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MAUNSELL (Col. E.B., late Commandant)
Prince of Wales's Own, The Scinde Horse. 1839-1922.
1st Ed., xx+348pp., 4to, 50 photos., 21 maps. Published Privately by The Regimental Committee.
1926
#67981
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A fine history & exceptionally rare in this original privately published edition. Includes 35th Scinde & 36th Jacob's Horse (amalgamated 1921) in Afghanistan 1878-80, Maiwand &c.; WW1 France & Flanders 1914-18 (inc. Festubert, Ypres, Somme & Cambrai, Egypt & Palestine 1918; Mespot; Iraq 1920). Rolls of officers, awards, casualty statistics &c. Contains some valuable commentary including a critical account of the state of the Indian cavalry in 1914, noting that great improvement was made during the First World War, &c. Perkins 413. Note: rebound in fairly recent blue cloth with leather lettering label to sp., VG thus, complete with all plates & maps. See illustration on our website.
£275
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