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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condición: New. 2002. N & M reprint (original pub 1925). SB xv + 276pp with three portrait photos and 12 mapsPublished Price £22 The 29th Division was the last of the regular divisions to be formed after the outbreak of war from battalions serving overseas. They came from India, Burma, China and Mauritius but only eleven regular battalions were available, so the 5th R Scots, a territorial battalion, was selected to make up the twelve. One of the artillery brigades and the divisional troops were also provided by the territorials, so although reckoned as a regular division it was in reality something of a mixture. Originally intended for the Western front, the division's destination was changed to Gallipoli, the only regular divison to serve there. It became known as the 'Incomparable 29th' and was to win more VCs than any other division, twenty-seven in all. The 29th fought right through the Gallipoli campaign from the initial landings on 25th April 1915 when six VCs were awarded to 1st Lancashire Fusiliers (the so-called 'Six VCs Before Breakfast'), until finally taken off in January 1916. After a brief stopover in Egypt the division sailed for France in March 1916 and took over the Beaumont Hamel sector on the Somme front. It was here that the division attacked on 1 July incurring a loss of 5,240 casualties on that day, and its memorial can now be seen at the entrance to the Newfoundland Memorial Park. The division took part in the Arras offensive in April 1917 and later that year in the Third Ypres offensive. In November 1917 it was at Cambrai in the first mass tank attack and in the subsequent German counter-attack. The Cambrai fighting cost the division 4,400 casualties.The principal contributors to this book are the three divisional commanders and the first GSO1, the senior staff officer, but these are supplemented by eyewitness accounts and official reports from other sources. Although the main aim of the book has been to give an accurate and intelligible account of the battles in which the 29th Division fought (and in this it has been extremely successful), gallant deeds and other incidents in and out of the line have not been overlooked. Appendices provide full citations of all the VCs and a most useful chronology of the division's movements, including periods spent in the trenches. The maps are clear though in some cases they lack tactical detail. This is a good history, a record of gallant deeds of a division regarded as one of the elite. It formed part of the Rhine Army and in March 1919 it was renamed the Southern Division. Book.…

Condición: New. 2002. N & M Press reprint (original pub 1930). SB. xiv + 468ppPublished Price £22 The author has tackled his history on a battalion rather than chronological basis, and after a brief but interesting account of the early history of the regiment (formed in 1689) he leads the reader into the consecutive history of each of the fighting battalions in the order in which they entered the Great War. He divides his account into a series of books, each dealing with a separate battalion or group of battalions, each with their separate chapters beginning in each case with Chapter I. He begins with the 2nd Battalion which was in Dublin when war broke out, part of 13th Brigade, 5th Division. It arrived in France on 15th August 1914 with the original BEF and was soon in action at Mons and Le Cateau. The battalion remained in the same brigade and division on the Western Front throughout the war, apart from three and a half months, mid-December 1917 to early April 1918, when the division was sent to Italy. The 1st Battalion was in Lucknow, India; it arrived back in the UK in December 1914 and was allotted to the newly formed 29th Division. In April 1915 it went to Gallipoli and, when that campaign ended, transferred to France in March 1916 after a two-month break in Egypt. The 1st Battalion also remained in the same brigade (87th) and division throughout the war.Book III is concerned with the Territorial battalions of which there were two before the war, the 4th (Border) Battalion and the 5th (Dumfries and Galloway). Both these battalions were in 52nd Lowland Division, a Territorial formation, and fought in it at Gallipoli and in Egypt and Palestine. In April 1918 the division was sent to France where the 1/5th was transferred to 103rd Brigade in the re-constituted 34th Division. Then comes the 6th (Service ) Battalion which arrived in France in May 1915 with 9th (Scottish) Division, followed by 7th and 8th (Service) Battalions in 15th (Scottish) Division in July; all three fought on the Western Front and Loos was their first major battle. The final Book VI deals with the battalions that remained in the UK - 3rd (Special Reserve), 9th and 10th. This is a competent piece of work, based on war diaries, letters, personal accounts and diaries, much of which had been assembled before Stair Gillon was called in to do the job. Book.…

Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. King OS Own Scottish Borderers in the Great War. Book.

Condición: New.

