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THE 9TH 1787-1960: THE HISTORY OF A ROYAL ENGINEER SQUADRON

Written by Tom Purves
Published by Tom Purves in 1988
ISBN: 0951349406

THE 9TH 1787-1960: THE HISTORY OF A ROYAL ENGINEER SQUADRON
Written by Tom Purves.
Stock no. 1820447
1st. 1988. Hardback. Large format. Very good condition.

Special limited edition. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w photos and a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 0951349406. SIGNED by author (with best wishes) and dated to free front endpaper. Contents clean.

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Cover of THE 9TH 1787-1960: THE HISTORY OF A ROYAL ENGINEER SQUADRON by Tom Purves

Contents

  • CHAPTER 1 Early Years
  • CHAPTER 2 Gibraltar
  • CHAPTER 3 Kaffir Wars
  • CHAPTER 4 Crimean War
  • CHAPTER 5 1856 to 1899
  • CHAPTER 6 Boer War
  • CHAPTER 7 Great War 1914-18
  • CHAPTER 8 Between the Wars
  • CHAPTER 9 Dunkirk
  • CHAPTER 10 - After Dunkirk
  • CHAPTER 11 Becoming Airborne
  • CHAPTER 12 Operation Freshman
  • CHAPTER 13 North Africa and Sicily
  • CHAPTER 14 Italy
  • CHAPTER 15 Arnhem
  • CHAPTER 16 Norway
  • CHAPTER 17 India
  • CHAPTER 18 Palestine
  • CHAPTER 19 Germany
  • CHAPTER 20 England
  • CHAPTER 21 Cyprus and Egypt
  • CHAPTER 22 Joining the Squadron
  • CHAPTER 23 Cyprus
  • CHAPTER 24 Suez
  • CHAPTER 25 England, Cyprus and Jordan