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Book Synopsis Historical Record of the Fifty-second Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) by : William Scarth Moorsom
Download or read book Historical Record of the Fifty-second Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) written by William Scarth Moorsom and published by London, Richard Bentley. This book was released on 1860 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Historical Record of the Fifty-second Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) from the Year 1755 to the Year 1858 by : William Scarth Moorsom
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 Synopsis Historical Record of the Fifty-Second Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) by : William Scarth Moorsom
Download or read book Historical Record of the Fifty-Second Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) written by William Scarth Moorsom and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Book Synopsis The Story of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the Old 43rd and 52nd Regiments) by : Henry Newbolt
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 Synopsis History of the 43rd and 52nd (Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) Light Infantry by : Captain J. E. H. Neville
Download or read book History of the 43rd and 52nd (Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) Light Infantry written by Captain J. E. H. Neville and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's British soldiers serving in Iraq will know the country in which much of this unit history is set - the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers known in the Great War as Mesopotamia. Unusually for such a work of record, the author lays down the background to the Great War in the Middle East in some detail - stressing such factors as the German-Turkish alliance; the building of the Berlin to Baghdad railway and Britain's interest in the Persian ( Iranian) oilfields. He also reports events with a topical resonance today - such as anti-British riots in Basra, and the declaration of a ‘JIhad’. The 43rd took part in the defeat of the Turks at Khan Baghdadi, and after the armistice in the spring of 1919 was re-deployed to Archangel in northern Russia in an effort to nip the Bolshevik revoloution in the bud. Under the command of General Sir Edmund ‘Tiny’ Ironside the 43rd battled gallantly against Bolshevik forces, although beset by flies, mosquitoes, bloodsucking ticks called clegs - and their unreliable White Russian allies. At last, partly through lack of progress and partly due to political pressure against an un popular foreign adventure - another echo of today- the unit was withdrawn in the autumn of 1919. An intriguing and unusual account of two little-known camapigns with eerily prophetic echoes of events in Iraq today.
Book Synopsis The Story of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (The Old 43rd and 52nd Regiments) by : Sir Henry John Newbolt
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 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry by : Philip Booth
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 Synopsis History of the 43rd and 52nd (Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) Light Infantry in the Great War, 1914-1918 by : Simon Harris
Download or read book History of the 43rd and 52nd (Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) Light Infantry in the Great War, 1914-1918 written by Simon Harris and published by Godsfield Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Story of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry by : Sir Henry John Newbolt
Download or read book The Story of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry written by Sir Henry John Newbolt and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The history of Lord Seaton's regiment, the 52nd light infantry, at the battle of Waterloo by : William Leeke
Download or read book The history of Lord Seaton's regiment, the 52nd light infantry, at the battle of Waterloo written by William Leeke and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of the Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia (Fourth Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry), 1778-1900 by : Frank Willan
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 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army by : Arthur S. White
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.
Book Synopsis Edwards's Military Catalogue by : Francis Edwards (Firm)
Download or read book Edwards's Military Catalogue written by Francis Edwards (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Historical Records of the First Regiment of Militia by : George Alfred Raikes
Download or read book Historical Records of the First Regiment of Militia written by George Alfred Raikes and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 376 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 Synopsis The British Field Marshals, 1736-1997 by : T. A. Heathcote
Download or read book The British Field Marshals, 1736-1997 written by T. A. Heathcote and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether any advantage or benefit will be drawn from the suspension or effective abolition of the rank of Field Marshal is debatable. What is certain, however, is that Dr. Tony Heathcotes idea of compiling a definitive biographical dictionary of holders of this illustrious rank since its introduction by George II in 1736, is opportune and inspired.Those readers who anticipate a dry recitation of bare facts and statistics are in for a disappointment. A reference work this may be but the author, by dint of his depth of knowledge, has created a shrewd and highly readable commentary as well.As General Sir Charles Guthrie (the first soldier to be denied promotion to Field Marshal on appointment to Chief of Defense Staff) observes in his Foreword, this book embraces the history of the British Army over the last 250-300 years. It covers not only the careers of key individuals but provides an understanding of their contribution to the successes and failures of our military past. The diversity of personalities, who have only the honor of wearing the coveted crossed batons in common, is fascinating. Alongside the household names of the great strategists and distinguished leaders lie little known and forgotten figures, who gained their exalted rank by either luck, accident of birth or diplomatic gesture.The British Field Marshals merits a place on the bookshelf of any military historian but is likely to be found on his or her bedside table. Whether or not the rank is ever resurrected, as it has been in the past and as many will hope it will be again, this delightful and useful book will remain the authoritative guide to all those who have held the highest military rank in the British Army.
Book Synopsis The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry by : Rose Geoffrey Keith
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 Synopsis HISTORY OF LORD SEATON'S REGIMENT, by : WILLIAM. LEEKE
Download or read book HISTORY OF LORD SEATON'S REGIMENT, written by WILLIAM. LEEKE and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
