The Coldstream Guards 1914-1918 in Three Volumes (Including Map Volume)

1st Edition. xvii,519;[vi],546; [iii]pp. + mapspp. 3 vol. Octavo. Original decorated blue cloth with gilt inlay and silver regimental crest on front, gilt lettering on spine. Half-title. Frontispiece (vol.I only). 27 folding maps (in separate map volume). Appendices included. All volumes have some bumping to spines and minor denting to corners. Maps volume has library stamps on front and rear paste-downs. Both text and maps are tight and virtually spotless. very good The Coldstream Guards are the oldest regiment still active in the British Regular Army, founded by General George Monck in 1650 as part of the New Model Army. The regimental motto is "Nulli Secundus", meaning "second to none". Sir John Ross of Bladensburg was born in 1848, the son of Major-General Robert Ross. His father was distinguished general in the peninsular war, and had lead an expedition to the U.S. During the War of 1812 where he defeated a superior American force at Bladensburg, thereby earning the title "of Bladensburg" for his successors. Sir John was a military man and one of the preeminent historians of his time. He served with the Coldstream Guards from 1873-95, and published several of their regimental histories as well as many essays on military and political theory. Vol.I covers from the beginning of WWI and the battle of the Frontiers (August 1914) to the Battle of the Somme (July 1916). Vol.II covers the aftermath of the Somme Offensive to the end of the war and the homecoming. Appendices include Officers' Service Record, V.C.s Awarded, Rewards: Warrant and N.C.O.s and Men, Warrant and N.C.O.s and Men Appointed to Commissioned Rank, and Honour Roll.…