Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 65 pgs. This issue is devoted to the Life Guards, 1660-1994. The regiment today in pomp and pageantry, its early history as guardians to the king, eighteenth century conflicts, Waterloo, the Sudan, the World Wars of the twentieth century, and peacekeeping today. Also sections on full dress uniforms and treasures from the regimental...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 65 pgs. This issue is devoted to the Blues and Royals, 1660-1994. The regiment today in pomp and pageantry, its early history as guardians to the king, eighteenth century conflicts as Great Britain becomes a major power, Waterloo and other nineteenth century service, the World Wars of the twentieth century, and peacekeeping today....
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. The King's Regiment, officially abbreviated as KINGS, was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the King's Division. It was formed on 1 September 1958 by the amalgamation of the King's Regiment (Liverpool) which had been raised in 1685 and the Manchester Regiment which traced...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 65 pgs. This issue is devoted to the Yeomanry from 1784 to the present. The birth of the Yeomanry force in the period 1794-1802, home defense and aid to the civil power from 1803 to 1870, reform and purpose from 1871 to 1914, at war in 1914-1918 and 1939-1945. Present day organization and service. Also sections on uniforms from the...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 65 pgs. The Black Watch 1793-1881 was the most famous Scottish highland regiment, and later incorporated the 73rd Regiment of Foot 1780-1881, Volunteers and Territorials 1859-1995, and The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1881-1995. Uniforms, history, officers, campaigns, and awards.
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 65 pgs. This was the only county infantry regiment bearing its county name never to have been amalgamated. It missed the Napoleonic Wars, being stationed in Mauritius, but proved itself in the Sikh War in 1843. In 1989 the 1st Battalion was the first infantry into Bosnia in the UN force.
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 65 pgs. This issue looks at the small arms of the British soldier from the flintlock musket of Napoleonic times through to the modern SA80 personal weapon. Along the way a number of other personal weapons are also considered. The equipment aspect focuses on the personal kit of the infantryman, from the initial set up, noting and...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 65 pgs. The regiment was formed on 1 September 1964 as the first of the new large infantry regiments, through the amalgamation of the four regiments of the East Anglian Brigade: 1st (Norfolk and Suffolk) Battalion from the 1st Bn of the 1st East Anglian Regiment; 2nd Duchess of Gloucester's Own Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 65 pgs. This is the second part on the regiment, taking up their story from the Cardwell reforms of 1881 and including a section on the organization today. Although The Royal Green Jackets once more find themselves at a point in their history where no specialised role distinguishes them from others, they stand prepared to take...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. The Royal Logistics Corps is responsible for the supply and distribution functions of the British Army together with a host of supporting services. The uniforms, equipment, and organization of its predecessors are covered, to include the Royal Army Service Corps, The Royal Corps of Transport, The Royal Army Ordnance...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), frequently known as the Yorkshire Regiment until the 1920s, was an infantry regiment of the British Army, in the King's Division. Raised in 1688, it served under various titles until it was amalgamated with The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. This issue is devoted to British heavy cavalry regiments, 1660-1914. History, standards, uniforms and equipment of the 1st (The King's) Dragoon Guards, 2nd Dragoon Guards (The Queen's Bays), 3rd (Prince of Wales) Dragoon Guards, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, 6th...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) is the oldest tank unit in the world, being formed in 1917. Today it is an armoured regiment of the British Army. Formerly known as the Tank Corps and the Royal Tank Corps, it is part of the Royal Armoured Corps. The corps has had more regiments over time going up as far as the 8th RTR. In 1923...
