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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders were a legendary regiment of the British Army, with a rich history dating back centuries. This book collects a wide range of historical records and documents related to the regiment, providing a unique perspective on their experiences and achievements.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A splendid original antique coloured print . Mounted (matted) and ready to frame . Very good condition . Shows soldiers of the79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders .

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Published at the close of the Second Boer War, Heroes and Gentlemen (1902) records the front-line impressions of the Rev. Robert M'Clelland, Presbyterian chaplain to the Highland Brigade and the 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Writing from encampments and field hospitals across South Africa, M'Clelland blends vivid anecdote with pastoral reflection, portraying ordinary soldiers"heroes" for their endurance and "gentlemen" for their comradeshipagainst the backdrop of guerrilla skirmishes, typhoid wards, and long columns on the veld. Part travel diary, part morale tract, the book offers a rare Scottish chaplain's view of imperial warfare just as the conflict ended, making it a valuable contemporaneous account for Boer-War and Highland-regiment collectors alike. Heroes and Gentlemen; An Army Chaplain's Experiences in South Africa, by the Rev. Robert M'Clelland, Ho. Chaplain, Div. Batt. Highland Brigade and 1st Batt. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Published by J. and R. Parlane, Paisley; John Menzies and Co., Edinburgh and Glasgow; Houlston and Sons, London, 1902. No stated edition - definitely printed in the first year of publication (1902 date to Introduction). An uncommon publication - no institutional holdings located on Worldcat. A good limp red leather volume, with leather bound over stiff card. With gilt titles to front cover and ruled lined decoration to spine. Covers a little bumped annd frayed to extremities. Gilt dentelles to pastedowns. Text is bright and clean throughout, with just a couple of very light age spots. With portrait frontispiece and map near the rear. Title spread showing stitching at gutter due to type of binding, but all soundly bound. Gilt edges to text block. Language: English. 159pp. Dimensions: approximately 184mm high x 126mm wide x 11mm deep. Unpacked weight approximately 236g.

Carbon copies on 14pp. of an 8vo exercise book with cloth spine and marbled covers, 'Supplied for the Public Service'. In fair condition, with signs of age, wear and active service. An evocative item, giving a sense of the day-to-day duties of a British junior officer in the Boer War. Entries mainly with facsimile signature of Scovell (whose other papers are offered separately). Other items with facsimile signatures F H White and one other. One page is headed 'Orders for Pickets' and gives five orders, the fourth of which is: 'Each picket commander is responsible that the latrines are filled in - that the ground is cleaned up round the picket, and that all rubbish is buried'. Another page is headed 'To the S. O. | D Col Grenfell's Column' and reads: 'May I send out a wood party at 8.30 to-morrow morning S. E. of Camp? | Strength, 2 Officers, 50 men | Major | Commdg Det | 1st Cameron Hrs. | 8.30. p.m. | 31st May.' Headings include: 'Payment of Canteen Stores at Brakspoint', 'Copy of Picket orders', '12th May | Money due from following Coys to President Canteen', 'Officer's [sic] ', 'Officers Subscriptions'. A note from Scovell to 'Alston' regards the return to 'the Transport at Klerksdorp' of 'the Knock (from wheeled cart)', given to the battalion by Col. Grenfell, 'soon after leaving the W. Line'.

138pp., 12mo, blue cover, corner bumped , some damage to spine, worn edges, but attractive, foxing throughout, slight hinge strain. Author's Preface gives the background to the publication including experiences at the Crimea and his daily round as "Post Runner to Yair" [Postman, I suppose]. Much includes dialect words, and many are based on personal experiences or current events. He includes a "Burns' Centenary Song". COPAC lists copies at NLS, Glasgow and BL. WorldCat adds the University of Guelph.

