BAKER-CARR, Christopher D'Arcy.

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From Chauffeur to Brigadier. First and only contemporary edition, difficult to find in attractive condition but decidedly so when sharp and with the jacket, as here. This is an engaging personal narrative of one of the relatively unsung heroes of the story of the tank; Falls considers his story "well told, with no great respect for persons and a great sense of humour".In his foreword, Baker-Carr writes: "It was my unique privilege during the Great War to be closely associated with the development and organisation of the most important defensive weapon, the machine gun, and of the most important offensive weapon, the tank. Today perhaps, it will seem incredible that High Command failed to appreciate their true value in the early stages of their development. It will seem even more incredible that, at a later period, it was necessary to scheme and struggle against official lukewarmness, at times almost indistinguishable from hostility". Baker-Carr (1878-1949) was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1898, promoted captain in 1902; he served with the Nile Expedition, was present at Khartoum (medal and clasp); Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, present at relief of Ladysmith (mentioned in dispatches, Queen's Medal and four clasps, King's Medal, two clasps); as instructor at Small Arms School, Hythe, he took early retirement to sign up for the First World War, early on working as a staff driver; founded the Machine Gun School at Camiers, joined the Heavy Branch Machine Gun Corps, a

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