 
BRITISH MILITARY HISTORY
THE TACTICAL EMPLOYMENT OF MACHINE GUNS AND TANKS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
Introduction by Shaun Corkerry MA.
In this volume are reprinted three of the most significant British Army training manuals of World War One. They are:
SS 192, The Employment of Machine Guns.
SS 197, The tactical employment of Lewis Guns.
SS 214, Tanks and their employment with other arms.
Collectively the manuals deal with two of the defining weapons of the First World War. The manuals are reprinted in their entirety with enhanced diagrams and illustrations. There are many interesting details revealed including how tanks and machine guns were intended to be used in action, and the care and maintenance of machine guns, especially the Lewis gun. An interesting point is how much the limitations of new weapons, particularly tanks, were recognized at the time and how these limitations were intended to be tactically compensated for.
The introduction provides the historical context for the introduction and use of machine guns and tanks by the British Army, and gives background details of the formation and histories of the Machine Gun Corps and the Tank Corps.
Hardback edition £25.99
Softback edition £12.99
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TRAINING OF DIVISIONS 1916
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TRAINING OF PLATOONS 1917
Two of the most influential British Army training publications of World War I are published in this book. Instructions for the Training of Divisions for Offensive Actions 1916 was originally published in December 1916 – these were the “lessons learnt” from the Somme Battles of that year. Here will be found references to the use of Tanks and Aviation. There is considerable emphasis on the role of Artillery and the need for it to closely cooperate with Infantry. The planning and preparation of operations is discussed in considerable detail.
Concern is expressed on the increasing use of hand-grenades, as it was considered that this produced a defensive mentality, emphasis is placed on the use of the bayonet. The use of Infantry support weapons such as Lewis Gun, Stokes Mortar and Rifle grenade, all of which had first appeared in 1915 are all discussed, as is the Medium machine-gun.
Instructions for The Training of Platoons for Offensive Action 1917 was published in early 1917 with a number of diagrams illustrating aspects of the platoon’s role in battle. This publication makes it very clear that the platoon was the “ultimate unit” in the assault. The platoon was considered a self contained tactical unit. The principle of “fire and movement” with the platoon sections equipped with specific weapons to carry out the roles is illustrated.
In addition to the tactical instructions there is also a platoon training programme to be used when the unit was not in the front line. The diagrams that appeared in this publication have been re-drawn with the various elements reproduced in colour to enable the reader to clearly see the various sub-units of the platoon, how they were equipped and their use in different types of fighting. In addition Shaun Corkerry has written an extensive introduction on the Training and Tactics of the British Army in France during World War I together with a bibliography and notes, this explains the development of British tactics during the war and demonstrates how such tactics were developed in the face of the problems faced by the field armies in the trenches.
210 x 295mm xiv + 112 pages + 10 pages coloured diagrams.
ISBN 0-85420-245-5 Hardback edition £25.99
ISBN 0-85420-250-1 Softback edition £12.99
THE BATTLES AND BATTLEFIELDS OF THE ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899-1902
by Anthony Baker
This is a study of the significant battles fought in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. It describes the battles in detail and can be used as a guide for anyone visiting the battlefields. The text and maps clearly explain to the reader the problems facing the commanders and how the battles were fought, the location and movements of units &c. The reputation of some of the British generals has been sullied from their failures in the field, for example Buller. Here will be found a detailed account of what he faced, and with the problems he had to overcome together with the forces that were at his disposal, the outcome could not have been unexpected. The British Army that fought the war was the largest force until World War I that Britain fielded and it was supported by numerous units of volunteers raised throughout the Empire. When it went to war in Southern Africa it faced problems initially of being considerably out numbered, and later when reinforcements arrived, of fighting a war in a vast theatre in very difficult conditions. Its lines of communications were limited to a few vulnerable railway lines. The Army had to create organisations such as divisions and control the war without the benefit of a trained corps of staff officers. In addition to the maps, there are orders of battle of the British Army, as well as indices listing personalities, places and units. The author has also written a comment on the infamous "Concentration Camps".
210 x 295mm, 240 pages 60 colour maps.
ISBN 0-85420-149-1 Hardback edition £35.00
ISBN 0-85420-154-8 Softback edition £19.99
KAFIR WAR OF 1834-1835
by C Andrews
One of the very few eyewitness accounts of this "frontier" war in South Africa. The author was the military secretary to Colonel Harry Smith during the conflict. Smith was a hero of the Peninsular War who later became Governor of South Africa. During the Kafir War 1834-5 he was Chief of Staff to General D'Urban. Operations took place over three months leading to the Kafir defeat and the death of their leader.
145 x 208mm 55 pages, map.
