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The list below is of books that are recommended reading for those studying, or interested in, the history of the Green Howards.
Some of the books may be out of print, and it may be necessary to obtain them through specialist services.

However, the Regimental Museum of the Green Howards maintains at least one copy of each of the books listed below in its archives. If you would like access to one of these books that is in the Museum's keeping, it will be necessary to first contact the Curator at

The Green Howards Regimental Museum
Trinity Church Square
Richmond
Yorkshire
DL10 4QN

The Museum will be delighted to assist, in this manner, any person with an interest in military history.

Regimental Histories
     Author and Title    Publisher & Date

"The Green Howards, - a History in Photographs 1855 - 2006"    Roger Chapman
"The Green Howards, - a History in Photographs 1855 - 2006"
On sale in the Museum Shop

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   The Green Howards Museum
in association with
Great Northern Publishing

"The History of the Green Howards"    Powell, Colonel Geoffrey S and
Powell, Brigadier John
"The History of the Green Howards"
On sale in the Museum Shop

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   Arms and Armour Press, London, 1992

     The Kandyan Wars. The British Army in Ceylon 1803-1818    Leo Cooper, London, 1973

     The Green Howards (Famous Regiment Series)    Leo Cooper, London, 1996

     Cannon, Richard
"Historical Record of the 19th or First Yorkshire North Riding Regiment of Foot"
   Parker, Furnival & Parker, London, 1848

     Ferrar, Major M L
" A History of the Services of the 19th Regiment"
   Eden Fisher & Co Ltd, London, 1911

   Ferrar, Major M L
"With the Green Howards in South Africa, 1899 - 1902"
   Privately published, Richmond, 1904

"Baptism of Fire, - an Account of the 5th Green Howards .... During the Second Battle of Ypres, April 1915"    Mark Marsay
"Baptism of Fire, - an Account of the 5th Green Howards .... During the Second Battle of Ypres, April 1915"

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   Great Northern Publishing

     Wylly, Colonel H C
"The Green Howards in the Great War, 1914 - 1919"
   Privately published, Richmond, 1926

     Synge, Captain W A T
"The Story of The Green Howards, 1939 - 1945"
   Privately published, Richmond, 1952

     Oldfield, Major John B
"The Green Howards in Malaya, 1949 - 1952"

   Gale and Polden Ltd, Aldershot, 1953


     Turton, Colonel Robin B
" The History of the North York Militia"

   Reprint, Patrick & Shatoon, Leeds 1973

     Tovey, Colonel Wade J   and Podmore, Major Tony J
"Once a Howard, Twice a Ctitizen (The Story of the Volunteers & Territorial Green Howards, 1859 - 1993)"
   Volunteer Press, London, 1995

"Beyond Their Duty, - Heroes of the Green Howards"    Chapman, Roger
"Beyond Their Duty, - Heroes of the Green Howards"


On sale in the Museum Shop

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   The Green Howards Museum, 2001

"Echoes From the Crimea"    Chapman, Roger
"Echoes From the Crimea"

On sale in the Museum Shop

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   The Green Howards Museum, 2001

     Clay, Major Ewart W
"The Path of the 50th (50th Northumbrian Division in WW II, 1939 - 1945)"
   Gale and Polden, Aldershot, 1950

Officer Records
     Author and Title    Publisher & Date

     Ferrar, Major M L
"Officers of the Green Howards, 1688 - 1931"
   W & G Baird, Belfast, 1931

     Forbes, Colonel Jonathon
"Officers of the Green Howards, 1932 - 1970"
   Privately printed, Richmond, 1971

War Memoirs
     Author and Title    Publisher & Date

     Usherwood, C L (Editor)
"The Service Journal of Sergeant Charles William Usherwood, 19th Foot (1852 - 1864)"
   Privately printed, no date

     E Thorne (Editor)
"The Diary of Job Shephers Waterhouse, Pte. 19th Foot No 1691 (1864 - 1870)"
   Privately printed, no date

     Ferrar, Major M L (Editor)
"The Diary of Colour Sergeant George Calladine, 19th Foot (1793 - 1837)"
   Eden Fisher & Co Ltd, London, 1922

     Mott, Edward S (Nathaniel Gubbins)
"A Mingled Yarn", India 1857 - 1866
   Edward Arnold, London, 1898

     Ferrar, Major M L
"Bygone Days"
   Caswell & Son, Belfast, 1922

     Fyfe, Lieutenant Colonel Ronald
"Mosaic of Memories"
   Heath Cranton, London 1943

     Read, Professor Sir Herbert
" That Contrary Experience"
- In Retreat
- The Raid
   Faber, London, 1963

     Metcalfe, Major Robert W
"No Time for Dreams"
   General Store Publishing House, Toronto, 1997

     Franklyn, General Sir Harold
"The Story of One Green Howard in the Dunkirk Campaign"
   Printed privately, 1966

     Hull, Major C McDonald
"A Man from Alamein"
   Corgi, 1973

     Mander, Colonel D'A
"Mander's March on Rome"
   Alan Sutton, London, 1987

     Trevelyan, Captain Raleigh
"The Fortress, A Diary of Anzio and Afterwards"
 ;  Collins, London, 1956
     Trevelyan, Captain Raleigh
"Rome '44"
   Secker and Warburg, London 1981

     Hastings, Colonel Robin
"A Graduate's War"
   Bell House, London, 1997

     Van Straubenzee, Colonel Philip
"Desert, Jungle, and Dale"
   Pentland Press, Durham, 1991

"Malayan Patrol"    Boddye, E T
"Malayan Patrol"



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   The Pentland Press Ltd, 1993
       
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