Second Hand Captain Norman Archibald Orr-Ewing’s Diary of First Ypres
Scots Guards, attached to the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards; October–November 1914
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Condition
Rubbing and small marks to the boards, with wear at the corners and edges. The marbled front endpaper is torn and split along the inner hinge. The typescript leaves show light age toning.
Details
General - Language : English
Paperback - Size : TBC
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Typescript diary by Captain Norman Archibald Orr-Ewing, DSO, of the Scots Guards, written while attached to the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. It covers the battalion’s fighting during the First Battle of Ypres in October and November 1914.
Orr-Ewing records its movements, trench positions and heavy losses. Following the death of Major Herbert Stepney, he took command of the depleted battalion on 7 November. His efforts to rally the Irish Guards earned him the Distinguished Service Order.
The volume is bound in maroon boards with a black cloth spine and gilt lettering, “N. O. E. 1914,” on the front. A handwritten inscription presents it as a Christmas 1917 gift from Orr-Ewing to a recipient at Tile House; an Ernest J. Waring bookplate provides a further ownership mark.
A personal account of First Ypres and an appealing presentation copy with a direct association with its author.