Of the twelve items (all black and white), the ten small photographs are uniform at 7 x 9 cm; the portrait of Scovell is 21 x 13 cm., and the image of the Spion Kop battlefield 14.5 x 11 cm. Accompanied by a note by Scovell on a slip of paper: 'Relics of the S. African Campaign | 1901-1902 | belonging to G. J. S. S'. The ten small pictures and are in good condition, loose and in an envelope. The ten images are all evocative outside shots, with subjects including: a view of the whole battalion on a horizon line, with the the setting sun behind them; seven officers in khaki crouching down to look at a map outside an encampment; three men in kilts carrying a heavy load towards a wall of sandbags (the wearing of the kilt on active service was abolished at the end of the Boer War); an Indian soldier with a donkey; a convoy with cattle crossing rough terrain; and Dannhauser Station. Scovell's portrait is also in good condition, tipped-in onto a leaf removed from an album, depicting Scovell in dress jacket, trews and boots with spurs, with plumed hat in one hand, the other on the hilt of his sword, and one foot on the steps of a building. The Spion Kop print is worn and has been folded both vertically and horizontally. It is a cut-down version of a celebrated image, but with 'SPIONS KOP, NATAL' scratched onto the plate. From Scovell's papers (other items from which are offered separately). Educated at Haileybury and Sandhurst, Scovell was gazetted to the Cameron Highlanders in 1900. He was only twenty years old as the present account of his activities in the Boer War begins, and with a distinguished military career ahead of him. He would go on to serve on the General Staff in the First World War, and be appointed deputy Director-General of Recruiting in 1917, retiring from the Army the following year to become General Secretary of the Liberal Party from 1919-1922. For more information, see his entry in 'Who Was Who', and his obituary in The Times, 29 April 1948.

Educated at Haileybury and Sandhurst, Scovell was gazetted to the Cameron Highlanders in 1900 and served with the regiment in the latter part of the Boer War (his diaries for the period being among material offered separately). The present paper is well-written and the fruit of experience. Scovell's views were clearly well-received, as he was appointed deputy Director-General of Recruiting at the end of the First World War. For more information about Scovell, see his entry in 'Who Was Who', and his obituary in The Times, 29 April 1948. The present item is 32pp., 4to. On the rectos of 32 leaves, and tied with black ribbon into grey paper wraps, with typed title on cover. With autograph emendations throughout, mostly of a minor nature, but including a footnote. The essay is carefully arranged, with two main sections titled 'The Causes of the South African War 1899-1902' and 'The Lessons of the Campaign'. The first section is subdivided under four 'headings': 'Early History of South Africa to the Annexation by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1877', 'From the Annexation till the conclusion of the First Boer War', 'From the First Boer War to the JAMESON RAID' and 'The JAMESON RAID to the opening of the FINAL WAR.' The second section, 'The Lessons of the Campaign', is subdivided into five parts: 'Strategical lessons of the South African War', 'New Experiences gained by the Artillery in the Campaign', 'New Experiences gained by Cavalry in Tactics and Training', 'Tactical lessons as learnt by the Infantry Arm' and 'A few General Lessons taught by the War'. The second section also contains parts headed 'Infantry in Attack', 'In the Defence' and 'The Maxim Gun'. Scovell is by no means an unthinking defender of Empire. In the first section he describes 'a series of mistakes committed by the British Government. Broken promises, unsuitable officials, a semi-military regime, with its harshness and its contempt for national prejudices, a neglect to convene the Volksraad, and to hold fresh elections', all causing 'the greatest dissatisfaction, but not before the benefits looked forward to by the Boers, as a result of annexation, had been reaped, such as thesettlement of the Zulu question; the alleviation of taxation, and the settlement of the National Debt'. He considers Cecil Rhodes's support for the Jameson Raid 'perfectly unjustifiable and quite inexcusable in a man who was both head of the Chartered Company and Premier of Cape Colony': 'However harsh and unconstitutional had been the treatment of the Uitlanders, however disgraceful had been the behaviour of the Transvaal Government, nothing can condone such an unprincipled and scandalous raid as that carried out by the headstrong Dr Jameson on New Year's Day 1896, which ended so disastrously for him at Doornkop.' The second section, the fruit of first-hand experience, is of great interest, with Scovell discussing 'new types of weapon', including 'pom-pom, or one inch Vickers-Nordenfelt', as well as the use by the Boers of 'every conceivable type of stratagem in concealing their own positions', and the inadequacy of the Medical Department. He condemns the Army Service Corps as 'under-officered and incapable of sudden expansion', as well as 'the ordinary British Officer's utter ignorance of finance' (he recommends the creation of 'Finance Officers' to 'accompany all armies in the field'). The paper ends with a discussion of the 'remount question', the 'lesson for the future' being to 'Send out suitable and honest individuals, civilians or soldiers, to buy remounts in the best markets in the world [.] the state must provide itself with a Remount Department, whose primary duty is to have a thorough knowledge of the requirements of any campaign in any locality, with the best markets and the usual price to be paid [.] This could be arranged by agreement with the Indian Authorities, as done in South Africa, during the latter stages of the war, when Native troops were employed in this work at the base.'.

