Author: William Henry Davenport AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Famous regiments of the British army: their origin and services. With a sketch of the rise and progress of the military establishment of England, and brief memoirs of eminent British generals
Author: William Henry Davenport AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Famous Regiments of the British Army
Author: William Henry Davenport AdamsPublisher: E.P. Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Famous Regiments of the British Army
Author: William Henry Davenport AdamsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780846404019
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Famous Regiments of the British Army
Author: Dorian BondPublisher:
ISBN: 9780750968362
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
BRITISH & IRISH HISTORY. In the third volume of the Famous Regiments of the British Army series, author Dorian Bond looks at some of the most extraordinary tales of famous British regiments. This volume includes first-hand accounts of the Carbs, or Carabiniers, in World War I; the North Staffordshire Regiment, or Black Knots, known for their profanities and service at Mons, the Somme, Dunkirk, Tunisia, Italy and Burma; the Middlesex Regiment, or Diehards, who earned their name at Albuerra in 1811; and the Manchester Regiment, which won 14 VCs through their First World War service.
Famous Regiments of the British Army
Author: William Henry Davenport AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military history
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Famous Regiments of the British Army
Author: William Henry Davenport AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Famous Regiments of the British Army
Author: Dorian BondPublisher: Spellmount, Limited Publishers
ISBN: 9781862274730
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Covering action wherever the regiments found it, from Flanders, Ireland, America, the West Indies, the Crimea, Burma and Korea, this book tells the tales of some of the most famous battles in history, from Ramiliies to Talavera and Waterloo, and the role these regiments played.
The Handbook of British Regiments (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Christopher ChantPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134647247
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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.
Historical Records of the British Army
Author: Richard CannonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Phillip Warner - Stories of Famous Regiments
Author: Phillip WarnerPublisher: Class Warfare
ISBN: 9781859594582
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The term 'regiment' was first used in the British army as late as the seventeenth century when small companies were grouped together to form more convenient battle units. Since then while our army as a whole has continued to maintain an unsurpassed record, single regiments have frequently gained fame for their individual achievements in the field of battle. Phillip Warner, drawing upon contemporary diaries and reports of campaigns ranging from the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimea, South Africa and India to the First and Second World Wars, has recreated some of the many acts of heroism performed by the British soldier. Futile though some of them may have eventually proved, such as the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade and the tragic stand at Maiwand, there is no doubting the outstanding courage of their perpetrators. The words of men who were present at the scenes of conflict described here, successful or otherwise, speak more clearly and movingly than any second hand account. Philip Warner was a former senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and the author of forty books in the field of military history and biography. He joined the army after graduating from Cambridge in 1939 and served in the Far East throughout Would War II. The book includes an extensive picture gallery, author biography and bibliography.