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Deeds of the Royal Engineers.
Compiled in the Royal Engineer Record Office In Compliance with Army Council Instruction No. 850, dated April 19th, 1916. Orig. printed paper covd. boards, [iv]+81pp. Chatham: Royal Engineers Institute.
1918
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Notable events in Corps history inc. chapters on Royal Engineers & The Battle of Waterloo; The Royal Sappers & Miners in the Crimean War; The Blowing In of the Cashmere Gate at Delhi; 23rd Coy. in the Indian Mutiny & China; 23rd Coy at Ladysmith, &c. Orig. grey printed paper covd. boards with blue cloth backstrip, little chipped/rubbed at top of rear panel o/w VG & rare (just 500 copies printed).
£50
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History of the Pembroke Yeomanry.
1st Ed., viii+107pp., photos., map. Haverfordwest: The Regt.
1959
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Inc. WW1 in Palestine & WW2 Middle East. Addenda covering period 1959-1967 (12pp.) loosely inserted. Rolls of officers. Orig. blue cloth, dampspotted, generally VG. See illustration on our website.
£30
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1st Bn. The Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry. The Sergeants' Mess Rules. Rawal Pindi January 1900.
Orig. printed cloth covd. wraps., 25pp. (& blank interleaves). Eureka Printing Press, Rawal Pindi. Contemp.
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Details of messing arrangements, accounts, &c. Small pocketbook, orig. green printed cloth covd. wraps., gilt, VG & doubtless scarce survival. See illustration on our website.
£25
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Extracts from the Standing Orders of The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
[v]+55pp. Devonport: Swiss & Co. nd (c.1908).
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Customary regimental routines, regulations &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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The Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry 1848-1948.
1st Ed., 126pp., 4to, 18 plates, tailpieces to each chapter. Glasow: Printed for the Regiment by MacLehose & Co.
1948
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Includes active service in Boer War, Gallipoli, Egypt & Western Front in WW1 & as anti-tank units in WW2. Very nicely illustrated & produced history, orig. qtr. morocco, VG throughout & rare.
£75
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59th Division 1915-1919.
1st Ed., 186pp., 9 photos., 2 fldg. plans. Chesterfield: Wilfred Edmunds Ltd.
1928
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Collaborative effort mostly by officers of the Division. Served Ireland (sent to quell the Easter Rising) & then F&F from Feb. 1917 & fought at Passchendaele, Bourlon Wood, March Offensive &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt to front, VG & rare with presentation letter tipped onto front paste-down, from one of the compilers, Lt-Col. E.U. Bradbridge, to Gen. Sir P. Hambro [i.e., Maj.-Gen. Sir Percy Otway Hambro, KBE, CB, CMG, DAQMG of III Corps 1915-18]: "My dear General, The officers of the Reunion Club of the late 59th Division hope that you will accept the enclosed volume... on account of your connection with the Division in the early days of our service in III Corps apropos of which I have made my - personal - acknowledgement to you, in the book..."
£120
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Standing Orders of the Seaforth Highlanders. 1912.
vii+196pp. sample forms, musical scores &c. Letchworth: Arden Press.
1912
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Combined SOs for the 1st & 2nd Bns., containing customary regimental rules & regulations, duties &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt to front & spine, VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-19. Miscellaneous.
1st Ed., [v]+372pp., num. photos., fldg. drawings, diagrams, sketches & maps. Chatham: RE Institution.
1927
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Superb volume contains The Organisation & Expansion of the Corps, 1914-18; Engineer Intelligence & Information; Camouflage Service; Concrete Defence Works & Factories; Forward Communications; AA Searchlights &c. Typically detailed & well-illustrated with many interesting subjects inc. photos. & sectional drawings of observation post trees & other forms of OP, pillbox designs (the Moir & others). Just 600 copies printed of this valuable volume. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£225
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War Diary of the 24th (South Wales Borderers) by the Late Captain C.J. Paterson (Adjutant of the 1st Battalion).
1st Ed., 30pp., 255x205mm, several sketches of dugouts, 2 sketch maps. London: Printed for Private Circulation.
1915
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Charles James ("Jim") Paterson was a regular officer commissioned in 1907. Detailed diary from 11th August 1914 ("Mobilization finished, thank goodness!") including Retreat From Mons, advance to the Aisne, move to Flanders and into the line at Langemarck. The diary closes on the evening of 24th October 1914 when the regiment was relieved in the line by French troops and went to billets (two open fields) at Hooge. Jim Paterson was wounded on 29th October, died of wounds on 1st November 1914 and is buried in Ypres Town Cemetery. He was twenty-six years old and was Mentioned in Despatches. The Foreword states: "...to relatives who knew Jim Paterson, the Diary will be intensely interesting, and a source of pride at the thought of all the hard work of mobilization, embarkation, and hard marching day after day in all weathers, borne not only without murmur, but always with smiling cheerfulness." Green silk covered limp boards with cord tie, blocked to front with a slightly different text to the title page: "War Diary of the late Capt. C.J. Paterson, Adjutant 1st Battalion 24th (South Wales Borderers)" and regimental badge, VG & rare with presentation inscrip. "Jim - in remembrance of his Godfather..." [i.e., the subject of the volume, who was his uncle] together with loosely inserted letter from France dated October 14th, 1914: "...Not really very nice work just now. We sit in our trenches and have the German bullets and shells over us every now and then. Never mind we shall beat the nasty old Germans yet and when I come home we shall have a good time. We will go to the zoo and to Olympia..."
£245
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Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-19. Geological Work on the Western Front.
1st Ed., 71pp., num. photos., fldg. drawings, diagrams, sketches & maps. Chatham: RE Institution.
1922
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Another typically detailed & well-illustrated volume in this series with much on tunnelling & mining in Flanders & other geological work in relation to operations &c., with an impressive range of photos. & sectional drawings, coloured maps & diagrams. Orig. blue cloth, VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£225
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