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Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. This is Part 1 devoted to the modern large regiment and its predecessors: 28th Foot (North Gloucestershire), 61st Foot (South Gloucestershire), 49th Foot (Hertfordshire), 66th Foot (Berkshire), 62nd Foot (Wiltshire), and 99th Foot (Lanarkshire). Old traditions are still carried on, such as the Sphinx, Brandywine...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. This is Part 2 and carries the story of the Regiment and its predecessors through the late Victorian era, the World Wars, and modern conflicts. The regiments covered are the Gloucestershire Regiment (1881-1994), The Princess Charlotte of Wales's Royal Berkshire Regiment (1881-1959), The Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. This issue covers the history, uniforms, and equipment of the the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), which is responsible for maintaining the health of servicemen and women in the British Army. The Corps is represented wherever British soldiers are deployed, providing medical support to operations, exercises and adventurous...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) was part of the Prince of Wales' Division. It was formed in 1969 by the amalgamation of the South Wales Borderers and the Welch Regiment. The 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) had a short existence in military terms, just over 36 years. Within two months...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. The 91st Regiment of Foot was a Line Regiment of the British Army. It was first formed in 1759 and in 1881 became the 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. The 93rd Regiment was raised three times before it became the Sutherland Highlanders. In 1799, the new 93rd Regiment was recruited from the recently...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. The regiment was created in 1881 as an amalgamation of the 91st and 93rd Regiments of Foot. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was expanded to fifteen battalions during the Great War and nine during World War II. The regiment sent an active battalion to serve in the 1st Commonwealth Division in the Korean War and gained...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. This issue covers the hussar regiments that appeared in the early years of the 19th century. Until then light cavalry was represented by light dragoon regiments, most of which had been converted from heavy dragoons at various dates. The British hussar regiments became a byword for the extravagance of their attire,...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. The Royal Dragoon Guards continues the traditions of four of the oldest cavalry regiments in the British Army: 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, 5th Dragoon Guards, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, and 7th Princess Royal's Dragoon Guards, all dating from the 1680's. With mechanisation and the adoption of tanks, the regiments became...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. The London Regiment carries the traditions of the Territorial Force units mostly raised as London volunteers in the 1860's. At its peak in World War I the Regiment contained 88 battalions of which 56 fought in battle. Famous component units included the London Scottish, the London Fusiliers, the London Irish Rifles, Civil...
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. This special issue features Queen Victoria's Household Troops, covering The 1st Life Guards, The 2nd Life Guards, The Royal Horse Guards, The Grenadier Guards, The Coldstream Guards, and The Scots Guards. There is no text other than photographic captions, providing a pictorial record of...
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. This is the first issue which covers a non-British formation. The history of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) begins with the founding of the Continental Marines on 10 November 1775 to conduct ship-to-ship fighting, provide shipboard security and discipline enforcement, and assist in...
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. During the Cold War, the Marine Corps maintained its amphibious assault mission (confirmed by congressional legislation in 1947 and 1952) and added another function, the deployment to regional trouble spots of air‐ground task forces. In addition, the Corps participated in the Korean War...
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. This issue covers the regiment as formed in 1994 and its predecessors before 1881: 72nd Highlanders (1778-1881), 75th Highlanders (1787-1881), 78th Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) (1793-1881), 79th Cameron Highlanders (1793-1881), and 92nd Gordon Highlanders (1794-1881).
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. During the period covered, the units that became The Highlanders in 1994 were the Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) (to 1961), The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (to 1961), Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), and The Gordon Highlanders. Also covered...
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. History, colours, uniforms, and equipment up to 1881 of the 27th and 108th Foot which became the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Museums connected to the regiment are in Armagh, Belfast, Enniskillen Castle, and Ballymena.
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. History, colours, uniforms, and equipment of the last remaining Irish infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1992 by the merger of the Royal Irish Rangers with The Ulster Defence Regiment, becoming the largest infantry regiment in the Army due to its six Home Service...
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. This issue covers the 14th and 15th Regiments of Foot before 1881, both raised by King James II in 1685. The 1/15th was in the expedition to retake Guadeloupe in 1810, but then did not see any fighting for over 60 years before Afghanistan 1879-80, where the 2/14th also served.
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. A relative newcomer to the roll of British regiments, it had its roots in the RAF's armoured car companies which operated in the Middle East in the 1920s. The loss of Maleme airfield in Crete to German paratroopers in World War II led to the Government determining that the RAF should have...
Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. The West Yorkshire Regiment 1881-1958 and The East Yorkshire Regiment 1881-1958, The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire since 1958, the Volunteers and Territorial Army, and the Regimental Museum. Boer War, the World Wars, and awards of the Victoria Cross.
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. History, uniforms, and equipment during the 19th century for the 5th (Royal Irish), 9th (Queen's Royal), 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Royal, 16th (The Queen's), 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own), 19th, 21st (Empress of India's), and 23rd Lancers. The lancer regiments were very smartly...
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. History, colours, uniforms, and equipment of the Red Rose County's famous infantry regiments: the old 30th, 40th, 47th, 59th, 81st, and 82nd Foot. For these regiments, the most famous early battle honour was for the capture of Gibraltar in 1704, when Saunderson's Marines took part. The last...
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. Featuring photographs of three of the British Army's former regiments: The East Lancashire Regiment, The South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers), and The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. In 1970 The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) and The Loyal Regiment...
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. Some of the most admired soldiers in the old Indian armies of the British Raj were the Gurkhas. Today the Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) is a rifle regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. Unlike other regiments in the British army, soldiers are recruited from Nepal,...
