The 85th King's Light Infantry

Original mid green quarter leather with matching green boards. Gilt blocking to front board with regimental vignette to top of the front board. Gilt lettering to spine.

Halftitle. Inscription to back of frontispiece- No 4808. Sergt R. Matthews "H" Coy Kings Shropshire L.I. Coloured Frontispiece. Title. Foreword by C.R.B. Barrett. Preface. Contents. xx plus 551 pages text with  coloured plates, images, maps, data and information.

In presenting these pages, which it has been the Mr Barrett's task, there are but few words to add. Therein will be found a narrative of the services at home and abroad, whether in times of peace or in the more strenous periods of war, of the 85th King's Light Infantry, now designated the 2nd Battalion The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry).

As there have existed three Regiments in the British service which have borne the number '85' of which the main subject of the present volume is the survivor, it has been decided, and correctly, to include histories of the two previous Regiments now long ago disbanded.

The present volume will be found to be very fully illustrated both in colour, half-tone, and line. The selection of maps which have been inserted will be found of interest and of use to the reader. Some of these maps have not hitherto been published.

In one respect the History of this distinguished Regiment is most fortunate, in that the personal note derived from documents, private letters, and war diaries is very marked- more marked than is usual on books of this kind.

A few odd spots.

Very clean copy.