Condición: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 488 pp. In black cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine and gilt crest to front. Damage to the top and bottom of the spine, hence only fair. Corners slightly bumped. Slight tanning to endpapers. Illustrated with 11 B&W photo plates and 6 colour folding maps in rear pocket. This famous infantry regiment fought right through the Great War. The 2nd Battalion fought at Mons, Le Cateau, The Marne, Ypres, the Somme, Arras, the Somme 1916, Vimy Ridge, Third Ypres, Italy, The Lys and The Final Advance. The 1st Battalion fought in Gallipoli before the Somme 1916, Arras, Ypres, Cambrai, The Lys. The Territorial Battalions fought at Gallipoli, Egypt & Palestine. The 4th and 5th Battalions fought on the Western Front. The 6th Battalion fought at Loos, The Somme, Arras, Third Ypres, The Second Somme, Flanders until the Armistice. The 7th & 8TH Battalions fought at Loos, The Somme, Arras, Pilckem, with the French, Loos to Victory. This is a substantial book which tells of the major actions that this Regiment fought in for the duration of this war All my books are scanned or photographed so you can see what you are buying. My prices are inclusive of UK postage and packing via Royal Mail 48 tracked. Additional costs for overseas postage and the new import tax to the EU.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. The King's Own Scottish Borderers consisted of eight battalions during the First World War mostly on the Western Front but battalions also served at Gallipoli, in the Egypt/Palestine campaign and, for a brief period, in Italy. xiv, 468pp. Slight wear to edges of upper wrap.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st. 1st ed. 488p. Photos. Folding Maps in text. Six Folding color maps in pocket. Kings Own Scottish Borderers. Top edge gilt. Half blue leather. Sides of spine rubbed. Very Good Copy.

Paperback. Condición: Like New. LIKE NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardback. Condición: VG-. No DW. 1st Edition. 6 maps at rear. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. BUT text edges bit spotted and spine bit worn. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1300g.

Hardback. Condición: VG-. No DW. 1st Edition. 6 maps at rear. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. BUT text edges bit spotted and spine bit worn. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1300g.

Hardback. Condición: VG. No Dw. 1st Edition. 6 maps at rear. Inscription of owner at start of book. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. BUT soem pages roughly cut with minor loss only in margin. Maps at rear sometimes porly folded SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1300g.…

Hardback. Condición: VG. G++ DW. 1st Edition. 6 maps at rear. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. Dw has minor loss and is worn. In loose polythene protector. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1300g.

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Condición: New. Print on Demand pp. 488.

Condición: New. Print on Demand pp. 488 New ed of 1930 ed edition.

Condición: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 488.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The author has tackled his history on a battalion rather than chronological basis, and after a brief but interesting account of the early history of the regiment (formed in 1689) he leads the reader into the consecutive history of each of the fighting battalions in the order in which they entered the Great War. He divides his account into a series of books, each dealing with a separate battalion or group of battalions, each with their separate chapters beginning in each case with Chapter I. He begins with the 2nd Battalion which was in Dublin when war broke out, part of 13th Brigade, 5th Division. It arrived in France on 15th August 1914 with the original BEF and was soon in action at Mons and Le Cateau. The battalion remained in the same brigade and division on the Western Front throughout the war, apart from three and a half months, mid-December 1917 to early April 1918, when the division was sent to Italy. The 1st Battalion was in Lucknow, India; it arrived back in the UK in December 1914 and was allotted to the newly formed 29th Division. In April 1915 it went to Gallipoli and, when that campaign ended, transferred to France in March 1916 after a two-month break in Egypt. The 1st Battalion also remained in the same brigade (87th) and division throughout the war.Book III is concerned with the Territorial battalions of which there were two before the war, the 4th (Border) Battalion and the 5th (Dumfries and Galloway). Both these battalions were in 52nd Lowland Division, a Territorial formation, and fought in it at Gallipoli and in Egypt and Palestine. In April 1918 the division was sent to France where the 1/5th was transferred to 103rd Brigade in the re-constituted 34th Division. Then comes the 6th (Service) Battalion which arrived in France in May 1915 with 9th (Scottish) Division, followed by 7th and 8th (Service) Battalions in 15th (Scottish) Division in July; all three fought on the Western Front and Loos was their first major battle. The final Book VI deals with the battalions that remained in the UK - 3rd (Special Reserve), 9th and 10th. This is a competent piece of work, based on war diaries, letters, personal accounts and diaries, much of which had been assembled before Stair Gillon was called in to do the job.…

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS IN THE GREAT WAR | Capt Stair Gillon | Taschenbuch | No Series Linked | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2002 | Naval & Military Press | EAN 9781843422563 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…