barclay brigadier cbe dso (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in brown cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine, gold gilt design to front board. Price clipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 155pp. B/w photographs throughout. Not library copy, name/date in ink to ffep, some rubbing and tears to dustjacket edges. (46/7).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: good. First edition. Thick octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, more so to dust jacket. xix (1), 459 p. w/ 10 fold out maps, illus., appendices, affiliated or connected units, index. A history of this British Army Regiment, drawn from members and ex-members of the regiment including many eye-witnesses. The First Battalion saw much action extensively in the Sicily and Italy, including Monte Cassino. The 3rd was initially an anti-aircraft unit, and defended London against the Blitz, and then was sent to North Africa, Sicily and Italy, where reduced Luftwaffe capability saw it designated a Garrison Battalion. The 2nd Battalion was initially in a home defense role, then acted training unit and remained in the British Isles throughout the war.