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This is a sales brochure for the Accles machine gun, which was a competitor in the machine gun race of the late 19th Century when the weapon was beginning to revolutionise warfare. The Accles was an improved Gatling-type weapon, with a battery of rotating barrels. The book promotes the weapon with the aid of 4 black and white plates and 24 colour line drawings. Included are instructions for using the gun when mounted on a naval landing carriage, and a complete description of the Accles including weights a... more information

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This unusual and interesting memoir, as its foreword by the official historian of the Australian Flying Corps makes clear, aims to present Ôthe human sideÕ of one theatre of the Great War in the air: that of the Ôlast crusadeÕ to free Palestine from Ottoman Turkish rule. The author, L.W. Sutherland, was an officer in No. 1 Squadron of the AFC, piloting a succession of aircraft - SE5s, RE8s, DH6Õs, Nieuport Scouts and Bristol Fighters - through the desert skies. Sutherland&... more information

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The Royale Humane Society was founded in 1774 and, since that date, has awarded more than 12,5OO medals for gallantry in saving life. In 1872 a partial listing of silver and gold medal citations was published by Lampton Young under the title of Acts of Gallantry . this being followed up in 1996 by a second volume of the same name written by Bill Fevyer. The third volume reproduces all silver and Stanhope gold medal citations for the period 1951-95, together with citations for all bronze clasps awarded si... more information

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Lists Royal Humane SocietyÕs Silver and Stanhope Medals and clasps for the period 1871 to 1950. With full citations, taken from the published records of the Society. It includes where possible the occupation of the recipient and the date of the incident. Arranged in case number order and complete with index. The Royal Humane Society awards were given for acts of gallantry all over the world and the citations listed in this work are a fitting tribute to both the recipients and the Royal Humane So... more information

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Operations in the Middle East were regarded as a side show in Europe, but the activities of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force against the Turks were the last of the old days of the cavalry. Infantry, artillery and air forces were also involved, but the charges of the Australian Light Horse for example were magnificent, even if they were some of the last mounted operations of any army.The history of the campaign is accompanied by a detailed Order of Battle of the British and Commonwealth forces involved... more information

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The author of these memoirs was born on 2nd April 1776, and enlisted in the Royal Artillery on 9th December 1795 for Ôunlimited serviceÕ. He was promoted Bombardier in Oct 1804, Corporal in February 1809 and Serjeant in October 1911. He was discharged on 1st April 1815 with a pension of 1s 61/2d a day. He died at Melbury Osmund in 1865 in his 88th year. His service took him first to Gibraltar in April 1796, and two years later he was in the expedition to take Minorca and subsequently returne... more information

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The Biographical Division ( or volume) of a 2-vol. history of the 1878-80 Afghan War. This volume has the photographs of 140 officers who fell in the campaign, and of those who were recipients of the Victoria CRoss as a reward for their heroism. Here too are memoirs of the officers who died, which the author prepared frpom materials submitted to him by the families and surviving comnrades of those who fell. Together, the 2-volume set is a fine memoiral to those who lost their life in this colonial war. SB,... more information

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The Historical Division - or volume - of a two-volume history of the 1878-1880 Afghan War. The war was fought as part of BritainÕs ÔGreat GameÕ with Russia for influence in the traditionally turbulent wilds of Afghanistan. This volume describes the two expeditions sent to Kabul to enforce the submission of the Afghan Emir. It is a handsome production, with excellent maps, descriptions of the main operations and movements and accounts prepared from both official and private sources. ... more information

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Based on the Naval Roll held at The Public Record Office reference ADM.171. This volume contains a complete listing of all A.G.S. medals awarded to the Naval and Marine Forces .Each ship is listed separately . Duplicate and returned medals have also been noted. Messina Earhquake medal recipients shown. Selected Naval Despatches are included for a fuller insight . SB 130pp 2001 N&MP Reprint of 1991 Original Edition ... more information

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First published over 15 years ago and long out of print, this is still the only work to deal in detail with the campaign medals of West, East and Central Africa. This completely revised and reset edition contains much new information and almost 100 additional pages. A summary of awards shows the eventual distribution of the clasps and the numbers awarded to participating units. Many European recipients are mentioned by name. Not only has a comprehensive general index been added to the new edition, but also... more information

