HISTORY OF THE WELSH GUARDS - 1915-1918 by Ward, C.H. Dudley, DSO, MC

London 1988, London Stamp Exchange Ltd., , reprint of 1920 edition, hard bound in dust jacket, 6 x 9, FINE/FINE CONDITION, x, 505 pages, illus, maps, numerous appendices,---------------------------------------------------Battle Honours - The Great War (2 battalions): Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Ypres 1917, Pilckem, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, Bapaume 1918, Arras 1918, Albert 1918, Drocourt-QuŽant, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Canal du Nord, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1915-18 .The Welsh Guards came into existence on February 26, 1915 by order of His Majesty King George V in order to include Wales in the national component to the Foot Guards. They were the last of the Guards to be created, with the Irish Guards coming into being in 1900. Just two days later, the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards mounted its first King's Guard at Buckingham Palace on 1 March 1915 - St David's Day. On March 17, 1915 the 1st Welsh Guards sailed for France to join the Guards Division to commence its participation in the First World War. Its first battle was some months after its initial arrival, at Loos on September 27, 1915. The regiment's first Victoria Cross came two years later in July 1917 awarded to Sergeant Robert Bye at Pilckem.