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HORNE (Cyril Morton)
Songs of the Shrapnel Shell and Other Verses.
2nd Imp., 71pp., 199x136mm, portrait frontis. Chicago: The Page Publishing Co.
1918
#67990
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Mainly war poems & some pre-war compositions. Cyril Horne was Killed in Action on 27th January 1916 whilst serving as a Captain with the 7th (Service) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. A former regular soldier, he was touring America doing impersonations on the stage as "Bobbie" Horne, when war came and he rejoined his regiment. He was twenty-nine and is buried in Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery. Contains a short biographical note followed by poems. Orig. green cloth, gilt to front & sp., VG. Reilly p.173. See illustrations on our website.
£65
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