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The London Scottish Messines Memorial Centenary Commemorations 1924

A 50 page fully illustrated landscape format hardback that traces the background to the memorial, its design, formal unveiling and records the commenorative journeys taken over the intervening years by former serving members of the regiment, their regimental families and comrades culminating in the recent 2024 centenary events. The book contains many previously unseen images and is a unique record of the Regiments proud history and pays homage to the fallen at the Messines battle. The book aims to support funding urgently needed restoration. All monies from sales of this book will go to the Memorial Restoration Fund. Your purchase will go a long way to assist this, and is much appreciated.<br><br>If not collecting, shipping costs will be added to dispatch.

"Of no military Importance" by Robert Louis Souter, collected and edited by Col J Clemence CBE TD

Born in 1903 Robert Souter was winning prizes for his drawings in 1915. In 1931 he joined to London Scottish Regiment TA, and was mobilised in 1939. In 1943 he took part in the Anzio landings and was taken prisoner spending the rest of the war as a POW. Before the war he contributed cartoons to the Regimental Gazette and throughout his service he has a sketchbook with him. Upon capture the Germans regarded his bundle of sketches as quote &quot;of no military importance&quot;. <br><br>This 228 page book has been complied and edited by Colonel John Clemence CBE TD and is a unique collection of cartoons, poems, and articles which he produced relating to his service with the London Scottish Regiment.<br><br>The book is priced to include collection and shipping cost.

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