Parkyn Captain (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. "In these days of universal khaki uniforms the public are apt to forget the time honoured traditions of our Army. Red has been the National colour of our land forces since the earliest days of our Standing Army, both horse and foot wearing the red coat. But until the Rifle Corps was raised in 1800 no British Regiment was ever clothed in Green, save one Battalion of the 60th, raised for service in America in 1798. ix, 49pp.

Cloth, Hardcover. Condition: Good. "In these days of universal khaki uniforms the public are apt to forget the time honoured traditions of our Army. Red has been the National colour of our land forces since the earliest days of our Standing Army, both horse and foot wearing the red coat. But until the Rifle Corps was raised in 1800 no British Regiment was ever clothed in Green, save one Battalion of the 60th, raised for service in America in 1798. ix, 49pp. Size: 215x140mm.

2nd edition orig. dec. cloth Very Good lge. octavo 73pp., frontis., Some relevant annotations & additional material tipped-in inc. an original photograph of a Colonel of the Regiment & a copy of a page of the Army list from 1803. Nice bookplate & some small stamps of the Rifle Brigade Club o/w nice copy.