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The Story of the 29th Division – A Record of Gallant Deeds. Compliled from Narratives supplied by the Three Divisonal Commanders and Others.

London, Edinburgh, and New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, no year (c.1925) 15.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 276 pages. 3 portrait plates and 12 colour maps. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Red Design (Divisional insignia) to both spine and board also. Deckled fore- and tail edges. In protective Collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Top edge dust-toned with age. Occasional foxing to and otherwise clean and bright interior.

Includes, for example, the following: Gallipoli – The Birth of the Division – The 28th June, The Battle of Gully Ravine – Scimitar Hill / The Western Front – The Battle of The Somme – Mochy Le Preux – The Battle of Ypres, 1917 -The Battle of Cambrai -Winter at Passchendale / Appendices – Roll of Victoria Crosses Won – The Song of the 29th Division etc.

An official history of the 29th Division.
The 29th Division, known as the Incomparable Division, was an infantry division of the British Army, formed in early 1915 by combining various Regular Army units that had been acting as garrisons around the British Empire. Under the command of Major-General Aylmer Hunter-Weston, the division fought throughout the Gallipoli Campaign, including the original landing at Cape Helles. From 1916 to the end of the war the division fought on the Western Front in Belgium and France. After the Armistice the Division was among those selected to march into Germany to occupy the Rhine bridgehead. All units crossed the Belgian-German border at Malmedy on 4 December 1918 and arrived in Cologne five days later. The Division crossed the Rhine by the Honhenzollern Bridge on 13 December. Gradually, demobilisation began and by March 1919 most units were down to cadre strength. (Wikipedia)

During the war the 29th Division suffered some 94,000 casualities. 27 Victoria Crosses were awarded to members of the division, which was a record (p.iv)

• Keywords: Army · Battle at the Somme · Belgium · British Army · british army, special forces, land special forces, special air service, sas · British Colonial History · British Dominions · British Empire · British Imperial · English History – Rare · France · Gallipoli · Great War · History of Military · History of War · Military History · Military History – Rare · Passchendaele · Regimental History · Victoria Cross · War · War Medals · Western · World War I · World War One · World War, 1914-1918 · Yres
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120257AB

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