When Dragons Flew An Illustrated History of The 1st Battalion The Border Regiment 1939-45
By Stuart Eastwood, Charles Gray & Alan Green
NEW REVISED 2nd EDITION Click Here for an Order Form
It is back! The book that influenced and inspired a whole series of other works on the units of the 1st Airborne Division and the Battle of Arnhem is now republished in a new enlarged and updated second edition. The book chronicles the history of the 1st Battalion The Border Regiment from the outbreak of War in September 1939, through service with the BEF in France , to its training in an independent role, then as part of the 1st Air Landing Brigade of the 1st Airborne Division from October 1941 to October 1945. The Battalion moved to North Africa in May 1943 and took part in the first major Allied glider operation of the Second World War, the landings on Sicily on 9-10 July, when tragically many lives were lost as gliders crashed in the sea.
The Battalion went on to serve in Italy, then played a significant and distinguished role defending the western side of the Division’s perimeter at Oosterbeek near Arnhem in the famous Operation Market Garden of September 1944, and it is this action that receives closest attention in the book. In May 1945 the Battalion was sent to Norway to supervise the surrender of German forces.
This new edition is comprehensively illustrated with 388 b/w photographs, illustrations & maps, and 8 colour plates of photographs & maps; A4 hardback, 272 pages. £25.00 UK and BFPO’s; overseas - £30 Surface; £35 Airmail.
NEW: The Making Of Carlisle From Romans to Railways
Edited by Mark Brennand & Keith J Stringer.
The contributors to this book The Making of Carlilse from Romans to Railways, bring to bear their expertise as archaeologists and historians to provide and up-to-date and readily accessible account of the major themes of continuity and change that marked the experiences of Carlisle and its inhabitants-be they Roman or Romanised townsfolk,medieval soldiers and churchmen, or the entrepreneurs and ordinary people who responded to the challenges and opportunities of the Victorian era. There imprint can be traced not merely in written sources, for even today Carlisle resonates with the physical reminders of its past from the earliest times onwards. The city's exceptionally rich heritage deserves to be better known and understood, and this book will interest all who wish to learn more about the history of Carlisle and its place as the regional capital of Cumbria.
The text is illustrated by no fewer than 131 figures,many in full colour which adds greatly to the book's usefulness and appear. Paperback £16.00 including postage.Click Here for an Order Form
NEW The Adventure of the Spanish Drums by Martin Daley (Fiction)
The Daring theft of the Arroyo Drums from the Border Regiment brings Sherlock Holmes and the loyal Dr Watson to Carlisle on their latest adventure . Martin Daley has picked up Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s pen to communicate a case which has never before being brought to the notice of the public - paperback 175 pages including Postage & packaging. £8.50 Click Here for an Order Form
A Fragment of a Life. By Peter Green
A biography of a member of 1st Airborne Division, based on the papers and writing of the Reverend Canon Alan Green, 1 Border 1942– 1946. The writing, mementos and photographs from papers of the Reverend Canon Alan Green, illustrate fragments of a short, intense period in the life of a young man in the 1940's that was to influence the rest of his life Alan Green was a teacher and then a parson in Leicestershire for 60 years, but the few years he spent with the Border Regiment and, particularly the nine days of Operation Market Garden and the seven months of captivity that followed, constituted one of the most significant influences on his life. Edited by Peter Green. 60 pages, coloured cover 210 mm x 210 mm Price £9.49 inc Postage & Packaging Click here for an Order Form
No Mail, No Parcels No News Diary and notes of James Bryan Stilling 4th Battalion, Border Regiment D Company. Prisoner of War captured at Incheville in 1940. A fascinating pamphlet style book of 63 pages which includes transcriptions made from a small leather pocket diary in pencil and numerous images of letters home,Red Cross Christmas greetings and group photo's 63 pages Price £4.50 inc Postage and Packaging Click here for an Order Form
Reminiscences of the Crimean Campaign with the 55th Regiment by John R Hume
