The Silver Crescent. Published by Permission of the War Office
The Silver Crescent. Published by Permission of the War Office

INVENTORY #115457

The Silver Crescent. Published by Permission of the War Office

DE CHAIR, Somerset

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Somerset De Chair (1911-1995) was Intelligence Officer with "Kingcol," a Flying Column of fewer than 1,500 men under the command of Brig.-Gen. John Joseph Kingstone. This tiny force was sent from Palestine to Baghdad to deal with the effects of the "Golden Square" coup among pro-Nazi Iraqi military officers. Despite the air support extended to the Iraqis by the German and Italian air forces, the operation was a complete success for the British column, Baghdad falling on May 30, 1941. The author's poignant poem appears on a front leaf.

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Publication Info

  • Publisher: The Golden Cockerel Press
  • Edition: n/a
  • Date Published: 1943
  • Place Published: London
  • ISBN: n/a

Details

  • Condition: Very good
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: No
  • Jacket Condition: n/a
  • Details:
    Edition limited to 500 copies, of which numbers 1-30 are bound in full morocco; this is no. 25. 126 p. 26 cm. 14 b&w illustrations and the author's endpaper sketch-maps of the Levant-Caspian Front, showing the route of Brigadier Kingstone's Column from Baghdad to Palmyra in June 1941. Spine a little faded. The slightest of wear to lower edges.

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