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Regimental History Regimental and divisional histories including the Great War 1914-1918   651 Books
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The Red Lanyard: Journal of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment. Vol. 2, No. 2, May 1946-Vol. 4, No. 8, November 1947, Vol. 5, Nos. 1-6, 9, 11 & 12; Vol. 6., Nos. 2 & 3, November 1947-January 1949. Forty-five issues, approx. 900pp. in all, num. photos., cartoons, sketches, maps. Detmold, BAOR, Hermann Bossman for The Regiment. Contemp.  #69897
[HLMainPic] A very good run from the first post-WW2 edition onwards, commencing with a historical account of the regiment in the war (North Africa, Italy & NW Europe), with Rolls of Honour. Various articles follow including account of an Italian Battlefield Tour (Gothic Line), several pieces re ops. in NW Europe (inc. Villers Bocage), an officer's account of PoW life & escapes, much on regimental personalities, Squadron Notes, news & changes, training programmes &c., generally reflecting conditions of service in occupied Germany post-WW2. Many amusing period cartoons, some interesting photos. (inc. unfinished Panther tanks in a Hannover factory), a photo-story "Day in the Life of a Trooper" & more. Vols. 2-4 bound in two vols. in dec. paper covd. boards, rest in orig. dec. wraps., Attractive & scarce journal, VG throughout.   £100
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
89th County of Lancaster (Liverpool) Battalion Home Guard. 1st Ed., 52pp., 42 photos. Printed & Published by T.W. Gornall & Co., Exchange St. East, Liverpool. 1947  #64094
[HLMainPic] Rare locally produced HG history. Men of the unit were active during the Liverpool blitz, included a bomb disposal unit by 1942 & provided guards on the Mersey tunnel &c. A number of interesting, if grainy, photos. of combat training &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt title & badge to front board, VG. See illustration on our website.   £65
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
178 Siege Battery R.G.A., B.E.F. France 1916-1918. 1st Ed., viii+127pp., 4 plates. Chorley & Pickersgill Ltd., Printers, Leeds. 1919  #63037
[HLMainPic] 6-inch Howitzer battery formed 1916: to France in October & immediately in action on the Arras front, inc. supporting a raid at Blangy in Jan. 1917, Battle of Arras inc. supporting attacks on Monchy-le-Preux &c., later at 3rd Ypres, Cambrai, Spring Offensive &c. Nominal roll of original Battery, another at demobilization, Roll of Hon. (inc. wounded & gassed), awards. Useful account with much interesting detail on the work of the battery & several most interesting appendices including Battery Humour &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. Ownership inscrip. of W.N. Bates, listed as a Gunner in the nominal roll of the original battery. See illustration on our website.   £100
Historical Records of the XXX. Regiment. 1st Ed., ix+283pp. Clowes. 1887  #64337
[HLMainPic] East Lancashire Regt. Campaigns include Egypt 1800, Peninsular War, Waterloo 1815, India 1819-28 inc. siege of Asseerghur &c., Crimean War, &c., "as far as possible made up of the narratives of officers & others who actually served in the operations they describe..." Officers' services details. Orig. yellow cloth, gilt, soiled o/w VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £145
A War Record of the 21st London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 1914-1919. 1st Ed., 277pp., frontis. Privately published. 1927  #70185
[HLMainPic] France & Flanders from March 1915 with 47th (London) Div. inc. Loos, Vimy Ridge, Somme, Ypres, Bourlon Wood & 1918 battles. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. green cloth, titled in silver gilt with regimental crest & red bands to front, VG & scarce.   £75
Cabar Feidh: The Quarterly Magazine of the Seaforth Highlanders, Vol. III, No. 14, May 1925. 46pp., portrait frontis., several photos. The Regt. Contemp.  #68074
[HLMainPic] Customary regimental news, sports, OCAs, &c. This issue includes a frontis. portrait & special feature on Lt.-Col. David Mason-Macfarlane CMG, CBE, TD, who commanded the 1/4th Bn. during WW1, & this example is bound in sumptuous full red morocco with his presentation inscrip. to a grandchild. VG throughout. See illustrations on our website.   £30
A History of the Sixty-Sixth Field Artillery Brigade American Expeditionay Forces, Composed of the 146th & the 148th Field Artillery; National Guard Troops from the Western States of Colorado, Wyoming, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, New Mexico. 1st Ed., 379pp., 105 photos., 7 fldg. maps. Denver: Smith-Brooks. nd (c.1919)  #61173
[HLMainPic] Lavish & well-illustrated but sadly lacks two maps. Orig. cloth, rather worn, sound. See illustration on our website.   £20
Standing Orders of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Horse Guards, War Office, 1893. 272pp. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. 1893  #69389
[HLMainPic] Covering all sorts of matter relating to discipline & duties of various ranks, &c. Orig. red cloth, blindstamped & gilt, VG with ink ownership inscrip. to front of Giles Lawrence Clarke.   £35

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