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7th Somerset Battn. Home Guard.
Unbound proof copy, pages loosely contained in green dec. wraps., 67pp., several sketches, ep map. Eventually Printed for Private Circulation Only by Bennett Bros., Bristol. nd [1945].
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Raising, organisation & training of the unit, which operated between Bristol & Wells, inc. Portishead, Clevedon, Keynsham, Farrington Gurney & Temple Cloud. Rolls of officers. This proof copy records that the author, Lt.-Col. Sir J.J. Tweedie, elected to remove his name from the title page, also his address, Wraxall House, Wraxall, Som., & contains several pencilled dircetions to the printer re aranagement of material. Interesting re-press example & very scarce in the final printed form. See illustration on our website.
£45
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The Note-book of a Lieutenant in the Italian Campaign: Robert Dalzell Dillon Thomas, Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards.
1st Ed., [iii]+38pp. Privately printed. nd (c.1946).
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Thomas was Ed. at Sherborne & Oxford, joined Grenadier Guards 1942 & KiA in Italy in August 1944. Contains a short memoir, a selection of his poetry, diary extracts during voyage to the Med. & landing at Salerno ("Huge ship... saloons like London restaurants, draughty sitting rooms, very bad loud speakers which broadcast inaudible news bulletins..."). Orig. blue cloth, gilt, very sl. spotting to front o/w VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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The Story of 34 Armoured Bde.
1st Ed., 32pp., f'cap., 6 maps (inc. 1 large fldg. col. loosely inserted). [Germany] c.1946.
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NW Europe 1944-45 from Normandy to the Rhine with various Mks. of Churchill tank. Losses totalled 682 killed & wounded & 272 tanks of which 85 brewed up. Excellent account. Orders of Battle, awards roll. Decorated paper covered boards with maroon cloth backstrip, VG, attractive & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£145
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The Story of the 51st Highland Divisional Signals, June 1944-July 1945.
1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 32pp. Syke, Germany.
1945
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Campaign in NW Europe 1944-45: Normandy to the Rhine crossing. VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£65
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F Company 8th Battalion The Rifle Brigade.
1st Ed., orig. card wraps., 66pp., fldg. map. dw. No imprint/date. [BAOR, c.1945].
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History from landing in Normandy June 1944 with 11th Armd. Div., Hill 112, Bocage &c., through Low Countries to Schleswig on the Baltic. Nominal roll with home addresses, Roll of Hon., awards. dw sl. creased o/w near fine & very scarce Coy. history. See illustration on our website.
£120
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From the Beaches to the Baltic: The Story of "G" Company 8th Battalion The Rifle Brigade during the Campaign in North-West Europe.
1st Ed., orig. wraps., [ix]+123pp., map. Aldershot: G&P.
1947
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History from landing in Normandy June 1944 with 11th Armd. Div., Hill 112, Bocage &c., through Low Countries to Germany. VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£95
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An Appraisal of Wartime Training of Individual Specialists in Army Air Forces.
1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 51pp. Washington: Headquarters Army Air Forces, Training Division. June
1946
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Aircrew selection & training in the USAAF in WW2. Staples rusted o/w VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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Wellington Roll of Honour 1939-1945.
1st Ed., ix+249pp., 500+ photo. portraits. For the college.
1949
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Detailed obits. & portraits of over 500 soldiers, airmen & sailors from Wellington School who fell in WW2. Orig. blue cloth, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£25
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The History of the 6th (Lanarkshire) Battn. of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) World War II.
1st Ed., 150pp., 6 portraits, 3 plates, 6 maps. VG in dw. No imprint/date [Glasgow: For the Bn., 1946].
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NW Europe 1944-45 in 52nd (Lowland) Div., Low Countries, Rhine Crossing &c. Nominal rolls, Roll of Hon. VG in dw & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£125
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Incidents with the Seventh Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry in France & Germany from June 1944 to June 1945.
1st Ed., 74pp. No imprint/date [Germany, c.1946].
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Anonymous account (by "B" Coy. commander) which conveys well the confusion in Normandy & the bleak outlook. With the arrival of an effective CO the bn's. confidence returned but days later he was killed. A third CO was killed within a few more days then the author was wounded at Mont Pincon & evacuated to the UK. Rejoined in 1945 in time for the Rhine crossing & final operations. Contemp. red cloth, blind, no publication details but evidently manufactured in Germany c.1945-46. VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£125
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