Captain P L Wright D S O M C (2 results)

Condition: New. 2015 N & M Press reprint (original pub 1920) SB xiv+216 pp complete with Maps (one in colour), Panorama & IllustrationsPublished Price £18 The 1st/4th Battalion of the Buckinghamshire Regiment was raised on the Great War's outbreak in August 1914 in Oxford as part of the South Midland 'Brigade in the South Midland Division. On 30th March 1915 the battalion sailed for France, landing at Boulogne. The battalion fought at Hebuterne, the Somme, occupied territory after the German retirement in spring 1917; the third battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) before being sent to Italy in November 1917. Well illustrated with photographs, maps. Roll of Honour, Honours and Awards, and rolls of officers complete this exceptional battalion history.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback. Excellent account of the 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion which apart from service in France took part in the Italian campaign 1917/18. 1st Edition 1920. 216pp., ills., excellent folding maps and panorama, one trenchmap in endpocket as called for. Appendices including honours and awards, rolls etc. Some minor blemishes to the green cloth. Overall very good.…