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These regulations were issued on 1st April 1891 over the signature of Redvers Buller, then Adjutant General and holder of the VC, later C in C in the opening stages of the Boer War; he didnÕt last long in the job. After some general instructions these regulations go on to lay down the dress for the Staff and for all Arms of Service - Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers, Infantry, Army Service Corps and Departments (e.g Chaplains, Medical, Pay etc). The Cavalry is divided into Household, Dragoon Guards and... more information

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This pamphlet is of historical interest in that it was published in France in September 1918 by the Military SecretaryÕs Branch of General Headquarters of the BEF. It goes into great detail on the procedures, the qualifications and the eligibility of the various decorations. Thus, for the VC it is stipulated that eye-witness accounts are not only necessary but must also be in the hand-writing of the witness, unless the man cannot write or is unable to write because of wounds, in which case the accou... more information

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This delightful and informative book should be required reading for historical novelists, painting as it does a picture of the English at play. And rough play it was too, since its essence was frequently, that something, either human or animal, should die. The author comments that the Anglo-Saxons were a dull lot, sports-wise, but the arrival of the Normans and the reign of Henry VIII soon rectified that. The re-publication of this book by N&MP in association with the National Armouries is pa... more information

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A great deal of care has gone into the production of this fine battalion history which has some unusual features - thenumber of colour plates depicting battlefield scenes, the drawings at the head of each chapter, and the system whereby events between successive chapters are described in a brief synopsis, thus preserving continuity in the narrative. There are two short sections on the second and third line battalions, neither of which went on active service. There is a list of Honours and Awards, grouped u... more information

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The author of this book was a Brigadier-General in 1914, commanding the 10th Infantry Brigade (1st R Warwicks, 2nd Seaforth H, 1st R Irish Fusiliers and 2nd R Dublin Fusiliers) of the 4th Division; he ended up as a corps commander. The 4th Division formed the second wave of the BEF, arriving in France on 22nd August 1914 in time to join in the retreat from Mons. This account, though not published until after the war, was written at the front in the Spring of 1915 and the author has allowed it to stand prac... more information

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On 11th October 1915 General Sir Ian Hamilton, commanding Gallipoli, received a cable from the SofS for War (Kitchener) asking for an estimate of the losses which would be involved in an evacuation of the peninsula. Hamilton regarded such a step as unthinkable and replied accordingly the next day. On 16th October he received another cable recalling him to London where he was told HMG wanted a fresh, unbiassed opinion, from a responsible commander, upon the question of an early evacuation. The man chosen wa... more information

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The history of the New Zealand Empire Forces in the Great War is a heroic and a proud one, and this unusually full and frank regimental history does justice to a regiment that was at the centre of the struggle. The authors attribute the regimentÕs outstanding record to a Ôhappy combination of a reasonable discipline - not enough to prejudice initiative, but sufficient to get a maximum team resultÕ. The history records the departure of the regiment from its Wellington home, its training... more information

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HansardÕs book is as much about preserving the ancient sport and tactic of archery as it is about its history, but the history he presents is in the very best Victorian tradition. He details every instance quoted, and often illustrates his points as well, and covers the archer from before the Norman Conquest of 1066 up to archery at Harrow and Eton in 1840, when the book was published. His history travels far afield, and he patriotically writes about the adroitness of English bowmen, as well as the... more information

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The 1st Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusilers originated in 1644 when thirty volunteers arrived at Fort St George in India calling themselves the Madras European Regiment, the name they kept for their first century until 1748. As the author - himself a former Commander of the Fusiliers - proudly proclaims in his Preface the Fusilers Ô have ever been famous for their valour and fortitude, having borne a distinguished part in almost every service in Asia and Africa, where British troops have been e... more information

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The fifth and final volume in this magnificent unit history of the KingÕs Royal Rifle Corps describes the regimentÕs role in the Great War. The CorpsÕ sixteen battalions were continuously in action from 1914, when the first shots were fired at Mons, until November 1918. Most of the fighting was on the western front, but the Corps also saw action in Italy, Greece and Macedonia and at Murmansk in 1919 during the allied intervention in Russia. The Corps took part in the retreat to the Ma... more information

