & Eight Months as a Prisoner-of-War.
1st Ed., 185pp., portrait frontis., 12 plates (by W. Cecil Dunford, Special Artist attached to the Historical Records Section, A.I.F., France), 3 sketch maps. Bridgwater: Walter Belcher (Printed for Private Circulation).
1920
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Informative & rare privately printed personal account of training, active service & PoW camp life, with appealing portrait & illustrations on photographic paper. Foley was educated at Clifton College & enlisted with his brother, Geoff, in the Somerset Light Infantry at Taunton Barracks on 31 Aug. 1914; both were drafted to 6th (S) Bn. & went to France in 1915. In Nov. the brothers were both sent to the GHQ Cadet School at Blendecques & were duly commissioned in the 7th SLI. Geoff was wounded & died of wounds in May 1917, HAF became a captain & company commander, served on the Somme & 3rd Ypres with the 7th Somersets & was captured by the Germans during the Spring Offensive in 1918. Orig. olive green cloth, minor wear, inscribed by the author: "To Mr & Mrs N.J. Molesworth from The Author July 1 1920." See illustrations on our website,
£275
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GREEN (Arthur)
The Story of a Prisoner of War.
1st Ed., orig. dec. card covs. (with portrait of the author in 'hospital blues'), [vii]+96pp., portrait frontis. Chatto & Windus.
1916
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No. 6646 Pte. Green, 1st SLI, 4th Div. Charming naive descriptions of mobilisation & arrival in France until the author was promptly wounded & captured near Le Cateau. Sixteen months in PoW camps followed before he was repatriated. God Save the King! Somewhat worn, neatly tape repaired, sound thus, rare & appealing. See illustration on our website.
£85
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WHITEHEAD (Kenneth)
History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) 1946-1960.
1st Ed., xvi+167pp., 18 photos., 4 maps. The Regiment.
1961
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Excellent post-war history including active service in Malaya, Cyprus & the Suez Crisis 1956. Roll of Hon., awards, senior & staff officers &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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