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DOBLE (Percy H.)
With the Monmouths on the Western Front.
1st Ed. in volume form, orig. green printed wraps., 28pp., 32 portraits. Newport, Mon., Printed for the South Wales Argus. January
1945
#69835
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Scarce work containing a series of pieces written by the South Wales Argus "Local War Correspondent" (& originally published in that organ) when the writer was 'embedded' with the 3rd Monmouths - a lorry-borne battalion that landed on D+8 & fought from Normandy to the Low Countries. Conatins much detail on individual soldiers awarded gallantry medals (with portraits of several dozen of them), & many other soldiers of the battalion mentioned in the text. The Foreword explains that "To ascertain the part the lorry-borne Battalion of the Monmouthshire Regiment played in the invasion of the Continent [Doble] lived the life of the Monmouthshire men in the Battle Zone. He gained first-hand knowledge of their exploits & of their experiences. While at the battle front, he wrote a series of articles which were authentic in regard to achievements & were descriptive of the life of the soldier in modern warfare..." Orig. green printed wraps., somewhat creased, VG.
£75
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