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The fourth volume in the unit history of the ÔK. R.R.C.Õ details its activities in the last years of the 19th century and the opening decade of the 20th, principally the 1899-1902 Boer War. The history describes the reforms which slowly replaced the amateurish army of the 19th century with the trained professional force which went to war in 1914, reforms which were hastened by the shock of the Boer War. Earlier in Africa, the CorpsÕ Third Battalion took part in the 1879 Zulu War and th... more information

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Of all the stories arising from that disastrous day, July 1 1916, on the Somme, none is more poignant than that of Lt Wilfred ÔBillieÕ Nevill, an officer of the 8th East Surrey Regiment, who issued his men with footballs to kick into No ManÕs Land when the whistle went for the advance - as though the Somme was to be a Wembley Cup Final writ large. Nevill and most of his men were dead within the first few minutes of the battle, but their story remains as an icon of the British sporting... more information

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This is a monumental work in every sense, and a luxury publication printed on glossy paper. It is the product of some 35 years of research that took the author to more than fifty countries and thousands of cemeteries and churchyards. His aim was to list every known location world-wide of the final resting places and major memorials to each of the recipients of the VC, with particular emphasis on recording the exact location of almost three hundred holders who currently have no headstone, memorial or other ... more information

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In the first two volumes of this history nothing was said of active service, although the Army was engaged in numerous wars in which the artillery played its part. The reason for this omission was that none of these campaigns, with the possible exception of S Africa, affected its development to a degree at all comparable with the influence exerted by the European wars of the period, or by the advance of science, as described in Volume II. Thus in the planning stage of this history, it was decided to treat ... more information

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This volume deals with the development of the Royal Regiment of Artillery over a period of forty years. The artillery which fought in the Crimea and the Mutiny was little changed from that which emerged from Peninsular War. Its guns were still smooth bores, and its organization and tactics were suited to its armament; but changes were coming rapidly with the advent of rifled guns, and in 1860 the RA received the ÒArmstrongÓ rifled guns. The first year of the period covered ib this volume saw ... more information

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This volume continues the theme of the development of the Royal Artillery during the run-up to the Great War, fifteen years compared with the forty of VoL I, fifteen years devoted to definite preparation in which the developments in Organization, Armament and Training discussed in Vol I were co-ordinated to a common aim. On the other hand the breach between branches was widened by the separation between mounted and dismounted, and the general trend towards spacialization. So, in this volume a different m... more information

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The Guards Division was formed in France in August 1915, the creation of Kitchener (then S of S for War), who, after first obtaining the permission of the King, proceeded to form the division withouTt consulting either the War Office or the C in C of the BEF, Field Marshal French. The first the latter knew about it was in a letter from Kitchener a month before the division came into being. It was formed by concentrating the eight Guards battalions already in France and bringing out from the UK four more, ... more information

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In July 1914 the male staff of the Bank of Ireland numbered six hundred and twelve, about one third of whom were over military age. This book contains the service records of the 190 who served in the Forces during the Great War, all of them bar one volunteers; the exception was a conscript. The first part of the book is concerned with the 33 who died, listed in alphabetical order, and for each there is a full plate photo. Then follow the records of the other 157, also arranged in alphabetical order. As wit... more information

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With the formation of the Territorials in 1908 the Westminsters became 16th (County of London) Battalion, London Regt (QueenÕs Westminster Rifles). It was in the 2nd London Division at the outbreak of war, but left the division and landed in France on 3 Nov 1914; shortly after it was posted to 18th Brigade, 6th Division (regular) till Feb 1916 when it joined 169th Brigade of the 56th (1st London) Division which was then re-forming in France, and with which it remained to the end of the war. For... more information

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This is no dry-as-dust work of reference, but a detailed and magnificently illustrated two-volume record of the complete insignia of every regiment and corps in the British Army up to 1900. Illustrated by striking colour plates of the colours and uniforms, and by fine black and white drawings of their crests and badges, the text contains brief histories of each unit described, as well as lists of their commanding officers, battle honours etc. The books are complete and authoritative without being unmanagea... more information

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