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FRYER (Percy)
The Men from the Greenwood: Being the War History of the 11th (Service) Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
1st Ed., orig. wraps., 170pp., 11 plates (group photo. of officers, 10 portraits), 5 sketch maps. Nottingham: Cresswell & Oaksford. nd (c.1920).
#70678
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Exceptionally rare battalion history. Raised Oct. 1914 (K3) & served in France & Flanders from Aug. 1915 with 23rd then 8th Divs., then with 23rd Div. in Italy during most of 1918 & finally back to the Western Front with 25th Div., Sept.-Nov. 1918. Includes Battle of the Somme 1916, several stints in the Salient inc. Messines & 3rd Ypres 1917, Italy (Asiago) & Final Advance (Battles of Cambrai & the St Quentin Line, &c.). Several rolls of officers, roll of awards. Little chipped (small loss at front upper & lower rh corners) o/w VG.
£225
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