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India General Service Medal 1908 1935
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Book Synopsis British Military Medals by : Peter Duckers
Download or read book British Military Medals written by Peter Duckers and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-09-16 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling guide to military medals. This second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling British Military Medals traces the history of medals and gallantry awards from Elizabethan times to the modern day, and it features an expert account of their design and production. Campaign and gallantry medals are a key to understanding - and exploring - British and imperial military history, and to uncovering the careers and exploits of individual soldiers. In a series of succinct and well-organized chapters he explains how medals originated, to whom they were awarded and how the practice of giving medals has developed over the centuries. His work is a guide for collectors and for local and family historians who want to learn how to use medals to discover the history of military units and the experiences of individuals who served in them.
Book Synopsis Bomber Harris: His Life and Times by : Henry Probert
Download or read book Bomber Harris: His Life and Times written by Henry Probert and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the definitive biography of one of the most controversial figures of the Second World War. Sir Arthur Harris remains the target of criticism and vilification by many, while others believe that the contribution he and his men made to the Allied victory is grossly undervalued. Harris has been condemned, in particular, for his Area Bombing tactics which saw civilians and their homes become legitimate targets along with industrial and military installations. This is explored by the author and placed fully within its context, and just as importantly, within the instructions he received from Churchill’s administration. Henry Probert’s critical but highly sympathetic account draws on wide-ranging research and, for the first time, all of Harris’ own papers, to give an outstanding insight into a man who combined leadership, professionalism and decisiveness with kindness, humour and generosity.
Book Synopsis The Canadian Honours System by : Christopher McCreery
Download or read book The Canadian Honours System written by Christopher McCreery and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2005-04-30 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2005 Ontario Printing and Imaging Association Excellence in Print Awards Best of Category, and of the 2005 International Gallery of Superb Printing Gold Award for Superb Craftsmanship Since the creation of the Canadian honours system in 1967, more than 250,000 Canadians have been rewarded, yet little has been written about it. This full-colour illustrated book recounts the history of Canada’s various national orders, decorations, and medals, from New France’s Croix de St. Louis, through the British Order of the Bath, to modern Canadian awards such as the General Campaign Star. Each award in the modern Canadian honours system is examined in detail, including historical background, design, and criteria for bestowal. With special chapters on heraldry, protocol, and the proper mounting and wear of medals, it is an essential reference for anyone interested in Canadian honours.
Book Synopsis Dust Donkeys and Delusions by : Graham Wilson
Download or read book Dust Donkeys and Delusions written by Graham Wilson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dust, Donkeys and Delusion examines and clinically debunks the myth that has grown up around Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the so-called `Man with the Donkey', the quintessential Australian `hero' of Gallipoli. While the various elements of the Simpson myth have now become popularly accepted as `history', Dust, Donkeys and Delusion shows clearly, based on historical documents, both official and unofficial, that almost every word ever spoken or written about Simpson following his death is false.
Book Synopsis RAF Records in the PRO by : Simon Fowler
Download or read book RAF Records in the PRO written by Simon Fowler and published by Public Record Office Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Catalogue of Campaign and Independence Medals Issued During the Twentieth Century to the British Army by : Neville Wright Poulsom
Download or read book A Catalogue of Campaign and Independence Medals Issued During the Twentieth Century to the British Army written by Neville Wright Poulsom and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis British Army Medals and Awards - The Complete List by : Toby Carrington-Woods
Download or read book British Army Medals and Awards - The Complete List written by Toby Carrington-Woods and published by Shahid Khan. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military Buffs, History Students, Historical Trivia Lovers and Even Students of Politics...You Must Have This eBook For Your Collection!Nowhere else in just one edition will you find such complete information!British Army Medals and Awards - The Complete List.Military buffs and collectors will appreciate this complete book of medal and award descriptions from the earliest days up to the present. This book really rounds out your library of military knowledge!Gaze at the medals and awards – understand the history and significance of each – even compare it to medals your family members may have been awarded!
Download or read book Bromley written by Ian Bromley and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2006-11-13 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far more than just a family history, this book draws on a range of reference works to take us to next level in genealogical research methods. The author questions and challenges conventional genealogical research beliefs. He applies a style of interpretation to some of the known historical events in history, in relation to that of his own family.
Book Synopsis 'Taming the Tiger' by : Richard G.M.L. Stiles
Download or read book 'Taming the Tiger' written by Richard G.M.L. Stiles and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the twelve campaigns fo r whichthe India General Service Medal 1908-1935 was awarded - North West Frontier1908; Abor 1911-12; Afghanistan North West Frontier 1919; Mahsud 1919-20; Waziristan 1919-21; Malabar 1921-22; Waziristan 1921-24; Waziristan 1925; North West Frontier 1930-31; Burma 1930-32; Mohmand 1933; North West Frontier 1935. Includes the Medal Rolls of the British Army and Royal Air Force are published for all officer entitlements, all multi-clasp recipients, and all personnel of units present in less than battalion strength - in all, a total of more than 14,000 names (civilians included). Recipients of single-clasp medals who served with regiments and units present in full strength are not included, partly because of the sheer volume of names and partly because verification of these medals on the original rolls is not so complex. The many difficulties of using the original rolls and on-line versions are explained in the Introduction. Hence the published rolls in this book make it straightforward for collectors and military historians to check officer, multi-clasp and 'odd men' entitlements to the India General Service Medal 1908-1935. The degree of rarity of medals for any given campaign clasp(s) to individual regiments or units (including the Royal Air Force) is specified. In addition, this volume includes: Rolls of Honour for the British Establishment; Orders of Battle for the British and Indian Establishments with the names of Commanding Officers; and many previously unpublished photographs.
