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ANON History of the Guides, 1846 - 1922.
Gale & Polden Ltd. 1938, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Volume I of the superb definitive history of the Guides (Queen Victoria's Own), including service on the North-West Frontier, Indian Mutiny, Ambeyla, Second Afghan War, Chitral, Pathan Revolt, and the Great War. Contents: Introduction. List of Appendices. List of Illustrations. List of Maps. Chapter I: 1845-1849 The Raising of the Corps. II: 1849-1857 Frontier Warfare. III: 1857 The Indian Mutiny. IV: 1857-1861 Return to the Frontier. V: 1862-1878 The Ambela Expedition. VI: 1878-1879 The Second Afghan War. VII: 1879 The Second Afghan War - The Defence of the Kabul Residency. VIII: 1879-1880 The Second Afghan War - Second Phase. IX: 1881-1895 Minor Operations on the Frontier. X: 1895 The Chitral Relief Expedition. XI: 1896-1897 The Pathan Rvolt. XII: 1897-1898 The Pathan Revolt - Second Phase. XIII: 1898-1914 Some "Week-end Wars". XIV: 1914-1917 The Great War. XV: 1917-1921 The Great War - The Guides Cavalry in Mesopotamia and Persia. XVI: 1917-1921 The Great War - The Guides Infantry, 1st Battalion, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Palestine and Syria. XVII: 1917-1922 The Great War - The Guides Infantry, 2nd Battalion, Palestine and Syria. XVIII: 1917-1921 The Great War - Guides Infantry, 3rd Battalion, Kurram and Waziristan. XIX: 1914-1918 The Great War - The War Services of Drafts from the Guides. XX: Sports and Pastimes. XXI: Mardan. Appendices: I (A) Officers Posted and attached to 1922. (B) Officers attachd during the Mutiny in 1857. (C) Officres attached from 1858 to 1914. (D) attached from 1914 to 1922. II (A) Commandants. (B) Risaldar-Majors and Subadar-Majors. III Medical Officers. IV Recipients of the VC. V Recipients of the IOM. VI Recipients of the MacGregor Memorial Medal. VII Honours & Awards 1914-1921. VIII (A) Organization of the Cavalry. (B) Organization of the Infantry. Glossary. Index. Extensively illustrated with b/w plates, superb portraits, group photographs (also illustrating uniforms, 18 maps (7 in pocket, 11 bound in), detailed nominal rolls, honours & awards, citations, notes on organization, glossary, index. xvi + 347 pp. Some internal foxing otherwise in very good condition. Very rare. Photo-scan available on request. Very Good/No Jacket.
Offered for GBP 280.00 = appr. US$ 557.20 by: Addison Phillips - Book number: 001694