Description | History of the Hallamshire Battalion covering the Rifle Volunteers 1859-1883, the Volunteer Battalions 1883-1908, the Territorial Force 1908-1914, the Great War 1914-1919, Inter-War years 1920-1939, the Second World War 1939-1945, the years of change 1947-1989. Incorporates sixty photographs and includes information on the Hallamshire Battalion's duplicate battalion, the 6th Battalion, 1939-1945. Also contains a list of battle honours; the citations for Victoria Cross recipients Sgt. J. B. Daykins and Cpl. J.W. Harper; orders of battle; Hallamshire Battalion on mobilisation and a bibliography. Loose form enclosed for ordering further copies. |