Download or read book Essex Units in the War 1914 1919 2nd Battalion 56th Pompadours written by John William Burrows and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 56th Infantry Brigade and D Day written by Andrew Holborn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trained as an assault brigade, the 56th landed on D-Day and successfully liberated Bayeux the following day. It was then employed in the crossing of the River Seine and the assault on Le Havre, before fighting across Belgium and Holland culminating in the final assault on Arnhem in April 1945, by which time the brigade had served in four different divisions. No previous study has sought to explain how an infantry brigade is used in battle, let alone one holding the title 'Independent'. Holborn considers the styles of war as carried out by British forces and casts new light on the effectiveness of British infantry units and their contribution to war effort. Extensive use has been made of new primary evidence from The National Archives, Imperial War Museum Archive and Regimental Museums. The evidence is used to explore issues pertinent to life in the Army at home during the war, training for war and the Campaign in North West Europe, as well as the role of the battalion.

Download or read book A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army written by Arthur S. White and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the most valuable books in the armoury of the serious student of British Military history. It is a new and revised edition of Arthur White's much sought-after bibliography of regimental, battalion and other histories of all regiments and Corps that have ever existed in the British Army. This new edition includes an enlarged addendum to that given in the 1988 reprint. It is, quite simply, indispensible.

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Download or read book Magnificent But Not War written by John Dixon and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This volume] is essentially a day-by-day record of the Second Battle of Ypres which draws heavily upon personal accounts, regimental histories and war diaries to present a comprehensive study of the battle in which Germany gained the dubious distinction of becoming the first nation in history to use poisonous gas as a weapon of war"--Jacket.

Download or read book The Christmas Truce written by Terri Blom Crocker and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Front cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- 1 "A Candle Lit in the Darkness" -- 2 "Absolute Hell" -- 3 "A Great Day with Our Enemies" -- 4 "No War Today" -- 5 "One Day of Peace at the Front" -- 6 "That Unique and Weird Christmas" -- 7 The Curious Christmas Truce" -- 8 "The Famous Christmas Truce" -- 9 "The Legendary Christmas Truce" -- 10 "Memories of Christmas 1914 Persist" -- 11 "It Was Peace That Won" -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Permissions -- Index.

Download or read book Musical Colours written by Ian Pearson and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the cover of the 1970 record THE VANISHING REGIMENTS, Colonel CH Jaeger OBE made an interesting observation: ‘Be it true or not that old soldiers never die but only fade away, it is absolutely certain that the music connected with soldiering never does in fact. Many famous Regiments in the last few years have passed off the scene, others have been amalgamated. Much of the music of former Regiments is still in use, though the names of the Regiments concerned have vanished, perhaps forever’. Regimental colours are the symbolic spirit of the regiment; their marches are the musical spirit. Their histories are sometimes older than the regiments themselves and very much guarded and cherished by them. When you hear a regimental band play a march, why that march? This book is an attempt to cover the fascinating histories of military marches, how and why regiments adopted them, even those that have faded into history. It will appeal to those interested in Regimental Marches of Canadian and United Kingdom Armed Forces. Over 500 marches are covered with many band photos from across the centuries. Also included are narratives of the composers, Victoria Cross musicians and even words to many marches. So, get out the records, crank up the volume and listen to the bands play their MUSICAL COLOURS while reading all bout them.

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Download or read book Journal of the Royal United Service Institution written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book For Love of Regiment written by Charles Messenger and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1994-03-16 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author explains how the tradition of loyalty to the regiment has served the British Army so well over the past 350 years and, in his vivid description of some of the major campaigns in which it has fought, shows what it was like at various times to have been an officer or a soldier in the British Army.

Download or read book History of the Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia Fourth Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry 1778 1900 written by Frank Willan and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Motivation in War written by Ilya Berkovich and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the motivation of ordinary soldiers to enlist, serve and fight in the armies of eighteenth-century Europe.

Download or read book The Story of the British Army written by C. Cooper King and published by anboco. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have endeavoured in the space at my disposal to show how the British Army has grown up. I have tried merely to tell a "story," and therefore omitted much that might have been said regarding the noble work the Queen's Army has done. As regards the opinions advanced, I have always, as far as possible, given the reasons for my views and the authorities which induced me to form them. I have adhered to the principle of using the old regimental numbers, for the sake of continuity; though, after the date when these were altered, I have, in most cases, added their present territorial titles. I wish to express my great appreciation of the courtesy of the Colonel and the Officers of the Lancashire Fusiliers (20th), South Wales Borderers (24th), and the Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment (14th), in allowing me to sketch the uniforms of their men from the interesting histories of their respective regiments, and to E. C. Brett, Esq., for permitting me to copy the suits of armour that I have chosen as types from his father's magnificent volume on Arms and Armour. Kingsclear, Camberley, March 1897.

Download or read book Essex and Dagenham a Catalogue of Books Pamphlets and Maps written by Public Libraries (Dagenham) and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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