Discovering English County Regiments

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1970* Publisher: Shire Publications.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers, no bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners, no creases to spine or hinge. Some label damage and a few small marks to front cover. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or inscriptions. Some small marks to lower page edges. VG++* Illustrations: One block of 8 pp. b/w photos and b/w line drawn regimental badges throughout.* Pages: 61 pp. text. iv pp. list of battle honours and advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- A warm regard for the British soldier, the values he served and the regimental traditions that nourished his humanity underlines the information collected in this book. It gives a brief history of each of the former county regiments, lists the battle honours on their Colours, their marches, customs, Victoria Crosses, nicknames, badges, facings, mottoes and memorials and describes their amalgamations and later lineage. Details of the regimental museum are also given, together with churches where regimental Colours are lodged. This information is offered in order that others may discover something of the endeavour which preserved Britain's national liberties. This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with minor shelf wear and light marks reducing it to VG*