Author: WILLIAMS M.C., CAPTAIN S[AMUEL] H[ERBERT]
Title: "Stand to Your Horses": Through the First World War 1914-1918 with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
Description: Winnipeg: Privately Printed, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. "Author spent three years on Active Service with the Lord Strathcona's Horse in France and Belgium, arriving first in France in February, 1916, and serving continuously from then until struck off to hospital in England in February, 1919. He was through all of the actions of the period following March 21, 1918, being the only officer of the unit to come out of the action of April 1, 1918 without being hit. He had a better opportunity than most to observe at first hand the activities of the Cavalry and his story will prove both interesting and informative." - dust jacket. xi, 308 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Many reproductions of archival photos. Includes nominal roll with awards and casualties. A heavily-worn former library copy with the usual markings. Lacking front free endpaper. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Not pretty but a worthy reading copy. Cooke (3rd Edn) p. 216, Dornbusch 98. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Guyencourt Lieutenant Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey V.C. Canadian Cavalry Brigade "Stand to Your Horses": Through the First World War 1914-1918 with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians). Poor in Poor dust jacket .

Keywords: V.C. History Military