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The Durham Light Infantry is not only one of the British armyÕs proudest and most distinguised units - it is also one of the best recorded. This book is one among several published by the Naval and Military Press chronicling the DLIÕs many battle exploits, and it tells the regimentÕs story during the Second World War. The historycomes complete with a foreword by Field-Marshal Montgomery who often found himself commanding the DLI in many fields, from Alamein to Germany via Sicily, Norm... more information

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This volume is one of a series entitled Campaigns and their Lessons . The author, C.E.Calwell (1859-1928) had retired as a colonel five years before the outbreak of war. He was recalled, promoted to Temp Major-General and appointed Director of Military Operations (DMO) in place of Henry Wilson; he held the post till the end of 1915 and was then sent on liaison missions to Russia. He was a well-known military historian, author of several books including the biographies of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson and... more information

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Two previously unknown factors ensured that the Great WarÕs disastrous effects were evenly spread throughout the land: the introduction of conscription and the gradual onset of war by attrition. If the old, professional, regular army was shattered at Ypres and the willing volunteers of KitchenerÕs new armies destroyed on the Somme, it was these two factors which ensured that the flow of casualties continued undiminished throughout the remaining years of the war on a scale never matched before... more information

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The troopship Birkenhead sailed from Cork on 17 January 1852, bound for South Africa with 12 officers, two surgeons and an assistant surgeon, 479 WOs, NCOs and men, 56 women and children and a crew of 130. The troops, drafts from ten regiments, were reinforcements for units involved in the Eighth Kaffir War. After putting into Cape Town, disembarking sick men and some passengers and taking on coal and horses, the Birkenhead sailed for Port Elizabeth on the evening of 25 February. At 1.50 a.m. on the 26th... more information

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Sub-titled True Stories of the Most Glorious Acts of Heroism of the EmpireÕs Soldiers and Sailors during the Great War this collection of exploits on land, sea and in the air makes a fascinating, illustrated record. Here are stories recounting in graphic detail acts of gallantry or engagements at sea or in the air, each vividly pictured by artists especially commissioned to bring to life the actions described in the text. Most of them are accounts of individual gallantry, including forty VCs and ne... more information

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An account of the second defence of Cawnpore during the Indian Mutiny under Major-General Charles Windham in November 1857. Cawnpore is indelibly associated with the first siege and massacre there of hundreds of men, women and children by the mutineers under Nana Sahib in June 1857. This book deals with the cityÕs defence at a later stage in the mutiny, and the author is particularly concerned with defending WindhamÕs role in the fighting. With two maps and appendices. 2004 N&M Press rep... more information

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The first in the 18-volume Official History of the Second World War covers the defence of the British Isles on land, sea, and in the air. Beginning with disarmament after the Great War in 1918, Basil Collier traces BritainÕs gradual rearmarment in the face of the renewed threat from Germany. There are chapters on the ÔPhoney warÕ of 1939-40; and on the effects of the disastrous Norway campaign and the Dunkirk evacuation. The Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940 is extensively covered... more information

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The siege and storming of Delhi was the turning point of the Indian Mutiny - the moment when British rule in the sub-continent hung in the balance. Colonel Keith Young, Judge-Advocate General of the Indian Army, and a high-ranking British official, was an eye-witness throughout, and this substantial account is drawn from his private papers and were originally intended for his familyÕs eyes only. Most of them were letters to his wife, who, with other European ladies, was in the relative safety of th... more information

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This Roll of Honour contains the names of 902 men who at the time of enlistment had their homes in Denny or Dunipace. Of these 154 were killed in action or died on service and sixteen were prisoners of war. Decorations were earned by 31 men. The list of those who died and whose names are on the War Memorial are given by regiments or Service. The Roll of Honour of all those who served is arranged alphabetically, showing the date they joined up, rank unit and place of residence. The dead are identified as ... more information

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When the Territorial Force (TF) was created in 1908, the Derbyshire Yeomanry, together with the South Notts Hussars and Sherwood Rangers formed the Notts and Derby Mounted Brigade in the 1st Mounted Division. In September 1914 another mounted division was formed, the 2nd, to which the Notts and Derby Brigade was transferred, and in November the division was deployed along the Norfolk coast, the regiment being stationed in Cromer. In April 1915 the division sailed for Egypt where the brigade was redesignat... more information

