Description: The full title of this book is "Cinque Ports Battalion. The story of the 5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment (T.A.) formerly 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteer Corps. Its antecedents, traditions and uniforms". In two parts, Part One covers the early period of Trained Bands and Militia, Fencibles and Volunteers up to 1859; Part Two covers the Volunteer Movement through the Territorial Force and the the Territorial Army up to 1967. The Battalion sent a contingent to fight in the Boer. The 1/5th Battalion fought on the Western Front and in Italy during the First World War. In the Second World War the 5th Bn fought in North Africa and then served in the Middle East. Volunteers from the Battalion joined the 10th Parachute Battalion. Handling wear to original blue cloth boards. Handling wear, scuffing and soiling to dj with edge chipping/tears and sunned spine but titling legible. Foxing at eps. 176 pages, index, appendices, illustrations, sketch map.
Price: 25 GBP
Location: Trowbridge
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Binding: Hardback
Personalised: No
Place of Publication: Chichester
Non-Fiction Subject: History & Military
Signed: No
Publisher: Royal Sussex Regimental Association
Weight: 0.625kg without packaging
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1971
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Author: Colonel E A C Fazan
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Unit Quantity: 1
