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ENGLAND (Capt. R. Ede)
A Brief History of the 12th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Pioneers). "The Miners' Battalion."
1st Ed., real photo. portrait frontis. & 19 real photographic plates tipped in, 2 hand-coloured plates (including divisional signs & battalion flash), 2 maps. Wakefield: Printed by John Lindley, Ltd., The Borough Press. nd (c.1926).
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New Army Battalion raised in 1914, 31st Division, served briefly in Egypt then in France & Flanders from March 1916 to the end of the War: much on the Somme, interesting details on trench life, Arras 1917, Passchendaele, German offensives of 1918, Ypres 1918, &c. Roll of Hon. short appendix on Functions of a Pioneer Battalion, &c. Worked on Light Railways for several months in 1917, among other duties. Orig. blue cloth, VG & rare, locally produced & excellent history with superb real photo. plates, hand-coloured plates of battalion flashes &c.). See illustration on our website.
£275
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