The Story of the Guides by Col. G. J. Younghusband (RB220)

Published 1911: Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated throughout

Original red embossed cloth with black titles on the spine. 248 + very clean and bright pages, mild speckled edges, previous owners signature on the first free page. Boards slightly rubbed and faded with time and frayed along the spine tips consistent with age. (RB220)

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This is arguably the most widely-distibuted and durable Regimental history ever produced. Its success owes as much to the dash and brilliance of the actions decribed; as to the literary skill of the author ( although Younghusband also wrote a well-received history of the Tower of London). First formed in 1846, at the instigation of Sir Henry Lawrence, the hero subsequently killed leading the defence of Lucknow in the Indian Mutiny; the Regiment fought in almost every Indian campaign. It won heroic honours in the suppression of the Mutiny; and took part in the Afghan War.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 August 2016
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These were the "creme de la creme" of fighting men and their successors; like 5735 sepoy Isha Singh Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides who fell on 1st March 1915 and is buried in rue de Baquerot Military Cemetery near Neuve Chapelle.

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