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Book Title: Norman Ten Hundred : the 1st (Service) Battalion Royal Guernsey Light Infantry in the Great War
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Height: 0.3in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: A. Stanley Blicq
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Military / WORLD War I, Military / Wars & Conflicts (OTHER)
Publisher: Leonaur The Limited
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: History
Item Weight: 5.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 116 Pages
