A Military History of Perthshire 1899-1902

This volume is intended in the first instance as an appreciation of the services rendered by Perthshire men who served in South Africa during the late war, and indirectly, as a tribute to British soldiers and sailors in general.

The names (and in most cases the portraits) of the Forfarshire men who took part in the earlier stages of the South African War were recorded in " The Muster-Roll of Angus," published in 1900, and Miss Jane. C.C. Macdonald, who had been one of the promotors of the Angus book, undertook, at the suggestion of some friends in Perthshire, to compile a similar record for this county. The work was begun during the course of the war, but in the absence of the many officers and men who were then serving abroad, considerable difficulty was experienced in obtaining the necessary information.

In the winter of 1902-1903, some months after her return from South Africa, the author was invited by Miss Macdonald to complete the record which she had inaugurated, and after some months of preliminary work the author accepted the responsibilty of editorship.

Generous help in the way of amassing material had already been given by the parish ministers and others resident in the county; the kindness of the officers commanding the depots of various Scots regiments now procured for me additional lists; and the information obtained from local sources was, wherever possible, verified and supplemented from regimental records of some 170 officers and 1370 non-commisioned officers and men, with portraits of the great majority of the officers and men in question.

Original red boards with gilt vignette to front board, and gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Red Cross Library stamp to front endpaper.

Halftitle. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Title. Dedication. Preface. Contents. Illustrations. xxi plus 316 pages text with supporting photographs, maps, appendices, data and information..

Very clean copy.