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JACKSON (Lt.-Col. H.M., MBE, ED)
The 127th Battalion C.E.F., 2nd Battalion Canadian Railway Troops.
1st Ed., [v]+186pp., portrait frontis., 3 other portraits. Montreal: Industrial Shops for the Deaf. nd (c.1955).
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Unit arrived in England 1916 & was assigned to the Railway Construction Corps & served in France from Jan. 1917. "This book is an excellent account of its work, usually under shell-fire, constructing light railway tracks at Bapaume, Ypres, Arras, etc. In April 1918, it was thrown into the line to fight as infantry..." - Perkins. Appendices include roll of officers on embarkation, Roll of Hon. & awards. Orig. green cloth covd. boards, titled in black to front, VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£85
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