Whitton Lt Col (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Dk. red cl., gilt lettering, pink designs, gilt dulled on backstr. Spots from frontis plate on t.p. Frontis. Foldout map. map. illus. 322pp. incl. index., sl. toned. UNREAD. Nice copy.

Condition: New. 2004 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1926).SB. vi + 315pp with four maps and one illus.Published Price £22 The 40th Division began to form in September 1915, by which time the standard height for an infantry had been lowered, and one of the brigades, the 119th, consisted entirely of âbantamsâ, all from Welsh regiments (RWF, SWB and the Welsh regiment). The other two brigades were of mixed height but with a good number of bantams and these two brigades had a large proportion of unfit men and it was quite clear to the GOC and brigade commanders that a drastic weeding out programme would be necessary before the division could even begin training. This was put in hand and the author gives a good explanation of how it was done. It wasnât until June 1916 that the division was ready to go overseas, arriving in France on the eve of the Somme offensive, too late to take part in the main battles apart from the final one in November 1916, the battle of the Ancre. It fought with great distinction in capturing Bourlon Wood in November 1917 during the Cambrai offensive and holding it till relieved. In this action its casualties totalled 172 officers and 3,191 other ranks. To commemorate this achievement GHQ granted permission for an acorn and oak leaves representing Bourlon Wood to be added to the divisional sign of a diamond superimposed on the bantam cock.In May 1918 the division was one of eight reduced to Training Cadre, the battalions being replaced by Garrison Guard battalions from UK. In July the division was reorganized, the title Garrison Guard done away with, and by the end of the month the division had taken its place in the line, taking part in the advance to victory. The author, an officer in the Leinsters, was badly wounded in November 1914 at First Ypres and invalided home to staff appointments at the War Office, returning to France in July 1918 to a staff appointment at GHQ. A military historian with a number of books to his name, including the History of the Leinster Regiment, Whitton has provided a sound divisional history, relying much on personal experiences of others and on official records; there is no roll of honour nor list of honours and awards, though acts of gallantry earning awards are in the text. In all the division suffered 19,179 casualties; two VCs were awarded.

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Condition: New. 2004 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1926).HB. vi + 315pp with four maps and one illus. The 40th Division began to form in September 1915, by which time the standard height for an infantry had been lowered, and one of the brigades, the 119th, consisted entirely of âbantamsâ, all from Welsh regiments (RWF, SWB and the Welsh regiment). The other two brigades were of mixed height but with a good number of bantams and these two brigades had a large proportion of unfit men and it was quite clear to the GOC and brigade commanders that a drastic weeding out programme would be necessary before the division could even begin training. This was put in hand and the author gives a good explanation of how it was done. It wasnât until June 1916 that the division was ready to go overseas, arriving in France on the eve of the Somme offensive, too late to take part in the main battles apart from the final one in November 1916, the battle of the Ancre. It fought with great distinction in capturing Bourlon Wood in November 1917 during the Cambrai offensive and holding it till relieved. In this action its casualties totalled 172 officers and 3,191 other ranks. To commemorate this achievement GHQ granted permission for an acorn and oak leaves representing Bourlon Wood to be added to the divisional sign of a diamond superimposed on the bantam cock.In May 1918 the division was one of eight reduced to Training Cadre, the battalions being replaced by Garrison Guard battalions from UK. In July the division was reorganized, the title Garrison Guard done away with, and by the end of the month the division had taken its place in the line, taking part in the advance to victory. The author, an officer in the Leinsters, was badly wounded in November 1914 at First Ypres and invalided home to staff appointments at the War Office, returning to France in July 1918 to a staff appointment at GHQ. A military historian with a number of books to his name, including the History of the Leinster Regiment, Whitton has provided a sound divisional history, relying much on personal experiences of others and on official records; there is no roll of honour nor list of honours and awards, though acts of gallantry earning awards are in the text. In all the division suffered 19,179 casualties; two VCs were awarded.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. (Ref.I6 ) Red cloth boards with gilt spine titles. Darkened spine and discolouring to board edges. Darkened top and foredge. Rough cut page edges. Tanning to endpapers and yellowing to prelim edges. Previous owner's inscription to endpaper. Contents otherwise very good and complete with fold-out maps.

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 348 pages. 8.58x5.67x1.18 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. thick8vo, 21.5cm, in 2 volumes, x,483 & vii,570pp., with 12 plates inc. frontis, 18 folding maps, mapped endpapers, volume indexes, silk bookmarks (Regimental colours) bound-in, original blue & green cloth, gilt spine titles & Regimental crest on the upper cover, some slight edge wear otherwise a very good to fine set, rare. (cmt) In two parts . Volume I: The Old Army. Service in Canada (War of 1812), India, Indian Mutiny, Ireland, and Boer War. Volume II: The Great War and The Disbandment of the Regiment. The Regiment fought in France, Gallipoli, Macedonia and Palestine. The Regiment was disbanded in 1922 with the formation of the modern Irish Free State. Colonel Whitton also wrote "Wolfe and North America" (1929).

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