Pagination: 456pp, numerous b&w photos, 4 fold out full color maps
Condition: Octavo. Collotype portrait frontispiece and 15 plates, 5 colour maps (4 folding). Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover panelled in blind. Spine ends and tips bumped and worn, edges slightly foxed. Bookplate on Paste down end paper, signature onTitle Page
The autobiography of Field Marshal Lord Birdwood with a foreword by The Rt. Hon Winston Churchill. Lord Birdwood served in the Indian Army, The Boer War and WWI. He commanded the ANZAC Corps at Gallipoli, the Australian Corps in France and, later, the 5th Army. In 1925 he was appointed C-in-C,India and in 1930 he became Governor General of Australia.
This copy has a tipped in letter from the Field Marshall to the original owner, bearing the inscription "Sincerely, Birdwood of ANZAC"
