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RAWLINSON (Lt.-Col. A., CMG, CBE, DSO)
Adventures on the Western Front August 1914-June 1915.
1st Ed., ix+316pp., 18 plates, 2 maps. Melrose.
1925
#65681
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RAC volunteer owner-driver in 1914, attached GHQ through the Retreat, Marne, & Aisne then to the staff of his brother, Sir Henry Rawlinson, GOC IV Corps from Antwerp to Ypres. Later invented the Toby Mortar & other services: the eponymous mortar was tested in action at the Battle of Aubers Ridge on 9th May 1915. Orig. blue cloth, near fine copy with author's bold ink presentation inscrip. to half title: "For Radford. Quite sure he'd make a great show if he ever has to fight. A. Rawlinson July 10 1925." See illustrations on our website.
£145
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