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Edward James Kay-Shuttleworth, Captain 7th Rifle Brigade, Staff-Captain 218th Infantry Brigade, 1890-1917.
1st Ed., 38pp., real photo. portrait frontis., plate, sketch map. Printed for Private Circulation at the Chiswick Press.
1918
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Second son of Lord Shuttleworth. Eton & Balliol & called to the Bar; Rifle Brigade 1914 & went to France with 7th Bn. In action in the fire attack at Hooge (of which he leaves an excellent lengthy account with a sketch) & in 1916 was invalided to the UK where he was killed in a motor cycle accident in 1917 on the eve of returning to the front. He married in 1914 & left two infant children. Includes a short biographical memoir, a valuable account of the liquid fire attack at Hooge when the 7th RB was rushed up in support of the 8th, who had borne the brunt of the attack. Orig. green cloth, titled in white to sp., little split o/w VG & rare, inscribed by the subject's wife (who compiled this memorial), "For General Martin from Sibell Kay-Shuttleworth on the 1st Anniversary July 10th 1918. In memory of 'Ted'" See illustration on our website.
£245
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