Chaplin lieutenant colonel h d (12 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. blue covers with black cloth spine in a clear protective wrapper, 54pp, pages clean and VG condition.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition, paper back, octavo, single section, card covers, staple binding, 47 pages. [QP].

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 608 pages. 9.37x6.22x1.42 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

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Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book tells the story of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment from the aftermath of the Great War in 1920 down to the wake of the Second World War in 1950. The RWK did garrison duty in India and the occupied Rhineland in the early 1920s, and in policing the turbulent north and south of Ireland during the Irish independence struggle. The author calls 1923-32 'the lean years' when post-war cutbacks hit the RWK hard. After 1933, however, the growing prospect of war with Nazi Germany meant gradual rearmament and partial mechanisation. In 1938-39 the RWK's second battalion policed Palestine against Arab unrest. The final months before war saw hasty preparation and expansion; and after war broke out most battalions crossed to Franceand Belgium as part of the BEF. Here they found themselves on the old battlefields of the Great War and even at Oudenarde, scene of one of Marlborough;'s victories. Swept up in the German Blitzkrieg of May 1940, the 6th and 7th battalions were overrun at Doullens and Albert; while the Queen's Own Brigade were embarked in the Dunkirk evacuation. From June 1940 new battalions were recruited; the 2nd Battalion defended Malta and the 4th and 5th battalions joined the Eighth Army in Egypt; fighting at the battles of Alam Halfa and Alamein and also seeing service in Iraq. The 1st and 6th battalions joined 'Operation Torch', the Anglo-American invasion of French Algeria in NOvember 1942; and fought the Germans in the tough Tunisian campaign. The 6th battalion was present at the invasion of Sicily, fighting in the foothills of Mount Etna and was joined by the 1st and 5th battalions in the Italian campaigns, fighting at Cassino and slogging up the Peninsula to Florence, the Gothic Line and finally entering Austria. Meanwhile the 1st battalion had been in Greece, where it was caught up in the political in-fighting in Athens in December 1944; and the 4th battalion had formed part of Slim's 'forgotten army' in Burma. In the five years after the war the RWK underwent extensive re-organisation while serving in Egypt and occupied Germany and in Malaya. With a Roll of Honour, 30 maps and 42 photographs. The text is accompanied by six appendices listing honours and awards, officers in campaigns, Home Guard units, Colonels and CO's etc.…

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. An uncommon first edition of H. D. Chaplin's study of the Queen's own Royal West Kent regiment, in the original dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. This is the third volume of the history of The Queen's Own, written by Lieutenant-Colonel H. D. Chapin, the Regimental Historian. This particular volume covers the history of The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment between 1951 and 1961. During this period the regiment was combined with The Buffs, or The Royal East Kent Regiment to form The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment. With chapters containing information on the battalion in Malaya, Egypt and Cyprus, as well as covering the amalgamation.With photographs to accompany the text. In the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear and light handling marks. Dust wrapper is lightly soiled, with the occasional closed tear, with a larger tear to the head of the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book. …

FIRST EDITION Special Presentation Binding 8vo. hardback in full dark blue morocco with raised bands, gilt to spine and gilt Regimental Crest to upper board. Marbled endpapers, t.e.g. 174pp., illustrated with b/w frontispiece and 10 maps and sketches printed on yellow paper. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Very slight fading to dark blue of spine, else a VERY GOOD, HANDSOME COPY. (Shelf 9) ** Pictures available upon request, if not already displayed here.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…