Author: Francis Loraine PetrePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
Author: Francis Loraine PetrePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages :
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The History of the Royal Berkshire Regiment
Author: Gordon BlightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
The Handbook of British Regiments (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Christopher ChantPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113464731X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Since the creation of the standing army in 1661, when each regiment was known by the name of its current colonel, there have been many reforms and rationalizations of the British army. From 31 cavalry regiments and 113 infantry regiments in 1881, at the time of this title’s first publication in 1988, the army had reduced to just 16 regiments of armour and 39 regiments of infantry through processes of absorption and amalgamation. The Handbook of British Regiments provides insight into the lineage and history of the approximately 85 regiments and corps which formed the British army towards the end of the 1980s. Comprehensive in coverage, each has a separate entry giving factual details in a layout standardized for easy comparison, including current title, colonel-in-chief, uniform and history, amongst others. A key title amongst Routledge reference reissues, this handbook provides an accessible guide to specialists as well as lay enthusiasts, and illustrates a sense of the continuity and inherited tradition of each regiment and corps.
A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army
Author: Arthur S. WhitePublisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 178150539X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This is one of the most valuable books in the armoury of the serious student of British Military history. It is a new and revised edition of Arthur White's much sought-after bibliography of regimental, battalion and other histories of all regiments and Corps that have ever existed in the British Army. This new edition includes an enlarged addendum to that given in the 1988 reprint. It is, quite simply, indispensible.
The Little Book of Berkshire
Author: Stuart HyltonPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 075095888X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
The Little Book of Berkshire is an intriguing, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people and events in the county, from its earliest origins to the present day. Here you can read about the important contributions Berkshire has made to the history of the nation, and meet some of the great men and women, eccentrics and scoundrels with which its history is littered. Packaged in an easily readable 'dip-in' format, visitors and locals alike will find something to remind, surprise, amuse and entertain them in this remarkably engaging little book.
The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment
Author: George Le Mesurier GrettonPublisher: Edinburgh ; London : W. Blackwood and Sons
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
For Love of Regiment
Author: Charles MessengerPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473814391
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The author explains how the tradition of loyalty to the regiment has served the British Army so well over the past 350 years and, in his vivid description of some of the major campaigns in which it has fought, shows what it was like at various times to have been an officer or a soldier in the British Army.
The Regimental Records of the British Army
Author: John Stephen FarmerPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
"The Regimental Records of the British Army" is an historical recording of the regiments within the Army of Great Britain written by John S. Farmer. It presents s historical résumé chronologically arranged of titles, campaigns, honors, uniforms, facings, badges, nicknames, and other things associated with the regiments.
The London Gazette
Author: Slaughter on the Somme 1 July 1916
Author: Martin MacePublisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1783830417
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
At 07.30 hours on 1 July 1916, the devastating cacophony of the Allied artillery fell silent along the front on the Somme. The ear-splitting explosions were replaced by the shrill sound of hundreds of whistles being blown. At that moment, tens of thousands of British soldiers climbed out from the trenches on their part of the Western Front, and began to make their way steadily towards the German lines opposite. It was the first day of the Battle of the Somme.By the end of the day, a number of the regiments involved had met with some degree of success; others had suffered heavy losses for no gain, whilst a few quite literally ceased to exist. That day, the old infantry tactics of the British Army clashed head-on with the reality of modern warfare. On what is generally accepted as the worst day in the British Armys history, there were more than 60,000 casualties a third of them fatal.In this publication, the authors have drawn together, for the first time ever, all the War Diary entries for 171 British Regiments that went over the top that day a day that even now still touches so many families both in the United Kingdom and around the world. The result will be a vital work of reference to the events of 1 July 1916, a valuable information source for not only for those interested in military history, but genealogists and historians alike.