By C T Atkinson (6 results)

Condition: New. 2001Reprint by N & M Press (original 1927). SB. x + 529pp with 8 b/w illus and 36 maps.Published Price £22 This is a very good history by one who is also the author of several regimental histories of the Great War. Cyril Falls regarded the 7th Division as one of the greatest fighting formations Britain ever sent to war. It landed initially in Zeebrugge in October 1914 as part of a force intended to relieve Antwerp, but almost immediately moved down to Ypres where it joined the main BEF. It fought in many of the major battles on the Western Front before being sent to Italy at the end of 1917 where it saw out the war. There are a number of useful appendices giving order of battle information with all changes in units, commanders and staff. Tables of casualties by units are given in the text for each major battle in which the division was involved; altogether the division suffered 68,000 casualties, among the highest recorded for any division. No list of honours and awards other than VCs. Plenty of sketch maps are very helpful in illustrating the actions being described. Book.…

Condition: New. 2002 N & M reprint (original pub 1926). SB. x + 742pp with three b/w illus and 56 maps/plans Raised in 1685 as Colonel the Duke of Beaufort's Musketeers the Devons became the 11th Regiment of Foot in 1751 when infantry regiments of the line were numbered instead of being named after the colonel of the moment. In 1782 it was given a county association as 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot, and in 1881 it became The Devonshire Regiment. As a matter of interest the 20th of Foot was given the title East Devonshire in 1782, but in 1881 this became The Lancashire Fusiliers (it was not just the Lord who moved in mysterious ways!). The regiment earned the nickname 'The Bloody Eleventh' when they incurred nearly 70% casualties at the Battle of Salamanca in 1812 in the Peninsular War.When war broke out in 1914 the regiment consisted of two regular battalions, a Special Reserve and four Territorial battalions; by the end of the war the total was twenty-nine. This history contains the account of the operations of those battalions which took an active part in the war which earned them two VCs and sixty battle honours at a cost of 5,787 dead. They served on the Western Front, in Italy, Macedonia, Egypt, Palestine, India and in Mesopotamia. The author is among the foremost of the Great War divisional and regimental historians and this book is typical of his standard of writing and composition. He has provided a continuous narrative in a chronological order, bringing in the various battalions as they came onto the stage in the relevant theatre of war. He has made use of war diaries, not only of the battalions but also, where appropriate of brigades and divisions. He was also able to make use of collected accounts of various actions and experiences of those who took part in them, giving the point of view of the man in the trenches. One third of the book, some 250 pages, contains the complete list of honours and awards, including Mention in Despatches, and the Roll of Honour, listed alphabetically by battalions.On 17 May 1958 the old regiment passed into history when it amalgamated with the Dorsets to become The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. Book.…

Condition: New. 2001Reprint by N & M Press (original 1927). HB. x + 529pp with 8 b/w illus and 36 maps. This is a very good history by one who is also the author of several regimental histories of the Great War. Cyril Falls regarded the 7th Division as one of the greatest fighting formations Britain ever sent to war. It landed initially in Zeebrugge in October 1914 as part of a force intended to relieve Antwerp, but almost immediately moved down to Ypres where it joined the main BEF. It fought in many of the major battles on the Western Front before being sent to Italy at the end of 1917 where it saw out the war. There are a number of useful appendices giving order of battle information with all changes in units, commanders and staff. Tables of casualties by units are given in the text for each major battle in which the division was involved; altogether the division suffered 68,000 casualties, among the highest recorded for any division. No list of honours and awards other than VCs. Plenty of sketch maps are very helpful in illustrating the actions being described. Book.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Folio First Thus. Spine with bright silver decoration and titling over black and grey patterned boards. Light foxing spots mainly to prelims. No ownership marks. Translated by William C Atkinson, engravings by Harold Bennett. 224 pages clean and tight. Size: 8vo. Harold Bennett (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1969, 1st Edition, 1st printing, NF/VG-, AS-IS, small triangularchip top front DJ takes out tiny portion of U, 160 pgs, Near fine in very good- dust jacket. (chip to upper edge of front cover of DJ, sunning to the spine.) Despite the minor flaws, this is uncommon in this condition -most copies seem to have gone to libraries and so clean and unmarked copies do not surface very often. DJ protected by Clear Mylar, Back DJ small scuff mark, Red cloth Hb has same illustration on front as DJ, CVR LIGHT WEAR , Illustrated with photographs of boys surfing. Photos By John J. Atkinson (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Exeter / London: Eland Brothers / Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1926. Very Good condition but for a half-inch closed tear at the head of spine. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Previous owner's name. With the handsome armorial bookplate of Sir Dennis Boles, Baronet of Bishops' Lydeard C.B.E. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with frontispiece; 2 plates, 56 plans, and maps; mostly folding. Frontispiece is a fold-out painting: "Semper Fidelis, The Last Stand of the Second Devons at Bois-des-Buttes, May 27th, 1918." Two appendices: I) Honours and Awards [pp. 475-517]; and II) Casualties [pp. 519-724]. A history of the Regiment during World War I, compiled from "many different sources, of which the principal one has been the War Diaries kept by the battalions on active service" as well as the evidence "found in the diaries of the brigades and Divisions in which the different battalions served." Bound in the original blue cloth. From the Foreword: "This volume contains the account of the operations of those of the twenty-five battalions which took an active part in the War. During this period of four years, the Devonshire Regiment was awarded the names of sixty-three battles as honours. During the Great War 5,787 officers and men of the Regiment gave their lives for the Empire; their graves almost encircle the earth; they lie in France, in Belgium, in Germany, in Italy, in Macedonia, in Egypt, in Palestine, in Mesopotamia, in India, and in Russia.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. 8vo. xxv, 742pp. …