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A reprint of an extremely scarce publication giving a full description and instruction for the loading and fusing of high explosive and incendiary bombs; also instrucitons for the use of parachute flares, smoke bombs and ground flares.Details of bomb racks are also included.This extremely detailed work explains the state-of-the-art of aerial bombs in 1918.A brilliant manual which tells you all you need to know in a technical but easily understood manner. SB. 2005 N & M Press reprint.312pp with 86 plate... more information

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Raised in 1685 as Colonel the Duke of BeaufortÕs Musketeers the Devons became the 11th Regiment of Foot in 1751 when infantry regiments of the line were numbered instead of being named after the colonel of the moment. In 1782 it was given a county association as 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot, and in 1881 it became The Devonshire Regiment. As a matter of interest the 20th of Foot was given the title East Devonshire in 1782, but in 1881 this became The Lancashire Fusiliers (it was not just ... more information

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The author, a Territorial medical officer in the RAMC, was attached to the Worcestershire Yeomanry (QueenÕs Own Worcestershire Hussars) in 1914. The regiment was part of the 1st South Midland Brigade, 1st Mounted Division, but within a month of the outbreak of war a 2nd Mounted Division was formed and the 1st S Midland Brigade joined it. In April 1915 the division went to Egypt and in May the brigades were numbered as Mounted Brigades with 1st S Midland becoming 1st Mounted Brigade. In August 1915 t... more information

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Bayly was commissioned in the 12th Foot (later The Suffolk Regiment) in 1796 at the age of 16 and served with the regiment for the next 34 years. As a young subaltern he obviously had an eye for the girls, in fact his descriptions could suggest he was the original wolf-whistler. He got the wrong girl when stationed on the Isle of Wight; her two hefty brothers gave him a hammering and kicking and threw him into the street where two passing soldiers picked him up. No doubt they dined out on that story. Duel... more information

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The 9th Lancers were stationed in Muttra, India, in September 1899 when they were warned for service in S Africa where war with the Boers was imminent. The Regiment sailed from Bombay on 24/25 September in three ships, one of which encountered a fierce storm between Durban and Cape Town resulting in 83 horses and nine mules being killed or washed overboard. This storm is vividly described, the carnage among the animals on deck was appalling as they were flung about among the wreckage of the wooden stables.... more information

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This slim volume was originally published as a paperback, primarily for the men of the battery. It is, according to the foreword, a partial record of the daily activities of the battery, written from day to day under circumstances and conditions of a widely varying kind, all demanding brevity - no room for literary excellence. The battery came into existence on 3 April 1916 at Lethbridge, Alberta. It did its training at Petawawa Camp and embarked for England on 11 September 1916 where it was located in W... more information

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A mammoth and sobering record, listing the tragically frequent disasters at sea between 1824 and 1962. The book, though daunting in size, is easy to use, giving an alphabetical list of every ship lost, with the circumstances of the sinking, and the technical data of each ship: length, beam, tonnage, speed, propulsion etc. This fascinating work of reference should be on the shelves or in the cabin of any maritime enthusiast. Reprint of 1969 publication, originally in Two Volumes. HB. 780pp. ... more information

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This reprint of the third edition of Colonel-General Heinz Guderian's book is concerned with his thoughts on the armoured unit and its tactics, together with his vision of infantry-tank co-operation. He starts with a review of the significant tank attacks during the First World War: Cambrai, Soissons and Amiens, and he analyses the reasons for the relative failure of tank tactics in that conflict. He then looks at the development of the tank and its tactics in Britain, France and Russia between the wars. T... more information

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The ÔDie-HardsÕ is the nickname of the Middlesex Regiment, earned at the battle of Albuera in the Peninsular War in May 1811. The Regiment was one of five that had four regular battalions before the outbreak of war, it also had two Special Reserve battalions (5th and 6th) and four Territorial battalions, 7th to 10th. During the course of the war another thirty-nine battalions were formed making the Regiment the second largest along with the KingÕs (Liverpool), though not all battalions... more information

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This title contains all 1700 awards from the Conspicuous Service Cross with full London Gazette citations in date order with an index. SB 92pp, index.2001 N&MP Reprint of 1988 Original Edition ... more information

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