The Irish Guards in the Great War. Edited and Compiled from their Diaries and Papers. Two Volumes. London: Macmillan, 1923. First Edition. Volume (1) The First Battalion. Pp xiv, 334, 7 maps. Volume (2) The Second Battalion and Appendices. Pp vi, 307, 4 maps. Red buckram boards, in the rare brown dust wrappers, printed in black with publisher’s devices to upper cover and spine; and a list of advertisements for Kipling’s works to the lower panel; priced 40/- net to spine. A fine bright set.

Illustrated with with four double-page, and seven single-page maps by Emery Walker, showing the first and second battalions, respectively, and printed in red and black.

An extensively researched work, covering the movements and actions of the Irish Guards from their mobilisation (the First Battalion on 4th August 1914, the Second from the 15th July 1915) through to Armistice day. The Irish Guards were one of the first regiments to be mobilised, and they remained on the Western Front for the duration of the war. They took part in one of the bloodiest battles of 1914, the battle of Ypres, as well as the Battle of the Somme, and faced huge casualties throughout the duration of the war.