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BIDDER (Major H.F., DSO ["Orex"])
Three Chevrons.
1st Ed., ix+241pp. Bodley Head (On Active Service series).
1919
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Letters of a regular officer, 2nd Sussex, Western Front 1914-16 & 1917 as Bde. MG Officer, commander of an MG Coy., an infantry bn. & on the staff. The 'chevrons' of the title refer to the service chevrons worn on the right sleeve for each year of overseas service, blue for 1914-15 & red for each subsequent year. Orig. dec. cloth, VG & very scarce volume in the 'On Active Service' series. See illustration on our website.
£95
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FAZAN (Col. E.A.C., MC, TD)
Cinque Ports Battalion: The Story of the 5th Bn. The Royal Sussex (TA) formerly 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteer Corps.
1st Ed., xv+176pp., illus. VG n dw. For the Regt.
1971
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Including WW1 France & Italy, WW2 Dunkirk, Middle East & PAIFORCE. VG in dw, nice copy. See illustration on our website.
£25
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POWELL-EDWARDS (Lt.-Col. H.I.)
The Sussex Yeomanry & 16th (Sussex Yeo.) Bn. Royal Sussex Regt. 1914-1919.
2nd Ed., 398pp., 45 photos., 7 fldg. maps, sketches in text. Fine in dw. Melrose.
1921
#63528
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Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine & Western Front. Detailed officers' services. Nominal roll noting casualties, awards &c. Orig. dec. red cloth, gilt, fine copy in near fine dw & scarce thus. See illustrations on our website.
£90
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RUTTER (Owen)
The History of the 7th (Service) Bn. The Royal Sussex Regiment 1914-1919.
1st Ed., xix+347pp., 8 plates, 23 maps (one fldg.). For the Bn.
1934
#65598
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Detailed bn. history, 12 Div. F&F 1915-18, inc. Loos, Somme, Arras, Cambrai, Amiens &c. Roll of Hon., officers' services. Orig. cloth, gilt, worn & stained but sound & complete. See illustration on our website.
£25
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RUTTER (Owen)
The History of the 7th (Service) Bn. The Royal Sussex Regiment 1914-1919.
1st Ed., xix+347pp., 8 plates, 23 maps (one fldg.). VG in dw. For the Bn.
1934
#66428
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Detailed bn. history, 12 Div. F&F 1915-18, inc. Loos, Somme, Arras, Cambrai, Amiens &c. Roll of Hon., officers' services. Orig. cloth, gilt, VG in chipped but attractive dw. See illustration on our website.
£50
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SILVESTER (Rev. J.) Comp.
A "Royal Sussex" Hero: Memorials of Lieutenant Anson Lloyd Silvester [1888-1914] With extracts from his Journals & Letters.
Ed. by J.S., Preface by Rev. W.J. de Kilpeck. 1st Ed., viii+137pp., 5 portraits, plate. Chas. C. Thynne.
1920
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Silvester was a cleric's son Ed. at Dean Close, Ascham College, Clacton, Trent College then Jesus College, Oxford, 1908-12 where he was a member of the Oxford Univ. OTC, becoming a Cadet Sergeant. Whilst studying for a Consular Service appointment, in 1913 he obtained a Special Reserve commission in the Royal Sussex Regiment. Mobilised in 1914, he left for the front on 27th Sept., joined the 2nd Bn. on the Aisne & fought with it through First Ypres & was KiA during a counter-attack near Cuinchy on 31st Dec. 1914. Contains a memoir, extracts from letters & various contributions from men of his Regiment adding detail on his active service experience. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website..
£220
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