4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly aged paper. He begins by telling him that there is 'no chance of an exchange to this Battalion, all were asked lately and said they did not wish to exchange to the 1st Battn.' He suggests that Scovell's 'best chance' is to 'fill a vacancy caused by a Promotion', in which case he may be 'brought in instead of their gazetting a youngster to us'. He next turns to his polo accident, a 'bad one': 'my Pony turned a summersault [sic] on me and then rolled back over me, I fell on my head and was insensible for about 12 hours and not fully reasonable for about 3 or 4 days'. He describes his continuing symptoms, adding that he 'must have had a good mauling, tho' nothing was broken'. Returning to the question of the exchange, he states that he has discussed the matter with 'General Campbell the father of C. F. F. Campbell', who had been 'asking for an exchange for his sis son from 2nd. Battn. to the 1st. Battn. on account of his weak eyes', but 'nothing would induce' the son to leave the first battalion. In a postscript he informs him that he has written to 'Ewert' recommending a transfer for Scovell, explaining why he thinks it is 'important to have an official in too'. Malcolm's entry in Who Was Who describes his military service: 'Entered army, 1879; 2nd Lieut 42nd Royal Highlanders, 1879; Lt Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 1880; Major, 1897; Lt-Col 1902; served Egypt, with Cameron Highlanders, 1882, including Tel-el-Kebir (twice wounded, medal with clasp, Khedive's star); Nile expedition, 1884-85, Staff-Captain with whaler boats (clasp); South African War, 1899-1902 (despatches twice, DSO, medal with four clasps, King's medal with two clasps); commanded Seaforth and Cameron Territorial Brigade, 1906-11; ORC District, 1911-13; commanded troops in Ceylon, 1913-15; commanded Brigade British Expeditionary Force, 1915; Town Major, France, 1917; retired (for age), 10 Dec. 1917.' See also Malcolm's obituary in The Times, 13 December 1938, and Scovell's, 29 April 1948, with his own entry in Who Was Who.

Printed on both sides of a 15 x 11 cm piece of card. In good condition, lightly-aged. Unsigned autograph note by Scovell on reverse: 'Drawn up by me when adjt. 1910.' Divided into four sections: 'Without Arms' (with brief notes on: Turns; Marching; Marking Time; Stepping backward, forward and side step; Double Marching; Marching Past; Slow March; Diagonal March; Dressing; Saluting; Reporting; Changing Direction; Forming), 'With Canes', 'With Rifle' (Saluting; Funeral Exercises; Feue de joie; Piling Arms; Changing Arms; Short Traill [sic]; Grounding of Arms; Presenting Arms; Port Arms; Sloping Arms Individually) and 'With Bayonets Fixed' (Presenting Arms; Marching; Fixing Bayonets; Unfixing Bayonets; Fugle Man; Slow Marching; Opening out of Ranks for Street Lining; Changing Arms and Stand at Ease'). No other copy traced, either in the Imperial War Museum, or on OCLC WorldCat or COPAC. From the Scovell papers, others being separately listed.