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Author : Martin Everett
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ISBN 13 : 9780752418469
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (184 download)
Download or read book The South Wales Borderers written by Martin Everett and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South Wales Borderers 1881-1969
Author : Christopher Thomas Atkinson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The South Wales Borderers, 24th Foot, 1689-1937 written by Christopher Thomas Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. T. Atkinson
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ISBN 13 : 9781783311118
Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (111 download)
Download or read book South Wales Borderers 24th Foot 1689-1937 written by C. T. Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-08 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South Wales Borderers and its predecessor units were one of the most distinguished, as well as one of the most venerable, line regiments in the British Army. Formed in 1689, the year of the 'Glorious Revolution' the regiment played a major part in Britain's 18th century wars with France, and in colonial conflicts of the 19th century. It's finest hour came at the legendary defence of Rorke's Drift in the 1879 Zulu War, when a record 11 VCs were won in a single day - seven of them to the regiment's members - during the successful and heroic siege of the Natal mission station against Zulu warrior. This magnificent regimental history concludes with the story of the Borderers in the Great War and its aftermath.
Author : C. T. Late Atkinson
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ISBN 13 : 9781783310777
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The History of the South Wales Borderers 1914- 1918 written by C. T. Late Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 1914 the SWB consisted of two regular battalions, the 1st in Bordon with 3rd Brigade 1st Division, the 2nd in Tientsin; the 3rd Special Reserve Battalion in Brecon; and one Territorial battalion, the Brecknockshire Battalion, also in Brecon. By the end of the war a further 17 battalions had been raised eight of which went on active service and all of them feature in this excellent history, even if only briefly in the case of those that did not leave the UK. Total dead numbered some 5,500, 64 Battle Honours were awarded and six VCs were won. There is a list of Honours and Awards, including Mention in Despatches and foreign awards, and also the Roll of Honour in which officers are listed alphabetically, other ranks alphabetically by battalions; place and date of death are not given. Battalions of the regiment served on the Western Front, at Gallipoli (2nd and 4th), in Macedonia (7th and 8th) and Mesopotamia (4th). Two of the active service battalions, 11th and 12th, were disbanded in France in Feb 1918 when divisions in the BEF were reduced from twelve to nine battalions. The 1st Battalion landed in France on 13 August 1914 with 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, and stayed with them for the rest of the war, fighting on the Western Front. The 2nd Battalion was in China when war broke out, and its first operation was the capture of the German naval base of Tsingtao, in cooperation with the Japanese, and with this accomplished in November 1914 the battalion returned to the UK where it arrived in January 1915. Back home, it was allocated to the newly formed 'incomparable' 29th Division, the last of the regular divisions to be formed (apart from the Guards Division) and with which it landed on Gallipoli in April that year. After Gallipoli it went to France with the division, arriving in March 1916, and there it stayed to the end. The Brecknocks served throughout the war in Aden and India, the 4th went to Gallipoli with 13th (Western) Division and from there to Mesopotamia where it won two of regiment's six VCs. The 5th and 6th Battalions were Pioneers and fought in France as divisional pioneer battalions while the 7th and 8th, both in 22nd Division, after only a month in France went with the division to Macedonia in November 1915 where they saw out the rest of the war. The 10th and 11th Battalions served with 38th (Welsh) Division in France from the end of 1915, and finally the 12th (Bantam) Battalion crossed to France in June 1916 with 119th Brigade 40th Division in which it served till disbanded in Feb 1918.
Author : Rene Francillon
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780850452310
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (523 download)
Download or read book USAAF Fighter Units written by Rene Francillon and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 1977-07-15 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jack Adams
Publisher : Hamish Hamilton
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The South Wales Borderers written by Jack Adams and published by Hamish Hamilton. This book was released on 1968 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regimentsmarch "Men of Harlech" i nodenotation. - Vigtige tidspunkter i regimentets historie, kronologisk oversigt. - Optryk af side af "The Roll of Honour", oversigt over udmærkelser. - Fodnoter i teksten. - Introduktion til bogen ved Brian Horrocks. - Forord ved forfatteren Jack Adams.
Author : Christopher Thomas Atkinson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The History of the South Wales Borderers, 1914-1918 written by Christopher Thomas Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher Wilkinson-Latham
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780850452099
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)
Download or read book The South Wales Borderers written by Christopher Wilkinson-Latham and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 1975-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of the South Wales Borderers, from Marlborough's Wars (1702-1713) through to World War II. The regiment's service in the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815), the Zulu War (1879) and in India are all covered. Uniforms are shown in full illustrated detail.
