Description

Two volumes bound as one. Red cloth with the embossed crest of the 78th Foot to the front cover. Covers worn, chipped at spine ends, marked  and reinforced at the corners. Ownership inscription of C.E. Baird, 1913 to half title.  A Captain Charles Edward [Carol] Baird enlisted in 1913 and died in action in 1916. He was the son of Brigadier General  ‘Ned’ E.W. Baird who had served in the Boer war and also served 1914-18. A copy of a photograph laid in appears [From comparing a picture of his father with the photograph] to show his mother, in mourning, receiving an envelope, with the family looking on through the window]. If this is correct , a poignant reminder of the cost of the ‘Great War’. Another modern inscription to fep. A Good- copy.