PRINCESS BEATRICE'S ISLE OF WIGHT RIFLES: A REGIMENTAL HISTORY

Author: D J Quigley

Publisher: Private Publication

Pagination: 50pp, 24 illustrations.

Condition: Slight wear on cover. Unread.

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The regiment's antecedents date back to 1859. Members volunteered for service in the Boer War and in WWI the Regiment served at Gallipoli, and later in Palestine. In 1937 the Battalion converted to Artillery and became 530 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, later serving in Tobruk during the Siege, and in Burma 1942-3.