From the 1854-55 Crimean campaign. Containing the recollections of the war from its outbreak to its conclusion with the Fall of Sebastopol, Hume’s account, taken from the diaries and letters he wrote at the time, deal with the 55th Regiment’s part in the battles of the Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman, and with the siege of Sebastopol itself. There are descriptions of such famous Crimean characters as the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Raglan, and Florence Nightingale. As well as the battle narratives, there are vivid accounts of the other enemies that the troops had to face: cholera and the Russian winter. Paperback facsimile reprint by Naval & Military Press, 28 photographs and maps, 200 pages. £11.99Click here for an Order Form
Lions and Dragons – an Illustrated History of the King’s Own Royal Border Regiment 1959-2006 by Stuart Eastwood. Published in July 2006 to commemorate the history of the Regiment. Beginning in 1945, it covers the history of the Regular and TA units of King’s Own and Border Regiments up to 1959 and the King’s Own Royal Border Regiment from 1959-2006. A4 size, 256 pages, printed on high quality glossy paper, 400 b/w and 50 colour photos, detailed appendices including Roll of Honour, Honours and awards and key personalities. RRP £30 – SPECIAL PRICE to the Regimental Family and Friends £25.00 UK and BFPO’s; overseas - £30 Surface; £35 Airmail. Click Here for an Order Form
Glory Is No Compensation – The Border Regiment At Gallipoli 1915 by Ralph May with Stuart Eastwood and Clive Elderton. Detailed account of the 1st Battalion The Border Regiment from its pre-war days through the rigours of the Gallipoli campaign and the 6th (Service) Battalion Border Regiment, raised in 1914, which also served on the Peninsula . The story is supported by many original veterans accounts, 170 photographs, maps and detailed appendices listing over 3500 Officers, NCOs and men who served in the campaign, honours and awards, and order of battle. Hardback 320 pages, 175 x 245mm. Published in 2003 by the Museum in association with Silver Link Publishing Ltd. SALE PRICE £9.99 Click Here for an Order Form
Lions of England - A Pictorial History Of The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) 1680-1980 by Stuart Eastwood. Using some 300 superb photographs some of which have never been published Stuart Eastwood tells the story of the King’s Own from its formation as the 2nd Tangier Regiment in 1680 to its amalgamation with the Border Regiment in 1959. A4 hardback, 192 pages, 308 b/w photographs - £25.00.Click Here for an Order Form
The Border Regiment In The Great War by H. C. Wylly. The history of the Border Regiment throughout World War I Originally published in 1924, this rare history has now been reprinted in paperback by Naval and Military Press – 274 pages, illus/photos, maps - £25.00Click Here for an Order Form
With The Cumberland Artillery in The Great War – Papers of Lt-Col. D. J. Mason DSO TD of Workington edited by Thomas Thompson.
Museum Monograph – A fascinating account of Cumberland’s Territorial Gunners in WW1 based on the papers of their CO Lt-Col Mason DSO TD and edited by the last CO of both Cumberland’s TA Gunners and the 4th (TA) Battalion of The Border Regiment. The Cumberland Artillery were mobilised at the outbreak of WW1 the unit served overseas from 1915, at Gallipoli and in the Middle East and then on the Western Front until the end of the War as part of 42nd Division’s Artillery. Published by the Museum 2009, A4 ring-bound paperback, illustrated 106 pages £12.50 Click Here for an Order Form
West Cumberland At War 1939-45 by Jeff Wilson. An excellent detailed summary with many photographs of the Home Front in West Cumberland - A4 paperback 97pages - £10.99
Distington Heroes – Men and women from Distington who have served in the Armed Forces, by the Distington Family and Local History Society. A4 paperback, illus., 60pp - £5.99
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Brotherhood Of The Cauldron Irishmen in the 1st Airborne Division from N. Africa to Arnhem by David Trusedale. Reminiscences of Irishmen from both sides of the Border who fought in or with the units of the Division a number served with the 1st Battalion The Border Regiment. Appendix lists some 279 Officers, NCOs and men 227 photographs and maps, hardback 240 pages, 175 x 245mm. £12.99. Click on here to for an Order Form
Off at Last By Robert N Sigmond. Tells the story of 7th (Galloway) Battalion The King’s Own Scottish Borderers in The Second World War. From the end of 1943 the Battalion became part of the 1st Airlanding Brigade and served alongside The Border Regiment and South Staffordshire Regiment at Arnhem and in Norway. A4 paperback, 219 pages,profusely illustrated. £25.00Click Here for an Order Form
Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser. The author of the Flashman novels provides one of the best accounts of active service to have been written, based on his experiences with the 9th Battalion The Border Regiment in Burma 1944-45 now with a poignant new Epilogue written 50 years later. Paperback, 347pages - £8.99
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