Author: Woollcombe, Robert,
Title: ALL THE BLUE BONNETS - The History of The King's Own Sccottish Borderers.
Description: Arms and Armour, London, ND (copyright 1980), 208pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 10 maps in text, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, a history of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, onw e of the oldest Scottish regiments. Orogonally the 25th Foot they were raised in Edinburgh in 1689 for the defence of the city during the 'Glorious Revolution' that brought William of Orange to these shores. The bulk of the book, however, is devoted to the Regiment's history over the past 140 years especially it's hard fought 'Guy Fawkes' battle during the Korean war, edges a little tanned, dustwrapper: price clipped, a little sunned at spine and edges, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

Keywords: military history war ww1 ww2 army scottis borderers blue bonnets korea guy fawkes


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