1923 The History & Records of Queen Victoria's Rifles 1792-1922

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty plates, and seventeen folding maps. Collated, lacking three maps. A detailed and comprehensive history of The 9th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment, or Queen Victoria's Rifles, a Territorial Army infantry battalion of the British Army. The London Regiment was formed in 1908 to regiment the various Volunteer Force battalions in the newly formed County of London, and the Queen Victoria's Rifles were one of twenty six units brought together in this way. With commentary from the first days of the battalion in 1792, training, procedures, and accounts of various battles through their history. Written by Major Charles Alfred Cuthbert Keeson, who rose through the ranks of the progressive offices of Victoria Rifles Lodge until he was installed as Worshipful Master in 1898.