captain jlj meredith (7 risultati)

Condizione: New. 2006 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1946). SB.216pp with maps plus numerous b&w illustrations. The Seventh Somersets were a typical British line battalion of a typical county infantry regiment in the Second World War. What that meant in practice is described by the military historian and soldier Brigadier H. Essame, who saw the Somersets in hot action as they fought their way from the Normandy beaches to the banks of the river Elbe in a defeated and shattered Germany. âNo finer soldiers than the 7th Somerset Light Infantry ever left England and fought their way acorss the continent to final victory. They won their battles because at every level they were better men than the finest troops of the German Army, because they had greater courage and greater skill. There was no danger that they would not face, no hardship which they would not endure, no risk they would not take. May those who come after them be worthy of their sacrificeâ.Landing in France in late June 1944, the 7th Somersets fought their way out of Normandy and through Belgium and Holland that summer. During the winter war of 1944/45 they helped turn the Siegfried Line and pushed across the north German plain from the Rhine to the Elbe. This is the story of the last, bitter months of the war in Europe seen from the ground up, with a Roll of Honour plus decorations and awards.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condizione: New. Klappentext.

Original green cloth backstrap, stiff buff boards paper battalion motif to front board, 216pp , Honours and Awards, Roll of Honour , Large folding illustration of route taken by the Battalion in NW Europe in 1944-45, mono illustrations by L.R.Stokes. This battalion formed part of 43rd Wessex Division in NW Europe. It fought at Normandy , Through Belgium and into the Netherlands where it took part in the fighting around Nijmegen Bridge and Elst opposite Arnhem. In early 1945 it was part of the attacking force around Goch and crossed the Rhine on March 27th ending the war on the Elbe Ink inscription of former battalion member to fep, Small section of cloth backstrap missing at foot of spine o/w A Vg copy of the original issue .

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

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Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. LR Stokes (illustratore). First edition. First and sole edition of Captain JLJ Meredith's scarce book dedicated to the Somerset Light Infantry. The first and only edition of this work. A scarce volume, rarely seen in commerce. Found in only two institutional libraries - the British Library and the University of Oxford Libraries. This copy complete with its vanishingly scarce dust wrapper, unclipped, with army crest to front wrap 'From Normandy to Hanover, June 1944 - May 1945.'Featuring illustrations in the text and a folding map. Collated, complete.Complete with slip to half title reading 'This book is for the Somerset Light Infantry, for the men of the Seventh Battalion and for their next-of-kin. It is not for public sale'.Containing the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) regiment's stories from the Second World War, from the landing in Normandy to the surrender of all the German armies and the Province of Hanover.Including Appendices with information on the Battalion Roll of Honour, lists of commanders and commanding officers, officers and warrant officers, as well as decorations and awards, with extracts from citations. In the original publisher's cloth backed paper covered boards with army crest to front. Externally very smart with only light bumping to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper chipped with light loss to head and tail, closed tears to front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to first and last few leaves, pages otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

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