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Book The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Regimental History  1741 1966

Download or read book The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Regimental History 1741 1966 written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Regimental War Tales  1741 1914

Download or read book Regimental War Tales 1741 1914 written by Augustus Ferryman Mockler-Ferryman and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Story of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry  the Old 43rd and 52nd Regiments

Download or read book The Story of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry the Old 43rd and 52nd Regiments written by Henry Newbolt and published by . This book was released on 2001-08-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some time ago I read of an officer of the old 52nd who used to strop his razor fifty-two times every morning before shaving. In1881, when the Cardwell reforms took effect, the 52nd were linked with the 43rd. The officer concerned still stropped his razor fifty-two times but when he reached forty-three he turned his head to one side and spat. It is doubtful the author had ever heard this story because his version of the amalgamation speaks of brotherhood between the two regiments. Sir Henry Newbolt was a well-known literary figure of his time, poet, novelist, historian (he wrote the last two volumes of the Official Naval History) and very much a patriot. In this book he tells the story of both regiments from their formation to the end of 1914. Each chapter covers a specific period and the fortunes of the regiments during those periods are described five of the fifteen chapters are devoted to the Peninsular War. The 43rd was raised in 1741, at first as the 54th but this was changed in 1751 and in 1782 it became the Monmouthshires. The 52nd was raised in 1755, also as the 54th, but this number, too, was changed within a couple of years and in 1782 it became the Oxfordshire Regiment. The eventual union of these two regiments seems to have been pre-destined for not only did they begin life with the same Foot number, they served together in the American War of Independence; in 1803 they were both redesignated Light Infantry under General Moore; in 1807 they went together on the Copenhagen expedition; they fought together through the seven years of the Peninsular War in which they were awarded identical battle honours and in 1881 they were linked to become the 1st (43rd Foot) and 2nd (52nd Foot) Battalions of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry Regiment. In 1908 there was another change in title when the regiment was designated the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and although this event took place within the time frame of this history, Newbolt makes no mention of it let alone explain it; so I, for one, still have no idea how or why Buckinghamshire got into the act. Of two appendices, one reproduces the list of officers as published in the September 1915 Army List (corrected to August 31st 1914) and the other lists the officer casualties for the first year of the Great War, that is to the end of August 1915.

Book The Story of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry  The Old 43rd and 52nd Regiments

Download or read book The Story of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry The Old 43rd and 52nd Regiments written by Sir Henry John Newbolt and published by London : Country Life. This book was released on 1915 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Historical Records of the Forty Third Regiment  Monmouthshire Light Infantry  Oxfordshire   Buckinghamshire L I

Download or read book Historical Records of the Forty Third Regiment Monmouthshire Light Infantry Oxfordshire Buckinghamshire L I written by Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge and published by . This book was released on 2014-03-12 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Regimental history of a British Army unit, originally called the 54th, then the 43rd Regiment, (Monmouthshire Light Infantry), later incorporated into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Formed in 1741, the Regiment's first action came during the War of Austrian Succession when it defended the island of Minorca. The writer gives vivid and humane accounts of regimental life in its early years - including a fearsome punishment for cowardice known as 'riding the horse'. The 43rd were present at Wolfe's great victory at Quebec, and the author gives a colourful account of the battle, and of its next engagement in the American War of Independence, in which it fought at Lexington, Bunker Hill and finally Yorktown. During the Napoleonic Wars, the regiment was present at Sir John Moore's retreat to Corunna, the disastrous Walcheren expedition, and the Peninsular war in which it fought at the battles of Busaco, Fuentes d'Onoro, the storming of Ciudad Roderigo and Badajoz, the battles of Vittoria and Salamanca, the Nive and Toulouse. It was back in North America in the War of 1812, and was present at the battle of New Orleans.

Book Regimental War Tales  1741 1914

Download or read book Regimental War Tales 1741 1914 written by Augustus Ferryman Mockler-Ferryman and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Download or read book The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry written by Philip Booth and published by Leo Cooper Books. This book was released on 1971 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regimentsmarch i nodenotation. - Citater og omtale af en del erindringsbøger. - Introduktion til bogen ved Brian Horrocks.

Book The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Download or read book The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Story of the 2 4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Download or read book The Story of the 2 4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry written by Rose Geoffrey Keith and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Book The Story of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Download or read book The Story of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry written by Henry Newbolt and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Guinness History of the British Army

Download or read book The Guinness History of the British Army written by John Pimlott and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Historical Record of the Fifty second Regiment  Oxfordshire Light Infantry  from the Year 1755 to the Year 1858

Download or read book Historical Record of the Fifty second Regiment Oxfordshire Light Infantry from the Year 1755 to the Year 1858 written by William Scarth Moorsom and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxfordshire Light Infantry was one of a number of infantry regiments raised on the eve of the Seven Years War (1756-1763) and initially numbered 54th Foot; two years later, in 1757, it was renumbered 52nd. In 1782 the line regiments were given territorial affiliations and the 52nd became the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regt of Foot. In 1803 it was designated Light Infantry and its title changed accordingly to that shown in the title of this history. During the hundred years or so covered in this historical record the regiment served in Canada, America, India (before and during the Mutiny), Ceylon, the Peninsula, France and the Netherlands. The first ten years were spent in England and Ireland till, in 1765 the regiment sailed for Canada. It took part in the American War of Independence in which it suffered considerable casualties and finally returned to England at the end of 1778.There followed a spell of fifteen years in India during which it was involved in the Mysore War against Tippoo Sahib. From 1808 to 1814 the regiment was heavily engaged in the Peninsular War, of the twenty-three battle honours awarded during that campaign the Oxfordshires received thirteen and their losses amounted to 1,629 according to the casualty tables shown in the book. It was at Waterloo where it distinguished itself in its flank attack against the advancing Imperial Guard (The Old Guard) as it closed with the British Guards Brigade.The record closes with the return of the regiment from a second spell in India during which it was in action during the Indian Mutiny. This book is set out on a year-by-year basis; there are no chapters, just date headings starting from 1755 with the narrative describing all the events involving the regiment in that year. Some are very short, as, for example 1781: The 52nd Regiment, in 1781, was encamped at Rye. Other years, such as the years of the Peninsular War, are full of detail, running into many pages and include correspondence, divisional orders, extracts from despatches and so forth. Casualty details. appear in the text, officers named and sometimes non-commissioned ranks. An appendix provides biographical notes on a number of officers and on a few non-commissioned officers, indicating where they are mentioned in the text, as in an index. Unfortunately there is no separate index, and as there is no contents list or chapter headings it is not always easy to find a particular action or event - unless you already know the date.

Book Story of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Download or read book Story of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry written by Sir Henry John Newbolt and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Museums of the World

Download or read book Museums of the World written by Bettina Bartz and published by K. G. Saur. This book was released on 1997 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely updated with information supplied by administrators and staff, the sixth edition of Museums of the World provides valuable research and professional information for some 27,000 museums in 192 nations. Organized by country and city within individual nations, entries include address ... telephone, fax, and e-mail numbers ... description of holdings and facilities ... museum director's name ... and more.

Book Bugle   Sabre

Download or read book Bugle Sabre written by Stanley C. Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bugle and Sabre

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  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 9780993084935
  • Pages : 64 pages

Download or read book Bugle and Sabre written by Stanley C. Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: