A Regiment at War: The Royal Scots 1939-45, McBain, Lieut.-Col. S. W.

A Regiment at War: The Royal Scots 1939-45 (Including the Canadian Scottish Regiment), McBain, Lieut.-Col. S. W. Published by The Pentland Press, 1988. 8vo up to 9½” tall., (xiv) 357pp. with black and white photos and maps. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. In fine, unread condition and housed in a fine, unclipped jacket. Exploits of the Regiment during WWII, including Dunkirk, the fall of Hong Kong, Burma, italy, and North West Europe. Collection of personal accounts, first published immediately after the war in the Regimental Journal “The Thistle.” The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest and most senior infantry regiment of the line of the British Army, having been raised in 1633 during the reign of Charles I.