Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

With the Indians in France, by General Sir James Willcocks, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., K.C.S.I., D.S.O., Constable, London, 1920, 406pp., an important and detailed account by the commander of the Indian Corps in France, with index and lists of honours and awards to Indian recipients, hardback, good condition

The Indian Corps in France, by Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. B. Merewether, C.I.E., and the Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Smith, John Murray, London, 1917, 550pp., a very detailed account of the Indian army in France up to 1917 with much information on Indian recipients of honours, with photographs and index, hardback, good condition

India’s Services in the War, author not stated, 1985 reprint, “Two volumes in One” by B.R. Publishing, Delhi, of a 1922 work, 195pp. + 245pp., a detailed survey of India’s part in the war, with photographs, hardback, with dust-jacket, good condition

Sepoys in the Trenches: The Indian Corps on the Western Front, by G. Corrigan, Spellmount, 1999, 275pp., a modern survey of the role of the Indian Army Corps in France and Belgium, with index, hardback, with dust-jacket, almost new condition

The Indian Corps on the Western Front: Handbook and Battlefield Guide, by T. Donovan and S. Doherty, Donovan, 2014, 194pp., an excellent modern guide to the battlefields of the Indian Army in France and Flanders, with guides and maps for visitors, hardback in dust-jacket, almost new condition

Role of India in the First World War, by Lieutenant-Colonel S. N. Saxena, Bhavan Prakashan, Delhi, 1988, 244pp., an outline of Indian service in the various theatres of the war with regimental service, lists of Indian awards, tables of casualties &c., hardback in dust-jacket, the dust-jacket slightly torn, otherwise good condition (6) £30-£40

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Books from the Library of Peter Duckers.

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