PRIVATE No. 940 [Pseud. of STURGES (Robert Simon Mansfield)]
"On the Remainder of Our Front."
1st Ed., 156pp. Harrison & Sons.
1917
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Personal account of service in the 19th (PS) Bn. Royal Fusiliers, proceeding overseas in Nov. 1915, experiences on the Festubert & Cambrin fronts until posted home for a commission in Feb. 1916 (Sturges was commissioned in the MGC & later served at the War Office). An informative, unvarnished but atmospheric account of the battalion's experience of active service (at the time Sturges left it was pulled from the line & used as a potential officer pool before disbanding shortly after). Harrison & Son., favoured printer of the War Office, were not known for general book publishing & it is possible that this work was printed for the author. It is certainly rare. Orig. maroon cloth, rubbed & worn, eps stained, generally sound. See illustration on our website.
£60
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