ISBN 0-85420-145-9 Hardback edition £19.99
ISBN 0-85420-150-5 Softback edition £9.99
THE LINEAGE OF THE REGIMENTS OF THE BRITISH ARMY
by Anthony Baker
The Lineage of the Cavalry, Yeomanry, Infantry Regiments and the Artillery of the British Army from the 1690s to the present. The information is presented in an easy to follow way on large fold-out tables. The raisings, retitling, disbandments and amalgamations are all shown as well as the associated Militia, Volunteer and Territorial units of each Regiment. In addition there is a chronological record of each Regiment as well as details of its movements, and other significant facts. The Regiments' nicknames, marches, mottos, cap badges, insignia, anniversaries, allied formations as well as their Battle Honours and non honoured battles are also included.
Volume 1 Cavalry
Cavalry Regiments, Named Regiments, Numbered Regiments - Includes The Royal Tank Regiments, The Household Cavalry Regiment, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, The Royal Dragoon Guards, The Queen's Royal Hussars, The Queen's Royal Lancers, The King's Royal Hussars, The Light Dragoons, The Royal Tank Regiment, The Life Guards, The Blues and Royals, The Royal Horse Guards, 1st King's Dragoon Guards, The Queen's Bays, 3rd Carabiniers, Dragoon Guards, 3rd Dragoon Guards, 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, 4th/7th Dragoon Guards, 5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, The Carabiniers, 7th Dragoon Guards, 1st The Royal Dragoons, The Royal Scots Greys, The Queen's Own Hussars, 3rd The King's Own Hussars, The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, 4th Queen's Own Hussars, 16th/5th Lancers, 5th Royal Irish Lancers, The Inniskillings, 7th Queen's Own Hussars, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, 9th/2th Royal Lancers, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, The Royal Hussars, 10th Royal Hussars, 11th Hussars, 12th Royal Lancers, 13th/18th Hussars, 13th Hussars, 14th/20th Hussars, 14th King's Hussars, 15th /19th Hussars, 15th The King's Hussars, 16th The Queen's Lancers, 17th/21st Lancers, 17th Lancers, 18th Royal Hussars, 19th Royal Hussars, 20th Hussars, 21st Lancers, 22nd Dragoons, 23rd Hussars, 24th Lancers, 25th Dragoons, 26th Hussars, 27th Lancers, 28th Light Dragoons, 29th Light Dragoons, 30th Light Dragoons, 31st Light Dragoons, 32nd Light Dragoons, 33rd Light Dragoons, Regiments Royal Tank Regiment, Regiments Royal Armoured Corps, Reconnaissance Regiments Royal Armoured Corps.
Indices include: The Cavalry Regiments, Named Regiments, and Numbered Regiments.
210 x 295mm, viii + 205 pages + 14 pages of fold-out tables.
ISBN 0-85420-169-6 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-174-2 Softback edition £19.99
Volume 2 - Yeomanry
Named Regiments, Named Troops - Includes The Royal Yeomanry, The Queen=s Own Mercian Yeomanry, The Royal Wessex Yeomanry, The Queen's Own Yeomanry, The Scottish Yeomanry, The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, The Warwickshire Yeomanry, The Yorkshire Hussars, The Nottinghamshire Yeomanry, The Staffordshire Yeomanry, The Shropshire Yeomanry, The Ayrshire Yeomanry, The Cheshire Yeomanry, The Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons, The Leicestershire Yeomanry, The North Somerset Yeomanry, The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry, The Lanarkshire Yeomanry, The Northumberland Hussars, The Nottinghamshire Yeomanry, The Denbighshire Yeomanry, The Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry, The Pembroke Yeomanry, The Kent Yeomanry, The Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles, The Hampshire Yeomanry, The Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, The Derbyshire Yeomanry, The Dorset Yeomanry, The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, The Hertfordshire Yeomanry, The Berkshire Yeomanry, 1st County of London, The Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry, The Suffolk Yeomanry, The Royal North Devon Yeomanry, The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars, The West Kent Yeomanry, The West Somerset Yeomanry, The Oxfordshire Yeomanry, The Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, The Lothians and Border Horse, The Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry, The Lancashire Hussars, The Surrey Yeomanry, The Fifeshire and Forfarshire Yeomanry, The Norfolk Yeomanry, The Sussex Yeomanry, The Glamorgan Yeomanry, The Welsh Horse, The Lincolnshire Yeomanry, The City of London Yeomanry, The Westminster Dragoons, 3rd County of London Yeomanry, The Bedfordshire Yeomanry, The Essex Yeomanry, The Northamptonshire Yeomanry, The East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry, 1st Lovat's Scouts Yeomanry, 2nd Lovat's Scouts Yeomanry, The Scottish Horse, King Edward's Horse, The Inns of Court Regiment, The North Irish Horse, The South Irish Horse, 44th / 50th Royal Tank Regiment, Fencible Cavalry.
Indices include Conversion to other Arms - Royal Tank Regiment, Artillery, Engineers, Royal Corps of Transport / Royal Logistics Corps, Signals, Infantry, Machine-Gun Battalions, Yeomanry Cyclists Battalions.
210 x 295mm vii + 151 pages + 13 pages of fold-out tables.
