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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint of the 1928 first edition. An excellent regimental history written soon after the end of the First World War. By the end of the War the Regiment had risen from two front-line battalions to twenty-two. The Regiment lost a total of 9,460 officers and men and gained 8*V.C.s and 71 Battle Honours Battalions served on the Western Front, in Gallipoli, Macedonia, Mesopotamia, Italy, and Persia. The book includes an appendices providing the Roll of Honour; Honours and Awards including Mention in Despatches, with date of Gazette of other distinctions. Includes 177*plans and maps, 22*pages of b/w plates, 36*pages of b/w photographs. xxx, 667pp. Books weigh a total of 2.85 kg, additional postage may be required.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 667pp, lacks dust wrapper, as issued. No inscriptions, illustrated, all the fold outs appear undamaged. Has number 119 to half title page so presumably part of a limited edition. Very slight rubbing to edges of boards but nothing of any significance, just some very light marking to front lower corner, titles to spine are slightly faded. Very good condition internally, very little reading wear, hinges tight, just some very light spotting to edge of text block. Happy to supply photos on request exception condition copy. Very heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.

Hardcover. Illus., maps, some folding; 667pp; some staining. folio orig. cloth gilt, worn, backstrip missing, Field Marshal Sir Claud William Jacob, GCB, GCSI, KCMG [1863-1948] had a most distinguished career on the North West frontier and in the First World war He was Military Secretary at the India Office from 1926 to 1930. He was commissioned into the Worcester Regiment in 1882 and in retirement became their Colonel.

Cloth. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A large volume in good condition detailing the involvement of the Worcestershire Regiment throughout the Great War. The boards of green cloth have general edge wear and a split along the front of spine as this is a large heavy volume. Gilt regimental crest to the front board and faded lettering to the spine. This is an incredibly detailed account of the Regiments progress; many fold out maps and plans detailing battles and operations in areas such as Ypres, Flanders, Gallipoli, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus and many more. Many old photographs. A highly collectable item.

First Edition]. Original green cloth, 667 pages. Foreword by Field-Marshal Sir Claud Jacob. Massive work of military historical documentation, illustrated throughout with portraits, plates, plans, maps (many fold-outs) etc. The Worcesters was one of the most distinguished and decorated regiments of the British military serving in World War I, with battalions on the Western Front, in Gallipoli, Macedonia, Mesopotamia, Italy, and Northern Persia. One of its most honorable members, attached to the RFC, was the airman Leefe Robinson, famous for shooting down a zeppelin. Included are various appendices, providing a Roll of Honour; Honours and Awards including Mention in Despatches, with date of Gazette (for Companion of the British Empire read Commander); details of Badges, Colours and Distinctions of the regiment; and the music for regimental marches. A work of incredible detail and sensitivity, offering the reader an unparalleled view of a pivotal time in world history - battle by battle, plan by plan. Ownership notations, relating to the text, in pencil on the front free endpaper. Black cloth tape reinforcements to the inner hinges. Near fine copy with just a faint trace of dampstaining to the top edge of a few pages at the rear without dust jacket as issued. Scarce.