The Irish Regiments : A Pictorial History 1683 - 1987.
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, CHARLES BOSSOM.
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK: The Nutshell Publishing. Very Good/Very Good. 1989. Hard Cover. 4to 1871876001 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Red cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Numerous illustrations / photographs. 288 pages clean and tight. Updated and republished due to popular demand, this is a superbly illustrated collective history of all the Irish regiments, past and present, which have served in the British Army with such distinction during war and peace, at home and overseas, for the last 300 years.Covered are: The Early & Disbanded Regiments o The Regular Regiments: Cavalry & Infantry o Yeomanry, Special Reserve and the Territorial Force o Royal Artillery: Militia & Volunteer o The Royal Irish Regiment, the Ulster Defence Regiment & the Royal Irish Rangers. Half a million Irishmen served in the British Army in World War I, one third of Britain's Field Marshals came from Ireland, and of the ten Field Marshals of World War II, one half had Irish origins.The nearly 400 illustrations in this book (48 in color) include action photographs and fine depictions of rarely glimpsed uniforms, as well as masterful paintings depicting actions from previous centuries. Wherever they have gone the Irish have left their mark-as a people, as a culture, almost as a state of mind. This book details in lavish style the exploits of the Irish across three centuries of warfare-through the age of Empire until the present day. has previously published three books, is a founding member of the Military Historical Society, and a long-standing member of the Society for Army Historical research. .

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Aardvark Valley Books [50523], Cupertino, CA, U.S.A.
Red boards with gilt lettering. Profusely illustrated. Previous owner's name and address stamp front end paper, else fine, else This is a nice clean copy, with very little evidence of wear, the spine is solid, there is no writing from the previous owner, The text is clean and pages are not torn or dirty. We provide fast and reliable shipping service.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Articles of War Ltd [14632], Silver City, NM, U.S.A.
Nutshell Publishing, Tunbridge Wells, 1989., first UK edition, hard bound in dust jacket, VG/VG CONDITION,( slight small tear on bottom of spine dj), 8x11, 288 pages, prof. illustrated in B&W and a few color photos and illustrations, index.--------------------------------------------------------On 12 June 1922 H.M King George V, at a sad and solemn ceremony at Windsor Castle, received the Colours of five Southern Irish Infantry Regiments which were disbanded that day, and made the following promise:'I pledge my word that within these ancient and historic walls your Colours will be treasured, honoured, and protected as hallowed memorials of the glorious deeds of brave and loyal regiments: (The South Irish Horse, possessing no Colours or Standards, presented a regimental engraving on the same occasion.)It took another fifty years however for these regiments to completely disappear. It was an Ulsterman, Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, who took the salute at a Whitehall parade in June 1972, the 50th Anniversary of disbandment when, as one old soldier explained:'We thought we would call it a day while we were still hale and hearty:The Irish Cavalry fared marginally better by reduction to squadron strength and amalgamation with English regiments, whilst several English Cavalry Regiments shared the same fate at the same time. The Irish exception, to retain its single identity for another thirty years or so, was the 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The loss of these regiments was felt throughout the British Army. especially when one considers that for nearly 300 years a large proportion of its men were Irish, possibly as many as one-third. A statistic from World War I tells us that half-a-million Irishmen served in the British Army,representing about an eighth of the population of Ireland. Furthermore about one-third of Britain's Field Marshals have come from Ireland, and of the ten Field Marshals of World War II, one-half had Irish origins. Fortunately the British Army that served this country so well during World War II had some fine Northern Irish Regiments remaining as it has today although, once again after a war, more reductions and amalgamations took place. Irish Regimental historians have compiled several excellent individual histories, in some instances substantial two-and-three-volume works but one may have difficulty in finding these hooks today. It does seem strange however that as far as is known, the collective story of all the Irish Regiments, past and present, has not been forthcoming. This book will now fill the gap and, together with the numerous fine illustrations will show the Irish soldier in the British Army of the past 300 years, during peace and at war, at home and abroad.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, J. HOOD, BOOKSELLERS, ABAA/ILAB [1769], Baldwin City, KS, U.S.A.
Size: 8.25" x 11", 288pp Near new, unused condition, covers bright, text clean & binding tight in like dust jacket.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Nellie Bly's Books.
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