An extremely uncommon regimental history of the First City/Cape Town Highlanders (F.C./C.T.H.) which documents their WWII campaign in Italy from 1943 - 1945.
Black hardcover presentation binding. 79pp. Illustrations by S/Sgt. A. G. McRae.
A fold-out map at rear indicates the regiment's movements from the beginning of the campaign where they landed at the coastal city of Taranto in Southern Italy up to the Northern Italian city of Turin.
Appendices contain a Roll of Honour, Record of Casualties sustained, and a list Honours and Awards up to December 1945.
Presentation copy from the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the First City/Cape Town Highlanders to General Sir Pierre van Ryneveld.
General Sir Pierre van Ryneveld (1891-1972) was a South African military commander and founding commander of the South African Air Force. He started his military career in the First World War as a fighter pilot in the RAF. He saw action in France and the Middle East and was awarded the DSO and MC. He was mentioned is despatches and received a knighthood from the French government. After the war he was called back to South Africa by Jan Smuts in order to establish a South African Air Force (SAAF). He returned to South Africa in 1920 in what became a historic flight. Van Ryneveld, along with C.J. Quinton Brand, were the first people to fly from London to Cape Town. They were both knighted for this pioneering feat. During the Second World War Van Ryneveld served as Jan Smuts's Chief of General Staff.
Internally clean. Wear at the top and bottom edges of the boards. Recent cloth spine.
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
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- Country: South Africa
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