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BARNARD, ED,CD L-COL W T The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, 1860 - 1960. One Hundred Years of Canada.
Canada Publishing Ltd. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Definitive history of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, produced for the centenary celebrations in 1960. Dedication. Preface by the author. Contents: Chapter I The Formation of the Regiment 1860-66. II the Battle of Ridgeway 1866. III Canadan & The Green Jackets 1866-77. IV The Victorian Heydey 1877-84. V The NW Rebellion 1885. VI War & Peace 1886-1909. VII The Fiftieth Anniversary 1910. VIII The Regimental Record 1911-1918. IX Peace with Pacifism 1919-39. X The 1st Bn QOR of C, Toronto & Camp Borden 1940. XI Newfoundland & New Brunswick 1940-41. XII Preliminary Training in England 1941-42. XIII Final Training in England 1943-44. XIV The Battle of Normandy 6 June-2 July 1944. XV The Battle of Normandy 3 July-22 August 1944. XVI The Channel Ports September 1944. XVII The Breskens Pocket & The Nijmegen Bridgehead 1944-45. XVIII The Battle of the Rhineland 1945. XIX The Final Victory 1945. XX The Post-War Era 1945-60. Appendices: I Victoria Cross; 2 Roll of Honour; 3 Honours & Awards; 4 Battle Honours; 5 Succession Rolls; 6 The Buffs; 7 The King's Royal Rifle Corps; 8 Characteristics of a Rifle Regiment; 9 Rifles & Rifle Shooting; 10 Dress; 11 The Military Band; 12 The Bugle Band; 13 The QOR of C Assoc.; 14 Regimental Designations & Battalions; 15 The QOR of C Chapter, Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. Bibliography. Index: Part I - Names and general; Part II Formations, units and corps. Extensively illustrated with b/w photographs, portraits, groups, memorials, battle scenes, maps and diagrams, nominal rolls, honours & awards, lineage, information on allainces, etc. xvi + 398 pp. Original blue-black cloth covered boards with silver regimental device to frint cover, silver titles to spine. B/W maps and regimental device to front and rear end-papers. Neat Commonwealth Relations Office stamp to front end-papers. Fine/No Jacket.
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