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This valuable manual, published in 1884, bridges a gap in military theory and practice between the Napoleonic Wars and the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Although its author, a Major in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and a former instructor at Aldershot, modestly describes it as Ôa series of notes strung together for purposes of instructionÕ it is far more than that.Prevost examines contemporary military methods and compares different armies, building up a gl... more information

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A scarce eye-witness account of Sir Garnet WolseleyÕs abortive 1873-74 campaign against the Ashanti tribe in the West African Gold Coast (todayÕs Ghana). The author came as a volunteer from Canada to lead a liasion mission to the Akim people in resisting the aggressive incursions of the Ashanti. But he and the other Britons with Wolseley found themselves battling endemic disease, a punishing climate and inhospitable terrain as much as the fierce Ashanti warriors. With a map of the region and ... more information

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Despite a somewhat cynical title I rate this high on the ÔrichterÕ scale of Great War memoirs, it is very good, full of incident with some wonderfully descriptive writing. The author, a Glaswegian, was in Nigeria when war broke out and joined a local volunteer force called the Nigerian Land Contingent, but he returned to the UK in early 1915, enlisted in the Scots Guards and after fourteen weeks recruit training at the Guards Depot at Caterham he was posted to the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion at We... more information

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This book begins with the List of Officers of the Scotch Brigade as it first appeared in the Army List of 1795, three battalions with Francis Dundas (late 1st Foot Guards) as Colonel in Chief. Before this there had been three 94th Regiments of Foot. J.B.M. FrederickÕs Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660-1978 shows the regiment which is the subject of this book had started life in Dutch service as the Scots Brigade back in 1568 and was brought onto the English establishment in October 1794 as th... more information

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Ambushes and surprise attacks are tactics as old as warfare itself. This instructive and interesting book, written by a distinguished Victorian soldier and military historian, describes and analyses some of historyÕs most famous military ambushes - including HannibalÕs waylaying of the Romans on the shores of Lake Trasimene; the other great disaster to Roman arms when the Legions were lured to their doom by the Teutonic tribes of Germanicus in the Teutoburg Forest; from the Age of Charl... more information

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A Complete List of Awards of the Congressional Medal of Honour, the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) and the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). Awarded under Authority of the Congress of the USA 1862-1926 . Details on each recipient include place of birth, place of residence on entry into the service, where the award was won with citation and number of the General Order authorising the award. Names are arranged alphabetically, and in the case of posthumous awards name and relationship of the next-of kin ... more information

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Arms and Armour have always held an intrinsic fascination for experts and amateurs alike. This beautifully produced three-volume work, first published in 1855, is a definitive treasure trove of information, and, to add to its attraction, it has scores of illustrative plates, printed in fine detail and covering the whole subject from the dawn of the age of iron in warfare down to the phasing out of armour in the 17th century. The author looks first at spears and spearheads. Swords, daggers and the many oth... more information

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100 Squadron was a pioneer night bombing unit, and was the first to be raised specifically for that purpose by Hugh Trenchard, the Ôfather of the RAFÕ who contributes a forwrod to this history, commending the squadron, and its willingness to go out and bomb in all weathers, and the ability of its groundcrew to keep their aircraft airbourne in all conditions. . This book traces the squadronÕs story from its formation in March 1917 to the Armistice in November 1918. Equipped with F.E.2B a... more information

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A colourful and exciting unit history of the KingÕs Royal Rifle Corps which originated in BritainÕs wars in the Americas during the 18th and 19th centuries under the first of its great battalion commanders, Henri Bouquet. In this first of five volumes, the unit is continually in action in America, Canada and the Caribbean. In the Seven YearsÕ War with France (1756-1763) its battle honours included Fort William Henry; the siege of Louisbourg; Ticonderoga; and the capture of Forts Fr... more information

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This second of the fine five-volume unit history of the KingÕs Royal Rifle Corps begins with the development of the unitÕs characteristic weapon - the rifle - and of its equally ubiquitous uniform, the green jacket, under its Colonel, Baron Francis de Rothenburg. It details the unitÕs role in crushing the Irish rebellion of 1798, and in repelling the French invasion of Ireland in the same year. The Rifle Battalions then saw service in their old battlegrounds of the Americas, in Martin... more information

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