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Regimental History Regimental and divisional histories including the Great War 1914-1918   469 Books
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Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-19. Water Supply - Egypt & Palestine. 1st Ed., vii+64pp., 6 photos., 10 sketches &c. (some fldg.), further sketches in text, 7 fldg. maps. Chatham: RE Institution. 1921  #63621
[HLMainPic] Typically detailed & well-illustrated survey of a crucial aspect of the advance. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & rare but sp. chipped & worn with loss. See illustration on our website.   £120
History of the East Lancashire Royal Engineers. 1st Ed., xxvi+268pp., 9 illus. For Private Circulation. 1921  #68293
[HLMainPic] 427th, 428th & 429th Field Coys. & 42nd Div. Signal Coy., Gallipoli, Egypt & Western Front from 1917. Roll of Hon., awards. Rebound ex-lib. copy. See illustration on our website.   £30
The 116th Battalion [Canadian Expeditionary Force] in France. By the Adjutant. 1st Ed., 111pp., 49 photos. (inc. portraits of Fallen Officers &c.). Toronto: Hunter-Rose. 1921  #64603
[HLMainPic] Served in France/Flanders from Feb. 1917 inc. Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele & Cambrai. Roll of Hon. Perkins states "a bare statement of facts & events with little attempt at comment or analysis." He adds that the author was probably E.P.S. Allen, under whose name the work is copyrighted Orig. wheat cloth, gilt to sp. & front + unit patch to front board. VG. See illustration on our website.   £65
The 54th Infantry Brigade 1914-1918: Some Records of Battle & Laughter in France. 1st Ed., xi+207pp., 15 plates. For Private Circulation. 1919  #68298
[HLMainPic] 18th Div. (12th Middx., 2nd & 7th Beds., 11th RF & 6th Northants). Detailed on the raising of the Brigade & subsequent services inc. Trones Wood, Thiepval &c. Orig. red cloth, titled in black, somewhat sunned, VG. See illustration on our website.   £50
The Parachute Regiment: Presentation of Colours to the First, Second & Third Battalions by His Majesty The King, Queen's Parade, Aldershot, 19th July 1950. 1st Ed., [16]pp., 2 col. plates of Colours, diagram of parade. Gale & Polden, Wellington Press, Aldershot. 1950  #64489
[HLMainPic] Details of the ceremony, list of regular & TF battalions ( & their COs), list of units on parade (inc. principal officers & warrant officers, subalterns carrying the Colours, &c.), brief history of the regiment. Orig. maroon cloth, gilt title & regimental device to front, VG with several related newspaper clippings loosely inserted. See illustration on our website.   £35
A Short History of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards from the Regimental Records, Army Despatches & Othe Papers Connected with The History of the Regiment from its Formation in 1685 to 1929. 1st Ed., orig. dec. card wraps., 66pp., portrait frontis. Aldershot: G&P. 1931  #64214
[HLMainPic] The 1st KDG did not publish a WW1 history so this work has value for its concise but informative account of the regiment's services in France & Flanders with the Lucknow Cavalry Brigade 1914-17, with much on 1915. The regiment returned to Meerut at the end of 1917 & participated in the 3rd Afghan War 1919. Appendices include a statement of "Dates & Places in Which The Regiment was Billeted, Camped, Bivouacked, or In Trenches, From November 12th, 1914, up to October 26th, 1917" also a Great War Roll of Hon. (listing those killed & wounded), WW1 awards roll, plus similar listings for Afghan War 1919. Little chipped, VG ex-IWM with minor stamps inc. 'Withdrawn' stamp inside rear cover. Uncommon. See illustration on our website.   £45
Further Recollections of 107th Field Coy. R.E. 1st Ed., 228pp., 42 photos., 3 fldg. maps. Darlington: Wm. Dresser & Sons. 1920  #63948
[HLMainPic] The second of two volumes recording the unit's services in Macedonia/Salonica: This part contains the main historical narrative "Three Years in the Balkans" preceded by a very short account of early days in England & France. Roll of awards, fldg. map of Doiran Sector, texts of several Special Orders of the Day, &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. Very scarce & useful contribution of the literature of the campaign in Salonika. See illustration on our website.   £125
Collections & Recollections of 107th Field Coy. R.E. 1st Ed., 146pp., sketches in text. Darlington: Wm. Dresser & Sons. 1918  #63947
[HLMainPic] The first of 2 volumes recording the unit's services in Macedonia/Salonica: This part contains mainly humourous contributions, poems &c. by num. members of the Coy. Orig. blue cloth sp. with wheat cloth boards, titled in gilt to sp. & black to front, VG. Very scarce. See illustration on our website.   £125
History of the 1st & 2nd Bns. North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales') 1914-1923. 1st Ed., deluxe version, [vii]+120pp., 4to, 4 plates, 8 maps & plans. Longton, Staffs: Hughes & Harber. nd 1933  #63796
[HLMainPic] Almost entirely 1st Bn., Western Front from Sept. 1914, 17 Bde., 6th Div., with a short account of the 2nd Bn. on the NWF & in Afghanistan 1919. Casualty statistics, awards roll. Nice copy of the superior edition: orig. qtr. blue morocco with blue cloth covd. boards, gilt to front & sp. Scarce. See illustration on our website.   £125
The 26th Squadron RE: A History of the Squadron from its Formation in 1855 to the Present. 2nd Ed., corrected & brought up to date, orig. dec. laminated card wraps., [vi]+40pp., oblong 4to, 29 illus., (mostly photos.), 3 maps. The Regt. 1988  #63789
[HLMainPic] Fist published in 1958 & this edition corrected & revised to date of publication. Includes useful illustrated account of, inter al, Nile Expedition 1884-85, Boer War, WW1 Western Front, WW2 BEF 1940 & NW Europe 1944-45, post war Northern Ireland tours in 1972 & 1974. Orig. laminated card wraps., VG & scarce in any edition. See illustration on our website.   £50

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