Suggested Reading List
Updated
4
April 2002

How to find many of the books below
Personal Accounts WWII
- Bond, Derek (1990) Steady, Old
Man! London: Leo Cooper.
- Dormer, Hugh (1948) Hugh Dormer's
Diaries. Westminster, MD: The Newman Bookshop.
- Kenneally, J. P. (1991). Kenneally VC.
Guildford and Kings Lynn, England: Biddles Ltd.
- Kennedy, D.J. (?). 2623520 Gdsm.
Kennedy, D.J. 6th Guards Tank Brigade Reminisces. Great
Britain: National Army Museum.
- Sarkar, Dilip ( 1999) Guards VC
Blitzkrieg 1940. Great Britain: Ramrod Publications.
- Wilson, B.D. (1998). The Ever Open
Eye. New Zealand: The Pentland Press Ltd.
Personal Accounts WWI
- Williams, Valentine (1938) The
World of Action. London, England: Hamish Hamilton.
Fiction
- Kersh, Gerald (1945) Sergeant
Nelson of the Guards. Great Britain: The John C. Winston
Company.
- Kersh, Gerals (1945) They Die With
Their Boots Clean. Great Britain: The John C. Winston
Company.
WWI and WWII History
- Fitzgerald M.C., D. J. L. (1986). A History of The
IRISH GUARDS in the Second World War., Cambridge, England: University Press.
- Grayson, T.H.H. (1931) A Short
History of the Irish Guards. Great Britain: Benham and
Company Ltd.
- Irish Guards (2000) Irish Guards,
The First Hundred Years 1900-2000. Staplehurst: Spellmount
Publishers.
- Kipling, R. (1923). The Irish Guards in the Great War
Vol I and II.
London, England: MacMillan and Co., Ltd.
- Verney, Peter (1970) The Micks, The
Story of the Irish Guards. London: Peter Davies.
Uniform References
- Audax, C.E. (1992) Badge Backings
& Special Embelishments of the British Army. Northern
Ireland: The Ulster Defence Regiment Benevolent Fund.
- Bouchery, Jean (1998) From D-Day to
VE-Day, The British Soldier Vol 1. Paris: Histoire &
Collections.
- Bouchery, Jean (1999) From D-Day to
VE-Day, The British Soldier Vol 2. Paris: Histoire &
Collections.
- Brayley, Martin & Ingram, Richard
(1998) The World War II Tommy. British Army Uniforms European
Theatre 1939-45 In Colour Photographs. Wiltshire: The
Crowood Press Ltd.
- Carman, William and Foston, Bryan
(1995) Uniforms of the Foot Guards from 1661 to the Present
Day. Essex, England: The Pompadour Gallery.
- Chappell, M. (1995) The Guards Divisions 1914-45
London, England: Reed Consumer Books Ltd.
- Chappell, M. (1987,1989)
London, England: Osprey Publishing Ltd.
- British Battle Insignia (2):
1939-45
- British Infantry Equipments 1908-80
- Chappell, M. (1987,1988) Hatherleigh, Devon, England. Wessex Military Publishing
- The British Soldier in the 20th
Century 1 Service Dress 1902-1940
- The British Soldier in the 20th
Century 2 Field Service Head Dress 1902 to the present day.
- The British Soldier in the 20th
Century 5 Battledress 1939-1960
- The British Soldier in the 20th
Century 6 Tropical Uniforms
- The British Soldier in the 20th
Century 7 Personal Equipment 1903-1937.
- Charbonnier, Philippe (1994) Allied
Soldiers of World War Two. Dorset, England: Histoire Et
Collections
- Charbonnier, Philippe (1994) 6 June
1944, Soldiers In Normandy. Dorset, England: Histoire Et
Collections
- Cook, Holly and Garrity, Martin (1997)
Wolfhounds On Parade, A History of the Mascots of the Irish Guards.
Middleton on Sea, England: Dogonit.
- Davis, B. L. (1992). British Army Uniforms &
Insignia of World War Two.
London, England: Arms and Armour Press.
- Dunstan, Simon (1995) Europa
Militaria No 20. The Guards, Britains Household Division. London:
Windrow & Greene.
- Jewell, B. (1988) British Battledress 1937-61
London, England: Osprey Publishing Ltd.
- Malcolm, C.A. (1927) The Piper in
Peace and War. London: John Murray.
British Army References
- United States War Department (1990). The British Army
in WWII
London, England: Greenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal Ltd., Park House, 1 Russell Gardens.
- Chandler, David (1994) The Oxford
Illustrated History of the British Army. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
- Forty, George (1998) British Army
Handbook 1939-1945. Great Britain: Sutton Publishing.
- Lucas, James (1989) The British
Soldier, Experiences of War. London: Arms and Armour Press.
- Messenger, Charles (1993) History
of the British Army. London: Bison Books Ltd.
- Sheppard, E.W. (1952) Red
Coat, An Anthology of the British Soldier During the Last Three Hundred
Years. London: The Batchworth Press
Brigade of Guards References
- Anonymous (1986) Dress Regulations for
the Army 1934. Wembley, England: Ray Westlake Military Books
- Anonymous (1935) His Majesty's
Regulations For the Brigade of Guards. London, England:
William Clowes and Sons, Limited.
- Anonymous (1931) The Standing
Orders of His Majesy's Scots Regiment of Foot Guards. London:
Gale & Polden Ltd.
- Arthur, Capt. Sir George (1939-1945) The
Household Brigade Magazine. Various Issues. London:
Gale & Polden.
- Braddon, R. (1977) All the Queens Men.
New York, NY Hippocrene Books
- Briant, Keith (1958) Fighting with
the Guards. London: Evens Brothers Limited.
- Cazenove, A. de L. (1941) 7th
Guards Brigade, Notes for Officers 1941. Aldershot: Gale
& Polden.
- Clifford, A. (1995) The Guards Museum
London, England: Springbourne Press Ltd.
- Dawnay, Major Nicolas Payan (1975) The
Standards, Guidons and Colours of the Household Division 1660-1973. Great
Britain: Midas Books.
- de St. Jorre, J. (1981) The Guards
New York, NY: Ridge Press/Crown Publishers Inc.
- Edwards, Colonel Guy (1940) The
Colours and Customs of the Coldstream Guards. Great Britain:
Gale & Polden.
- Fraser, General Sir David (1978) The
Grenadier Guards. London, England: Osprey Publishing Ltd.
- Harris, R.G. (1999) The Irish
Regiments 1683-1999. Kent, England: Spellmount Ltd.
- Jeffreys, Major G.D. (1944) A Short
History of the Brigade of Guards. Great Britain: Gale &
Polden.
- Legge-Bourke, Henry (1952) The
Brigade of Guards on Ceremonial Occasions. London:
MacDonald.
- Melvin, Ronald (1999) The Guards
and Caterham. The Soldier's Story. Surrey, England:
Guardroom Publications.
- Paget, J. (1977). The Story of the Guards
San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press
- A Pitkin London Guide (1982). The Guards
Lingfield, Surrey, England. Pitkin Pictorials.
- Walsh, R. Raymond (1999) The Irish
Guards Roll of Honour, 1939 to 1945. Lancs, England: T.H.C.L.
Books.

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