1926 The Honourable Artillery Company 1537-1926

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

First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, forty black-and-white plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed history of The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC), a reserve regiment in the British Army. Incorporated by royal charter in 1537 by King Henry VIII, it is the oldest regiment in the British Army and is considered the second-oldest military unit in the world. With details of the origin of the company, along with an appendix containing the roll of the company and the roll of the Victoria Cross. Written by Major G. Goold Walter, a British writer and secretary of the company. With a foreword by Captain William Rudolph Stephen Feilding, 10th Earl of Denbigh, 9th Earl of Desmond, a British peer.