Book Synopsis Awards of Honour by : Arthur Jocelyn
Download or read book Awards of Honour written by Arthur Jocelyn and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis VCs of the First World War: The Sideshows by : Gerald Gliddon
Download or read book VCs of the First World War: The Sideshows written by Gerald Gliddon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thirteenth and final volume of the VCs of the First World War series features the lives and careers of forty-six servicemen who won the coveted Victoria Cross in theatres of war – or ' Sideshows', as they became known – beyond the Western Front and Gallipoli. Opening with the stories of four VC winners who took part in the prolonged struggle to drive the German Army out of East Africa, VCs of the First World War: The Sideshows goes on to tell the stories of the two Indian Army winners of the VC defending the North-West Frontier. Finally, it covers the campaigns against the Austro–German forces in Italy; securing the oil wells in Mesopotamia (later Iraq); defending the Suez Canal and attacking the Ottoman Army in Palestine and lastly serving in Salonika in the Balkans. Each VC winner's act of bravery is recorded here in intricate detail, together with the background of the men and their lives after the war – if they survived.
Book Synopsis Fuel Fire And Fear by : Colin Pateman
Download or read book Fuel Fire And Fear written by Colin Pateman and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Second World War the need for an on-board technical expert to join the Bomber Crews evolved. The various systems on the latest 4-engined 'Heavy Bombers', namely the Handley Page Halifax, Shorts Stirling and Avro Lancaster witnessed the development of Flight Engineers. This book provides the reader with an explanation of the origin of Flight Engineers, the training of these men and the complexity of keeping large bombers in the air is an enthralling story. Many gallantry medals were won by Flight Engineers, including the Victoria Cross. Accounts of dangerous operational flying is revealed by Flight Engineers in numerous aircraft including those of Coastal Command. Direct entries into the RAF by civilians were undertaken to satisfy the demand for Flight Engineers. Entrants underwent courses of varying lengths but flying training time was very sparse and remarkably it was not unknown for these men to qualify for their flying badges without ever having flown in an aircraft. This book examines true accounts that took place; many based upon personal flying logbooks and other unique material originating from the pilots and aircrew themselves.
Book Synopsis British Campaign Medals 1815-1914 by : Peter Duckers
Download or read book British Campaign Medals 1815-1914 written by Peter Duckers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time of imperial expansion, British forces were almost constantly in action against major powers, in wars of conquest, or in expeditions on the fringes of Empire, such as the North West Frontier, southern Africa or Burma. This book outlines the medals issued to British soldiers and sailors for military service.
Book Synopsis Winston Churchill Soldier by : Douglas S. Russell
Download or read book Winston Churchill Soldier written by Douglas S. Russell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-19 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young man Winston Churchill set out to become a hero, to make a name for himself in the public eye as a soldier and so make possible a life of politics and statesmanship. There were many chances to fail and many close calls in the face of sword, spear and bullet along the way. Yet Churchill survived and succeeded – an early measure of his courage and stubborn will that the world would come to know so well in the Second World War. This is the first full-length, fully-researched biography of Churchill's colourful military career. Using an unrivalled range of sources, and with previously unpublished photographs, and detailed maps by Sir Martin Gilbert, it brings to life Churchill's motives, abilities, experiences, successes and failures, and his unswerving sense of destiny as an officer in the British Army. The result is a story to echo the man himself – rich in action, courage, charismatic self-belief, patriotism and humour. Making extensive use of the contemporary accounts of Churchill and his fellow soldiers and archival documents from three continents, illustrated with many maps and previously unpublished photographs, Douglas S. Russell vividly brings to life the military career of the vigorous young officer of hussars who later became the greatest Briton of the twentieth century. From Sandhurst to the mountainous North-West Frontier of India, to the charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman, from the South African veldt to the deadly trench warfare of the Great War, the author – whom Sir Martin Gilbert calls 'a keen portraitist' – tells the gripping story of Churchill's army life with careful attention to historical detail and all the drama that the real life adventures of his subject deserve.
Book Synopsis Victoria Crosses on the Western Front by : Paul Oldfield
Download or read book Victoria Crosses on the Western Front written by Paul Oldfield and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-12-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted. Victoria Crosses on the Western Front: Battles of the Hindenburg Line - Havrincourt and Epehy is designed for the battlefield visitor as much as the armchair reader. A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context. Detailed sketch maps show the area today, together with the battle-lines and movements of the combatants. It will allow visitors to stand upon the spot, or very close to, where each VC was won. Photographs of the battle sites richly illustrate the accounts. There is also a comprehensive biography for each recipient, covering every aspect of their lives warts and all: parents and siblings, education, civilian employment, military career, wife and children, death and burial/commemoration. A host of other information, much of it published for the first time, reveals some fascinating characters, with numerous links to many famous people and events.
Download or read book Orders and Medals written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis "Where I Came In-- " in China, Burma, India by : Robert James Kadel
Download or read book "Where I Came In-- " in China, Burma, India written by Robert James Kadel and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1986 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