Author : CT Atkinson
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ISBN 13 : 9781910241981
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (419 download)
Download or read book History of the South Wales Borderers 1914-1918 written by CT Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (895 download)
Download or read book South Wales Borderers written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rodney Ashwood
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ISBN 13 : 9781915113016
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Duty Nobly Done written by Rodney Ashwood and published by . This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the main emphasis of the Great War was on the Western Front of France and Belgium, the British Army also took part in what was a lesser known conflict, but one of equal intensity and drama. This was at Gallipoli, on the shores of Turkey, between April 1915 and January 1916. By December 1914, the war on the Western Front had ground to a halt in a stalemate of trench warfare, and Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, proposed a strategy to take Turkey, a German ally, out of the war. This could force Germany to fight on two fronts and could free up the Dardanelles waterway at Gallipoli. While the concept was sound, its execution was not, as it was hastily planned, and inadequately resourced. The 2nd Battalion the South Wales Borderers was present throughout the whole campaign and was the only Welsh battalion to take part in the amphibious assault on 25 April 1915. Other historians give little credence to the success of the battalion on that day and this book sets out to redress the balance. The 4th Battalion landed at Gallipoli a few months later, to take part in the second main offensive, at Suvla Bay, in August 1915. This campaign took part amidst the most appalling conditions, such as the unrelenting heat of a Mediterranean summer, a lack of water, poor food, inadequate equipment and without proper sanitation. Sickness and disease were rife, and at the height of the war there were up to 5,000 cases of dysentery a week. Both battalions of this famous Welsh regiment endured the privations of the campaign with great stoicism, courage and dignity and were amongst the last soldiers to leave the peninsula during the final evacuation in January 1916. By a clever weave of official records and personal anecdotes, most of which have never been published before, the reader is taken on a journey of highs and lows, depicting the reality of life on active service. Meticulously researched and written, this is a personal account of the South Wales Borderers during the Gallipoli campaign which adds an important social dimension to the traditional style of books already written on one of the most dramatic campaigns in British military history. Some of the best, toughest and most generous soldiers in the British army come from Wales. This book serves as a tribute to those magnificent soldiers.
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ISBN 13 : 9781851170098
Total Pages : 1058 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660-1978 written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ray Westlake
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 085052511X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (55 download)
Download or read book British Regiments at Gallipoli written by Ray Westlake and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1996-06-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the success of British Battalions on the Somme, the author has produced a source book of the same quality on the Gallipoli Campaign. It has come about as a result of many years of enquiries from researchers and family historians.
Author : George Paton
Publisher : Leonaur Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781782826781
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The 24th Regiment of Foot written by George Paton and published by Leonaur Limited. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The campaigns of a famous county regiment George Paton's comprehensive book describes the history of the 24th Regiment of Foot from its creation in 1689 to the time when it became known as the South Wales Borderers towards the end of the 19th century. Virtually all British regiments can lay claim to long and glorious histories and the 24th is no exception. However, for most modern readers this regiment is notable for its service during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, during which time men of the 24th fought to the last at Isandlwana and heroically defended the mission station at Rorkes Drift. Readers will be interested to note that a substantial portion of the this book is devoted to the activities of the 24th--ten of whose officers and men were awarded the Victoria Cross in this campaign--both before, during and after these momentous events in South Africa. Although the 24th campaigned all over the world and took an active part under Wellington during the Peninsular War against Napoleon's French forces, the regiment was perhaps most particularly noteworthy on two occasions prior to the Zulu campaign, during the War of Spanish Succession where it fought at Blenheim, Ramilles, Oudenarde and Malplaquet, and during the Second Sikh War. The Battle of Chillianwallah was a particularly hard fought and savage experience for the regiment which suffered horrific casualties. The 24th also fought at Goojerat and later in the Indian Mutiny of 1857. This is an excellent regimental history and an essential component of every library of the Zulu War. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book History of the South Wales Borderers and the Monmouthshire Regiment, 1937-1952 written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book History of the South Wales Borderers and the Monmouthshire Regiment, 1937-1952: The 2nd Battalion, the Monmouthshire Regiment, 1933-1952, by G.A. Brett. ̲̲4. The 3rd Battalion, the Monmouthshire Regiment, 1939-1947, by J.J. How written by and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Glennie Paton
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ISBN 13 : 9781781519523
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Historical Records of the 24th Regiment written by Glennie Paton and published by . This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known for its heroic role in the defence of Rorke's Drift, during the Zulu War of 1879, when it won seven of the 14 Victora Crosses awarded, the 24th Regiment, South Wales Borderers, was an exceptional unit, and this is an exceptionally good history. Founded in 1689, the year after the Glorious Revolution, the Duke of Marlborough was appointed the Regiment's Hon. Colonel, and it took part in his four great victories of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet. It helped defend the island of Minorca in the War of the Austrian Succession, and saw colonial service in Canada, Egypt, the Punjab and the Indian Mutiny before its immortal actions in the Zulu War. The history contains several exciting descriptions of the defence of Rorke's Drift, including the official report by the Officer Commanding, Lt. Chard, written within hours of the battle. There are biographies and medal citations of the VCs won that day, and a portrait photograph of Lt Gonville Bromhead VC, Chard's second-in-command. In addition the history contains colour plates of regimental uniforms at different stages of its life, portrait photographs and officers and commanders' rolls.
