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MILITIAMEN AND SAPPERS

by Graham Watson

Published by J.H. Hooper; E.D. Smeeden; R.J. Pope. 1st. 1996

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. A History of The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia), the senior regiment of Britain's Reserve Army, 1539-1996. Green leatherette covers. B/w photos. 233 pages including index.

Top edge of text block heavily foxed. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper has laminate covering which is taped to the verso and also on the flaps - the laminate is a little scuffed/grubby.

ISBN: 0952810204
Stock no. 1830802

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Contents

  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • FOREWORD BY HRH DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER ONE
  • ORIGTINS OF THE MONMOUTHSHIRE MILITIA
  • CHAPTER TWO
  • THE CIVIL WARS, 1642-1660
  • CHAPTER THREE
  • FOR CROWN AND COUNTY 1660-1793
  • CHAPTER FOUR
  • THE WARS AGAINST FRANCE AFTER 1793-1852
  • CHAPTER FIVE
  • LIGHT INFANTRY 1852-1877
  • CHAPTER SIX
  • A CORPS OF ENGINEERS 1877-1914
  • CHAPTER SEVEN
  • THE FIRST WORLD WAR
  • No. 1 (SIEGE) COMPANY
  • No. 2 (RAILWAY) COMPANY
  • No. 3 (RAILWAY) COMPANY
  • No. 4 (SIEGE) COMPANY
  • No. 5 (SIEGE) COMPANY
  • No. 6 (SIEGE) COMPANY
  • No. 7 (ARMY TROOPS) COMPNAY
  • No. 8 (ARMY TROOPS) COMPANY
  • ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-1919
  • CHAPTER EIGHT
  • SUPPLEMENTARY RESERVE 1924-1939
  • CHAPTER NINE
  • THE SECOND WORLD WAR
  • THE 'PHONEY WAR' 1939-40
  • 100 COMPANY: FRANCE 1940
  • 101 COMPANY: FRANCE May-June 1940
  • 2ND LT SMITH'S DETACHMENT WITH THE 12th ROYAL LANCERS
  • THE PRISONERS OF WAR 1940-45
  • UNITED KINGDOM 1940-44
  • 21st ARMY GROUP, NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45
  • FROM NORMANDY TO BRUSSELS
  • THE WINTER WAR 1944-45
  • GERMANY 1945
  • CHAPTER TEN
  • THE SURVIVOR: THE REGIMENT 1948-1967
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN
  • THE REGIMENT SINCE 1967
  • APPENDICES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • PHOTOGRAPH SECTION FOLLOWING PAGE
  • MAPS FOLLOWING PAGE
  • INDEX

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