Found via an alert on Twitter to these twelve volumes, alas the image will not move; so if yu use Twitter go to Robert Lyman, his handle is robert_lyman (a UK historian). The volumes were published (re-published) in 2014, in India and are available online via: Pentagon Press Here is one Burma campaign example: Pentagon Press
Hi anyone has these titles? Ahmad, R. Nadeem, Rafiuddin A., Unfaded Glory: The 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956. Abbottabad, Baloch Regimental Centre, 2007 Brock, F., The 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers in Italy, September 1943 - May 1945. Durban, South Africa: Self-Published, 1948 Bunbury, N. L., Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion (Scinde), 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1934-1947. Aldershot: Gale and Polden, 1951
There is a copy of Bunbury's book in The British Library; which is of course currently closed. A member has a copy: idler.
Sorry, I do not have a copy of Bunbury's book. I have Condon regimental history of the 13th Frontier Force Rifles, a Naval and Military Press reprint.
There is also a copy of Bunbury's book in the Toronto Public Library reference library, also currently closed.
The first two titles are available at the Imperial War Museums, catalogue references LBY 07 / 2537 and LBY 25624, presumably currently closed. Unfaded Glory was published as a Naval and Military Press reprint
I went on the website of Naval and Military Press Naval & Military Press, Military History, WWI & World War II Books but I did not find it. :-(
A series of tweets today by @primeadam on books on the Indian Army WW1-WW2. a few of which I've read. This appears on scrolling through the best place to drop this, especially for dryan67.
Hi, I was looking into those and wanted to get them here in London from India. It turns out that the cost of getting them here via their courier of choice is more than the cost of the books. The books weigh a ton. I will, however, get them as soon as I can. Regards, Yasser.
If you are talking about the WW2 Indian Official Histories, all except one are available online. Those available are linked from the FIBIS Fibiwiki page Second World War Second World War - FIBIwiki Maureen
Hi Maureen, Thanks for that link. I will check it out. May I ask if there are any pdf versions available for the following books as getting a physical copy of these is difficult, unless you can help me get a copy. The books I am after currently are: 1. History of 57th (Wildes) Rifles now 4th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Wildes) during period of service in East Africa 2. HISTORY OF THE 2ND BATTALION, 13TH FRONTIER FORCE RIFLES (Author) Groom and Son (Publisher). 3. YOUNG, W.H.H. (Author) REGIMENTAL HISTORY OF THE 13TH FRONTIER FORCE RIFLES (Author) Frontier Exchange Press (Publisher). 4. UNOFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE 2ND BN. 13TH F.F. RIFLES FROM JAN. 1942 TO NOV. 1946 (Author) WELD, C.J. (Author) n.pub. (Publisher) 5. The History of Coke's Rifles. WYLLY, H.C. (Author) Gale and Polden (Publisher) 6. One hundred glorious years a history of the Punjab Frontier Force, 1849-1949 7. A summarised history of the 13th Frontier Force Rifles during the Second World War, 1939-1946. 8. Regimental history of the 6th Royal Battalion (Scinde), 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1934 -1947. (Author) Gale and Polden (Publisher). 9. REGIMENTAL HISTORY OF THE 6TH ROYAL BATTALION (SCINDE), 13TH FRONTIER FORCE RIFLES, 1843 - 1934 (Author) LINDSAY, D.M. (Author) Gale and Polden (Publisher). 10. REGIMENTAL HISTORY OF THE 4TH BATTALION, 13TH FRONTIER FORCE RIFLES (WILDE'S) (Author)Butler and Tanner (printer) (Publisher) 11. The Piffers. Akram, Agha Masood (2002). Many Thanks, Regards, Yasser.
Yasser, I don't have access to any pdfs other than what is available on the various Digital Libraries. You can look on the various regimental pages of the FIBIS Fibiwiki FIBIwiki to see if any of the books you require are available, as if I have come across digital regimental histories I have added them to the Fibiwiki pages. Most of the digital Indian Army Regimental histories which are available have been uploaded to the Internet Archive and were originally digitised by the Digital Library of India from libraries in India. Except for the Indian Army Official WW2 Histories, almost all are pre WW2. I suspect that after WW2 and Indian Independence, Libraries in India had a different focus, and were not interested in collecting books about the Indian Army, so do not even have these later published books in their collection. Post Indian Independence books probably have different copyright restrictions also. If you are in London, the British Library has a collection of Indian Army regimental histories, and Imperial War Museums London has some, and these two organisations have online catalogues. The British Library in fact has two catalogues, the main catalogue, and the Archives and Manuscripts catalogue. Prince Consort's Library Prince Consort's Library - FIBIwiki at Aldershot, Hampshire is supposed to have a good collection but whether they would have post 1947 publications I don't know. However if you do locate actual books in a library I am sure you would be restricted in the number of pages you could photograph.
