"ICH DIEN"
THE PRINCE OF WALES'S VOLUNTEERS (SOUTH LANCASHIRE)
1914-1934

CAPTAIN H. WHALLEY-KELLY

GALE & POLDEN, ALDERSHOT
1935

First edition.
Formed in 1881 by amalgamating the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment and the 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers). These became its 1st and 2nd Battalions respectively.

2nd Battalion was already in Britain on the outbreak of the First World War (1914-18). It deployed to the Western Front in August 1914, where it remained for the remainder of the campaign.

1st Battalion was still in India at the outbreak of war, staying there until 1920 and fighting in the Third Afghan War (1919). The regiment also raised 19 Territorial and New Army battalions during the conflict. These served on the Western Front, at Gallipoli, Egypt, Mesopotamia and at home stations, eventually being awarded 64 battle honours.

1st Battalion spent almost the entire inter-war period in England, barring a three-year spell on garrison duty in Dublin from 1920 and a year as occupation troops in Germany in 1928. 2nd Battalion spent two years in Palestine from 1920 and then remained in India from 1922.

24 x 16 cm. xvi + 336 pp + b/w photo plates (including fold-out panorama) + 4 fold-out maps + 8 (of 10) maps in the pocket at the rear.

Very good condition. Boards bumped on the corners and top edge. Two of the maps in the pocket are missing. Light foxing to the fore-edge and endpapers.