WW2 The Morse Code Learning & Practice Longmans Manual - 1941

A scarce publication aimed at a variety of units, Air Training Corps, the Home Guard, WAAFS, WRNS, WATS and the regular forces. A5 size with paper covers, 64pp including a copy of the code itself and various exercises to build speed, aiming at a top seed of 30 words per minute! Morse code was first devised in 1832 for use in telegraphy by an American, Samuel F B Morse. Some rust marks to the...  read more

Code: 61928

Insignia of the 8th Gurkha Rifles - Specialist Publication By the Gurkha Museum - Now out of Print

Revised February 1998 (this is the penultimate version). Spiral bound A4, plain card covers with plastic protecting sleeves (these have slight pressure marks). 57 single sided pages. A good clean copy with no damage or annotations. Forward by Sir John Chapple. Illustrations and photographs, of which there are many, are in black and white. Essential reference which one just cannot find on the i...  read more

Code: 67561

Boer War St George's Gazette 1899 Annual bound volume - Regimental Gazette of the 5th Nothumberland Fusiliers

Bottle Green hard bound large format book (27cm tall and 22cm wide) containing the 12 monthly editions for the year 1899. Complete and without tears to pages or pen marks. Covers show edge bumps to corner and light fade or water damage to top of external cover both front and back. Invaluable for the Boer War and Regimental reseacher respectively. Minor foxing to internal pages but generally...  read more

Code: 51380

Three Spiral Bound photocopies of St George 's Gazette for 1924, 1938 and 1940 Annual bound volumes - Northumberland Fusiliers

Stiff Card Board covers with feint ink stamp in the form of a large RNF cap badge to front of each. Double sided photocopies of these hard to find volumes, especially 1940. Circa 27cm tall and 22cm wide, containing the 12 monthly editions for each of these three years. All complete and without tears to pages or pen marks. There is a lot of work and cost involved in putting together copies ...  read more

Code: 52270

HMS Lancaster Type 23 Frigate Commissioning Book and The Ceremony and Order of Service, with crew list

Two items relating to the commissioning of HMS Lancaster at Devonport in May 1992. Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders. If memory serves me HMS Norfolk as the first in class. Complete with Order of Service Booklet. In good condition with crew lists.  read more

Code: 54636

'Know Your Allies' Pocket Booklet (NATO)

A fascinating pocket book in card covers, which details the military forces uniforms and rank and insignia for each NATO member, including their respective navy, army and air force personnel.

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Code: 64538

Insignia of the 2nd King Edward VII's Gurkha Rifles (The Simoor Rifles) Specialist Publication By the Gurkha Museum - Now out of Print

Revised July 1998 (the penultimate revision with only minor changes incorporated in the final version of January 1999, but this incorporated no new content). Spiral bound A4, card covers. 98 single sided pages. Trace of shop sticker to front plastic protective cover otherwise a good clean copy with no damage or annotations other than a note about the differences between this and the final revis...  read more

Code: 66375

Booklet issued to new recruits at the depot - Summary of History and Traditions of the Fifth / Royal Northumberland Fusiliers by Major Pratt 1948 - 1950

Small pocket sized, card covers with colour illustration to front depicting an officer of the regiment in 1674. 16pp, in good condition with no damage or pen marks other than a small red mark to the front cover.  read more

Code: 53592

WW2 Royal Navy Submarine Losses including Submariners Book of Rememberance

A specialist publication, A4 sized with card covers and 48pp. Details included on names and nature of all submarines lost and the names of their crews. Published by John Atkinson in 2004. In very good second hand condition, no marks tears or damage.

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Code: 58372

Headress Badges of the British Army Volume 1 Kipling & King

Second revised Edition, 1978. Muller publishers, no dust cover. A good clean copy, only damage of note is the book has split from ends boards at the very back (see photo), a slight bump to bottom edge of back cover and original owner's name and shop sticker to front). I consider the photos in the 1970 copies are much better than found in subsequent reprints. A good working copy for the seri...  read more

Code: 65054