Honour Titles of the Royal Artillery – Major General B.P. Hughes (Former Military Museum copy)

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– Stamp of  “The Army Museums Ogilby Trust” followed by ‘871’ in pen, on the inside of the cover.

“Battle Honours form a natural part of (the British soldier’s) quest for individuality. In the case of the Royal Artillery, it was in 1833 that King William IV ordered all existing Battle Honours to be replaced by the motto ‘Ubique’, and that this new Honour should apply throughout the Regiment. Welcome as this Honour has always been, it did not entirely fulfil the wishes of units to retain their individuality. This eventually gave rise, in 1925, to official approval to the granting of Honour Titles to Batteries where certain rules and conditions applied. Gunners know well the history of the Battery in which they are serving, or have served, but little about others. General Hughes has collected and rewritten in one book the stories of all those Batteries (58 at present) who proudly possess an Honour Title. In doing so he has produced a fascinating book which will be of great value and interest not only to Gunners but also to all students of military history.” From the Foreword by Field Marshal Sir Geoffrey Baker.

Price: R400.00

Edition: First edition

Published: 1975

Publishers: Privately published

Condition: Dust jacket and hardcover in good condition, with minor shelf wear around the edges. Minor tanning, stamp and initials of presumably a previous owner on the endpapers, otherwise internally in very good condition – clean and tightly bound.