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Total Pages : 31 pages
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Download or read book War Services of the South Wales Borderers (24th Regiment). written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 31 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 : 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.
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Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Standing Orders of the 1st Battalion, the South Wales Borderers (24th Regiment). written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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.
Author : Norman Holme
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Total Pages : 400 pages
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Download or read book The Noble 24th written by Norman Holme and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher Thomas Atkinson
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Total Pages : 762 pages
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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 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harold E. Raugh
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810874679
Total Pages : 685 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Anglo-Zulu War, 1879 written by Harold E. Raugh and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anglo-Zulu War was one of many colonial campaigns in which the British Army served as the instrument of British imperialism. The conflict, fought against a native adversary the British initially under-estimated, is remarkable for battles that included perhaps the most humiliating defeat in British military history-the Battle of Isandlwana, January 22, 1879-and one of its most heroic feats of martial arms-the defense of Rorke's Drift, January 22-23, 1879. While lasting only six months, it is one of the most examined, studied, and debated conflicts in Victorian military history. Anglo-Zulu War, 1879: A Selected Bibliography is a research guide and tool for identifying obscure publications and source materials in order to encourage continued original and thought-provoking contributions to this popular field of historical study. From the student or neophyte to the study of the Anglo-Zulu War, its battles, and its opponents to the more experienced historian or scholar, this selected bibliography is a must for anyone interested in the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War.
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 : Roy Dutton
Publisher : Infodial
ISBN 13 : 0955655447
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (556 download)
Download or read book Forgotten Heroes Zulu & Basuto Wars including Medal Roll 1877-8-9 written by Roy Dutton and published by Infodial. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A work of reference, with details of the Colonial and Imperial forces engaged in the Zulu and Basuto Wars between 1877 to 1879. Over 36,600 men are listed with medal entitlement, causality lists and, troop deployments together with numerous biographical details. Also includes first-hand accounts of the many campaigns, with illustrated maps. An invaluable guide for both medal collectors and historians. These men at great personal sacrifice helped to build an Empire, on which the sun would never set.
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Total Pages : 1140 pages
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Download or read book Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Bennett Turner
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473811627
Total Pages : 767 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Accrington Pals: The 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment written by William Bennett Turner and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2008-07-28 with total page 767 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the footsteps of the Pals in their journey from Lancashire to their training camps in England and Wales and to the villages and battlefields of France. A comprehensive account, with maps and pictures, of a Pals Battalion's service throughout the war.
Author : Peter Doyle
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0747811105
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (478 download)
Download or read book British Army Cap Badges of the Second World War written by Peter Doyle and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their companion volume to British Army Cap Badges of the First World War, authors Peter Doyle and Chris Foster present an overview of the main cap badges worn by the British Army during the Second World War, which continued the rich and varied tradition of British regimental insignia. This book describes and illustrates, for the first time in high quality full colour, the main types of cap badge worn. With many amalgamations, war-raised units and special forces, British military insignia from the period have a surprising range that differs substantially from that worn by the soldiers of the previous generation. As in the first book, this volume contains contemporary illustrations of the soldiers themselves wearing the badges. Employing the skills of an established writer (and collector) and artist, it provides a unique reference guide for anyone interested in the British Army of the period.
Author : Henry Francis Newdigate Jourdain
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Total Pages : 704 pages
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Download or read book The Connaught Rangers ... written by Henry Francis Newdigate Jourdain and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James W. Bancroft
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1526722658
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Zulu War VCs written by James W. Bancroft and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anglo-Zulu War lasted only six months in 1879, but in that relatively short time twenty-three men were awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry under most trying and dangerous circumstances. Zulu warriors gave no mercy and expected none in return, yet half of the awards were given to men who went back into the midst of fierce fighting to rescue stranded comrades, well-aware that they risked suffering a particularly brutal death.Two men received posthumous awards for their efforts to save the Queens color of their regiment after the disastrous engagement against overwhelming numbers of warriors at Isandlwana, and perhaps the most famous of all awards of the Victoria Cross were the eleven gained for the immortal defence of Rorkes Drift, the battle brought back to the public consciousness by the motion picture _Zulu!_The conflict has never left the publics imagination, and continues to stir hot debate among military historians and enthusiasts.With information compiled over four decades by James W. Bancroft, a well-known and respected historian and author of several publications on the subject, this book brings together more information about the men than has ever before been collected together in one publication.
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Author : Henry George Hart
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Total Pages : 1148 pages
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Download or read book The new army list, by H.G. Hart [afterw.] Hart's army list. [Quarterly] written by Henry George Hart and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 1148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James W Bancroft
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750980605
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book The Rorke's Drift Men written by James W Bancroft and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the night of 22/23 January 1879, a small garrison of British soldiers behind a makeshift barricade of bags and boxes successfully defended the storehouse and field hospital at Rorke's Drift, against an army of Zulu warriors who outnumbered them by about twenty to one. This heroic stand became on of the most famous actions in the history of the British Army, and inspired the epic film 'Zulu!' But who were these men who made such a stubborn resistance when all seemed lost, and what legacy have they left us? For the first time, details of the lives of all these men have been collected into one reference work, categorised in the counties to which they were associated, in the form of biographical tributes. The Rorke's Drift Men is a valuable addition to any military library.
