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ANON Seventy-Fifth Anniversary - Royal Winnipeg Rifles, 1883 - 1958.
Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regimental Assoc. 1958, Limited. Illustrated Card Covers, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brief history of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles prepared for the 75th anniversary celebrations in 1958. Contents: Battle Honours. Letter and portrait of Field Marshal HRH The Duke of Gloucester, KG, KT, KP, GMB, GCMG, GCVO, Colonel-in-Chief. The Regimental March. Preface. Birth of the Devils:- The Nile Campaign - The Northwest Rebellion - The Boer War - Years of Peace. World War One: Ypres, 1915 - Years of Mud and Blood - Vimy and the Final Years - Amiens and Victory - Post War Period No 3 - The Royal Prefix. World War Two: Training in Canada and then Overseas - England: The Lond Wait - Training for Victory - The Great Decision - Pirate: The Last "Dry Run" - Girding the Loins - the Great Plan - The Armada Sails - Inferno on the Beaches - Battle of the Beach-Head - Carpiquet to the Seine - Calais: The Final Battle for France - Leopold: Battle of the Polders - Siegfried Line to the Rhine - Over the Rhine to Victory The Regiment Carries On - Post-War Period No 4. The Shootong Rifles. From Here and There. Commanding Officers 1883-1958. Superbly illustrated with historic b/w photographs, including portraits of officers, honorary officers, NCOs and men, groups, equipment, parades, inspections, camp and battle scenes, uniforms, badges & insignia, reproductions of historic paintings and lithographs, maps, battle plans, nominal rolls, etc. 63 pp. Rare. Good/No Jacket.
Offered for GBP 45.00 = appr. US$ 89.55 by: Addison Phillips - Book number: 001664