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. History, uniforms, and equipment. Some of the most admired soldiers in the old Indian armies of the British Raj were the Gurkhas. Today the Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) is a rifle regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. Unlike other regiments in the British...
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. A relative newcomer to the roll of British regiments, the Irish Guards, part of the Guards Division, is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army and, together with the Royal Irish Regiment, it is one of the two Irish infantry regiments still remaining in the British Army.
Wallington, Surrey: The Military Heritage Collection. Grenadier Publishing Ltd. — 66 pgs. The Regiment takes pride in being the First of Foot and the senior infantry regiment of the Line, with an unbroken history of nearly four centuries, with 149 battle honours since the first being Tangier 1680. It was considered that the officers and men of The Royal Regiment have on all...
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs. History, uniforms, and equipment. The Royal Marines were formed in 1755 as the Royal Navy's infantry troops. However, the marines can trace their origins back to the formation of the English Army's "Duke of York and Albany's maritime regiment of Foot" at the grounds of the Honourable...
The Military Heritage Collection. Hemel Hempstead. Argus Specialist Publications. — 66 pgs.
The Corps of Royal Marines (RM) is the United Kingdom's amphibious light infantry force, forming part of the Naval Service. As a highly-specialised and adaptable light infantry force, the Royal Marines are trained for rapid deployment worldwide and capable of dealing with a wide range of...
Wallington, Surrey: The Military Heritage Collection. Grenadier Publishing Ltd. — 66 pgs. The Regiment takes pride in being the First of Foot and the senior infantry regiment of the Line, with an unbroken history of nearly four centuries, with 149 battle honours since the first being Tangier 1680. It was considered that the officers and men of The Royal Regiment have on all...
Wallington, Surrey: The Military Heritage Collection. Grenadier Publishing Ltd. — 66 pgs. History, uniforms, and equipment of the traditional light infantry regiments of the British army: 13th Foot, 32nd and 46th Foot, 51st and 105th Foot, 53rd and 85th Foot, and 68th and 106th Foot.
Wallington, Surrey: The Military Heritage Collection. Grenadier Publishing Ltd. — 66 pgs.
History, uniforms, and equipment of the traditional light infantry regiments of the British army: The Somerset Light Infantry, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry, and...
Wallington, Surrey: The Military Heritage Collection. Grenadier Publishing Ltd. — 66 pgs. History, uniforms, and equipment of the post-1968 units that were the four battalions of the Light Infantry, headquartered at Shrewsbury. Also covered are the changes in the associated Territorial Army units.
Wallington, Surrey: The Military Heritage Collection. Grenadier Publishing Ltd. — 66 pgs. The regiment was raised in 1661 as The Earl of Peterborough's Regiment of Foot on Putney Heath (then in Surrey) specifically to garrison the new English acquisition of Tangier, part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry when she married King Charles II. From this service, it was also known as the...
Wallington, Surrey: The Military Heritage Collection. Grenadier Publishing Ltd. — 66 pgs. This issue features the Royal Military School of Music and its history at Kneller Hall since 1857. Musicians, uniforms, insignia, instruments, overseas students, the military staff, and band badges are illustrated in photographs.
Wallington, Surrey: The Military Heritage Collection. Grenadier Publishing Ltd. — 66 pgs. The Royal Gibraltar Regiment is the home defence unit for the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. It was formed in 1958 from the Gibraltar Defence Force as an infantry unit, with an integrated artillery troop. The Regiment is included in the British Army as a colonial force. In 1999, the...
Wallington, Surrey: The Military Heritage Collection. Grenadier Publishing Ltd. — 66 pgs. The regiment was formed in 1959 by the amalgamation of the South Staffordshire Regiment and the North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales'). The South Staffordshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for only 68 years. The regiment was created in 1881...
Wallington, Surrey: The Military Heritage Collection. Grenadier Publishing Ltd. — 66 pgs. The East Surrey Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1959. The regiment was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms from the amalgamation of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot and the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot. The 31st...
Wallington, Surrey: The Military Heritage Collection. Grenadier Publishing Ltd. — 66 pgs. The regiment was raised on 18 March 1689 by David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven to defend Edinburgh against the Jacobite forces of James II. When the British infantry were allocated numerical positions in the 'line' of Infantry the regiment was numbered 25th Foot (based on its formation date)...
Wallington, Surrey: The Military Heritage Collection. Grenadier Publishing Ltd. — 66 pgs. This issue continues the theme of photographic specials which have included Queen Victoria's Household Troops and Queen Victoria's Infantry. Contemporary photographs illustrate not only full dress, but service dress and stable dress. Here are the regiments of hussars, lancers, and...
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