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Mottram, R H, Easton, John, and Partridge, EricBiblio.com

Three Personal Records of the War

1929rif. 64566London: The Scholartis Press 1929. Presumed first U.K. edition/first printing. Hardcover. Good. 405 1 p. Includes maps. Glossary. Occasional footnotes. No dust jacket. Cover is worn and soiled. Some edge rubbing and corners slightly bumped. Another U.K. edition was apparently entitled "Three Men's War". These three writers have each documented their experiences in the Great War. Mottram says in the opening of his section of the book: 'It is not autobiography for the War of 1914-1918 was not something that happened to a man or men but something in which the major part of a generation was involved. It is what the title says it is a personal record.' John Easton an English writer and soldier who was held as a prisoner of war. "Ralph Hale Mottram 30 October 1883 16 April 1971 was an English writer known as a novelist particularly for the Spanish Farm books and as a war poet of World War I. Mottram went from being a bank clerk in Norwich before the war to becoming lord mayor there in 1953. The Spanish Farm won the 1924 Hawthornden Prize. He also wrote a biography of John Galsworthy." "Eric Honeywood Partridge 6 February 1894 1 June 1979 was a New Zealand British lexicographer of the English language particularly of its slang. His writing career was interrupted only by his service in the Army Education Corps and the RAF correspondence department during World War II. Partridge was born in Waimata Valley near Gisborne on the North Island of New Zealand to John Thomas Partridge a grazier and his wife Ethel Annabella Norris. In 1907 the family moved to Queensland Australia where he was educated at the Toowoomba Grammar School. He then studied first classics and then French and English at the University of Queensland. During this time Partridge also taught for three years as a school teacher before enrolling in the Australian Imperial Force in April 1915 and serving in the Australian infantry during the First World War serving in Egypt Gallipoli and on the Western Front before being wounded in the Battle of Pozières. His interest in slang and the "underside" of language is said to date from his wartime experience. Partridge returned to university between 1919 and 1921 when he received his BA. After receiving his degree Partridge became Queensland Travelling Fellow at Balliol College Oxford where he worked on both an MA on eighteenth-century English romantic poetry and a B. Litt in comparative literature. He subsequently taught in a grammar school in Lancashire for a brief interval then in the two years beginning September 1925 took lecturing positions at the Universities of Manchester and London. From 1923 he "found a second home" occupying the same desk K1 in the British Museum Library as it was then known for the next fifty years. In 1925 he married Agnes Dora Vye-Parminter who in 1933 bore a daughter Rosemary Ethel Honeywood Mann. In 1927 he founded the Scholartis Press which he managed until it closed in 1931 publishing over 60 books during this time. From 1932 he commenced writing in earnest. His first major work on slang Slang Today and Yesterday appeared in 1933 and his well-known Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English followed in 1937. During the Second World War Partridge served in the Army Education Corps later transferring to the RAF's correspondence department before returning to his British Museum desk in 1945. Partridge wrote over forty books on the English language including well-known works on etymology and slang. He also wrote novels under the pseudonym Corrie Denison and books on tennis which he played well. His papers are archived at the University of Birmingham British Library King's College Cambridge the Royal Institute of British Architects the University of Exeter the University of San Francisco Warwickshire Record Office and William Salt Library." From the Australian Dictionary of Biography entry: He Eric Partridge eventually himself published 'Frank Honywood Private' as part of Three Personal Records of the War London 1929 which ranks as a classic of war literature. He was concerned to commemorate his mate Corporal Howard Phillips who had died at Mont St Quentin to attempt to describe the terrible battle of Pozières to expose himself as an example of a soldier broken but somehow carrying on under appalling stress and to write the war out of his system." The Scholartis Press hardcover

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Eaker, Ira C; James M Gavin; Alfred M Gruenther; Earle E - Pat' Partridge; Elwood - Pete' Quesada; Ralph C Smith; Dean C StrotheBiblio.com

Souvenir Typescript of the “Declaration of War on Germany December 11 1941” Signed by Eleven World War II Generals.

1941rif. 1515601941. Souvenir typescript of the the United States' "Declaration of War on Germany December 11 1941" signed by eleven World War II generals. One page typed. Boldly signed with their rank beneath by eleven generals in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force who participated in World War II. In fine condition with mail folds. The piece measures 8.5 inches by 11 inches. United States Army: Alfred M. Gruenther 1899-1983 U.S. Army General. Nicknamed - The Brain' Gruenther was instrumental in planning the Allied invasions of North Africa in 1942 and Italy in 1943. Ralph C. Smith 1893-1998 U.S. Army Major General signed as "Ralph C. Smith / Maj Gen. US ARMY. RET." Smith commanded forces in the Pacific Theater and was tasked with the defense of the Hawaiian Islands. Maxwell D. Taylor 1901-1987 U.S. Army General. Taylor served with distinction in Sicily Italy Normandy and the Netherlands and was the commander of the 101st Airborne Division - The Screaming Eagles.' James Van Fleet 1892-1992 U.S. Army General. Van Fleet's leadership during the Utah Beach landings on D-Day earned him a Distinguished Service Cross. James M. Gavin 1907-1990 U.S. Army Lieutenant General. Gavin trained paratroopers of gliders and parachutes all over the European Theater. Matthew B. Ridgway 1895-1993 U.S. Army General. Ridgway commanded the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II and later led U.N. forces in Korea reversing the tide against Chinese offensives. United States Air Force: Ira C. Eaker 1896-1987 U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General. Eaker successfully advocated for precision daylight bombing of industrial and military targets in Germany in conjunction with Royal Air Force night raiding. Elwood - Pete' Quesada 1904-1993 U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General. Quesada perfected methods of obtaining real-time information for combined air-ground missions including the use of pilot air controllers in tanks and the use of early warning radar. Earle E. - Pat' Partridge 1900-1990 U.S. Air Force General signed as "E.E. Partridge / General U.S. Air Force ret." Partridge oversaw Air Force actions in the Pacific Theater notably in Okinawa. Dean C. Strother 1908-2000 U.S. Air Force General. Strother was sent on missions in the Pacific Theater in Italy and to the Soviet Union to assist the Soviets on the Eastern Front. Lauris Norstad 1907-1988 U.S. Air Force General. Norstad was a key planner of Allied air strategy in World War II and later served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe during the early Cold War. The United States declared war against Germany on December 11 1941 just hours after receiving Germany's declaration of war on the United States. Pub. L 77-331 originally signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt Vice President Henry Wallace and House Speaker Sam Rayburn had been passed unanimously in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Of course this war declaration set the stage for the signers' illustrious military careers during World War II. unknown

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