Anyone have a copy of 'The Buffs' by Ponsonby?

[Mogsmum]

It's a long shot, but I'm hoping someone may have a copy of West Kent (Q.O.) Yeomanry, and 10th (Yeomanry) Battallion The Buffs, 1914-1919 by Charles Edward Ponsonby (sadly I can't afford the £100 for my own copy).

Some while ago I was told that my Grandfather - quote ' ... is listed in Ponsonby as having having joined B Company 10th Buffs after 1st March 1917.   He is shown as having served in Palestine and France and as being wounded on the Somme in September 1918'. 

The person who gave me this information promised to photocopy the relevant page/s, but sadly died before they were able to do and thus, I am no further forward.

If by some chance, someone has a copy (or knows where I could look at one), I'm trying to find the entry/mention of my Grandfather Pte. G23600 Edward L. French.   I have tried the 'obvious' places, library, Buffs Museum et.al. but with no luck.

I do have his medal card, luckily most of his fire-damaged service record and am currently working my way though 'The Buffs' by R.S. Moody

[yattonharry]

Have you thought of the inter library loan scheme?  Ask at your library, you should be able to find one that way that you could look at.

[majm]

Different book or is this the same as the one you are currently reading  , possibly though this could be of interest, and it could well be out of copyright but perhaps there's copies in some of the National Libraries...

Historical records of the Buffs: East Kent Regiment (3rd foot) formerly designated the Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment, 1914-1919
R. S. H. Moody
The Medici Society, Limited, 1922 - History - 554 pages

(I don't have a copy, but I was on goggle looking at ebooks to try to answer a question on my current thread here at RChat !)

Cheers,  JM

[Mogsmum]

Thanks for your efforts.   Majm - that's the book I'm ploughing through at the moment - all 554 pages of it! - it seems to be the only copy in Kent libraries (normally held at Snodland if anyone else needs it).

As for the inter-library loan, I have tried but drew a blank - mind you it's probably worth another go, when I asked at our local library if they had Microsoft Access on their computers the reply I got was 'Access to what?' 

[yattonharry]

As for the inter-library loan, I have tried but drew a blank - mind you it's probably worth another go, when I asked at our local library if they had Microsoft Access on their computers the reply I got was 'Access to what?'

Oops! librarian in need of through training. LOL