Download or read book Reminiscences of Admiral Montagu by Admiral the Hon Victor A Montagu written by Victor Alexander Montagu and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Middy s Recollections 1853 1860 Illustrated Edition written by Victor Alexander Montagu and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rear Admiral, the Honourable Victor Alexander Montagu's recollections of his early days in the Royal Navy. First published in 1898.
Download or read book Reminiscences of Admiral Montagu With Illustrations written by Victor Alexander MONTAGU (Hon.) and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of Admiral Montagu written by Victor Alexander Montagu and published by London : E. Arnold. This book was released on 1910 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Beresford written by Charles William De la Poer Beresford Baron Beresford and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Admiral Charles William was a British admiral and Member of Parliament. He was a well-known and popular figure, widely known to the British public as "Charlie B". During his life, he combined two careers: one in the navy and another in parliament. He had a reputation as a hero in battle and champion of the navy in the House of Commons. This book describes the main events of his life from 1859, the year he entered the Royal Navy, to 1909, when he came on shore.
Download or read book The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford Written by Himself written by Rear-admiral lord Charles Beresford and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford written by Charles William De la Poer Beresford Baron Beresford and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A British Rifle Man written by George Simmons and published by A. & C. BLACK. This book was released on with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Simmons, the writer of the following letters and journals, was born on 2nd May 1785. His parents resided at Beverley, in Yorkshire. The family consisted of nine sons and three daughters. Since some of their names constantly recur in Simmons's letters, a brief account of them will be useful. Maud, the second son, obtained a commission in the 34th Foot in 1809. The third, Joseph, after beginning life as an attorney's clerk, joined his eldest brother's corps, the 95th Rifles, as a Volunteer in 1812, and shortly afterwards was granted a commission in it. All three brothers served in the Peninsular War. The fourth brother, John, appears to have been a source of some trouble to his parents, and eventually ran away from home and entered the Mercantile Marine. His career at sea was a brief one. His ship was very soon attacked and captured by a French privateer, and he was killed in the engagement. The daughters, especially the second, Ann, "My dear Ann" of many a letter, were the object of constant solicitude to George, and of much good advice and many anxious forebodings. These details of the family are rendered necessary by the fact that for some cause or other the eldest brother appears to have constituted himself as the adviser and protector, and to some extent the supporter, of his parents. His father seems to have been in extremely straitened circumstances, and to have lacked the capability of looking after his family. George was evidently a very steady young fellow, and, realising that his father was unable to fight the battle of life, he set to work and studied medicine with a view to being able to support his parents. In 1805, when Napoleon's threatened invasion had caused all the manhood of England to enrol themselves for the defence of the country, George was given a commission as Assistant-Surgeon in the Royal South Lincolnshire Militia, commanded by Colonel Waldo-Sibthorp, M.P. In this corps he served for nearly four years, and during that time gained the friendship of his Colonel, who subsequently assisted him in various ways. The Lincoln Militia were quartered in Hythe Barracks in the spring of 1809, as were both Battalions of the 95th Rifles. The latter were in a very shattered condition, having only recently returned from the disastrous campaign of Coruña. In order to fill up their depleted ranks, volunteers were called for from the Militia, and every Militia officer who could induce a hundred men to join the service was granted a commission. No difficulty, however, was experienced in obtaining recruits for "The Rifles," as they were styled. Although a very "young" regiment, having been raised only nine years previously, the peculiar nature of their arm—the rifle—and their exceptionally active employment, coupled with the fact that they had already made their name at Copenhagen under Lord Nelson, at Monte Video, and only recently at Roliça, Vimeiro, and Coruña, caused many more to volunteer for service in their ranks than could be taken. In the words of Sir William Cope, the historian of the Rifle Brigade:— The regiment had already became so famous and popular, that not only were the deficiencies filled up in a very short time, but more than a thousand volunteers presented themselves beyond the numbers required. It was therefore resolved by the Authorities to add a 3rd Battalion to the regiment. George Simmons, partly for reasons already given, but no doubt also owing to strong military instincts and a true British desire to "fight the French," easily induced a number of his Militiamen to volunteer for the Rifles, and thereby became entitled to a second-lieutenant's commission himself—there were no "ensigns" in the Rifles in those days. It was at this juncture that his friend and benefactor, Colonel Sibthorp, unwilling to lose his Assistant-Surgeon, and doubting the wisdom of his going out to Portugal amid the circumstances, made use of influence at the Horse Guards to cause the issue...
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