The Cross of Sacrifice Series (Volume 1 to 5)
Reading: Robert Medals, 1993, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2000. Quarto, blue cloth hard cover, dust jacket, vol.1 380 pp., vol.2 165 pp., vol.3 171 pp., vol.4 321 pp., 220 pp. Some rubbing around dust jacket peripheries, otherwise all volumes are near fine copies. One of the most useful reference works published on the Great War. A series of five volumes documenting in alphabetical order British, Colonial, and Commonwealth officers who died, where and when they died and commiserated. As well as every regiment and battalion that existed. Drawing on a variety of sources including the Commonwealth War Graves Commission there are over 60 thousand names recorded, making this series a unique and monumental work.
The titles of each volume as follows:
Volume One
Officers Who Died in the Service of British, Indian and East African Regiments and Corps 1914-1919.
Volume Two
Officers Who Died in Service of the Royal Navy, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Marines, Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force 1914-1919.
Volume Three
Officers Who Died in Service of the Commonwealth and Colonial Navies, Regiments and Corps and Air Forces 1914-1919.
Volume Four
Non-commissioned Officers and Men of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, RNAS, Royal Flying Corp and Royal Air Force 1914-1919.
Volume Five
The Officers, Men and Women of the Merchant Navy and Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary 1914-1919. Item #4276
Price (AUD): $250.00