ISBN 0-85420-194-7 Hardback edition. £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-189-0 Softback edition £19.99
Volume 3 - Guards and Infantry - Part I
Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards, 1st Foot - The Royal Scots, The Queen's Regiment, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, 2nd Foot - The Queen's - 3rd Foot - The Buffs, 31st Foot - The East Surrey, 70th Foot - 2nd Battalion The East Surrey, 35th Foot - The Royal Sussex, 107th Foot - 2nd Battalion -The Royal Sussex, 37th Foot - The Royal Hampshire, 67th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Royal Hampshire, 50th Foot - The Queen's Own Royal West Kent, 97th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent, 57th Foot - The Middlesex, 77th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Middlesex, The King's Own Border Regiment, 4th Foot - The King's Own, 34th Foot - The Border Regiment, 55th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Border, The Royal Regiments of Fusiliers, 4th Foot - Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 6th Foot - Royal Warwickshire, 7th Foot - Royal Fusiliers, 20th Foot - Lancashire Fusiliers, The Northumbrian Volunteers.
Indices include: Guards, Regular Infantry (Titles), Regular Infantry (Numbers of Foot), Regular Infantry (Early Names), Militia (Special Reserve) Regiments/Battalions, Rifle Volunteer Corps, Administrative Battalions (Rifle Volunteers), Volunteer Battalions, TF/TA Regiments/Battalions, TA Infantry Regiments (post 1960), TA Infantry Companies (post 1960)
Conversion to other Arms - Royal Artillery Brigades (pre 1922), Royal Artillery Regiments - Field, Royal Artillery Regiments - Medium, Royal Artillery Regiments - Light, Royal Artillery Regiments - Heavy, Royal Artillery Regiments - Coast, Royal Artillery Regiments - Anti Tank, Royal Artillery Regiments - Heavy Anti-Aircraft, Royal Artillery Regiments - Light Anti-Aircraft / Light Air Defence , Royal Artillery Regiments - Light Anti Aircraft / Anti Tank, Royal Artillery Regiments - Light Anti Aircraft / Search Light , Royal Artillery Regiments - Search Light Regiments Royal Artillery, Batteries Royal Artillery, Battalions Royal Tank Corps/Regiment, Regiments Royal Armoured Corps, Battalions / Regiments Royal Engineers, Regiments Royal Signals, Units - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
210 x 295mm, viii + 190 pages + 10 pages of fold-out tables.
ISBN 0-85420-300-1 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-305-2 Softback edition £19.99
Volume 4 - Infantry - Part 2
Includes The King's Regiment, 8th Foot - The King's Liverpool, 63rd Foot - The Manchester, 96th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Manchester, The Lancastrian Volunteers, The Royal Anglian Regiment, 9th Foot - The Norfolk, 12th Foot - The Suffolk, 10th Foot - The Lincolnshire, 48th Foot - The Northamptonshire, 58th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Northamptonshire, 16th Foot - The Bedfordshire, 44th Foot - The Essex, 56th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Essex, 17th Foot - The Leicestershire, The Cambridgeshire, The Hertfordshire, The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, 11th Foot - The Devonshire, 39th Foot - The Dorsetshire, 54th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Dorsetshire, The Light Infantry, 13th Foot - The Somersetshire Light Infantry, 32nd Foot - The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 46th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Duke of Cornwall's, 51st Foot - The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 105th Foot - 2nd Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 53rd Foot - The King's Shropshire Light Infantry, 85th Foot - 2nd Battalion The King's Shropshire Light Infantry, 68th Foot - The Durham Light Infantry, 108th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, The Herefordshire Light Infantry.
Indices include: Regular Infantry [Titles], Regular Infantry [Numbers of Foot], Regular Infantry [Early Names], Militia [Special Reserve] Regiments/Battalions, Rifle Volunteer Corps, Administrative Battalions [Rifle Volunteers], Volunteer Battalions, TF/TA Regiments/Battalions, TA Infantry Regiments [post 1960].
Conversion to other Arms - Royal Artillery Brigades and Batteries [pre 1922], Royal Artillery Regiments, - Field, Royal Artillery Regiments - Medium, Royal Artillery Regiment - Heavy, Royal Artillery Regiment - Coast, Royal Artillery Regiments - Anti-Tank, Royal Artillery Regiments - Heavy Anti-Aircraft, Royal Artillery Regiments - Light Anti-Aircraft / Light Air Defence, Royal Artillery Regiments - Light Anti-Aircraft / Search Light, Royal Artillery / Royal Engineer – Regiments Search Light, Royal Artillery Regiments - Search Light, Royal Artillery Regiment - Parachute Light, Regiments Royal Artillery, Batteries Royal Artillery, Battalions Royal Tank Corps / Regiment , Regiments and Squadrons Royal Engineers, Regiment Royal Signals.
210 x 295mm vii + 173 pages + 16 pages of fold-out tables
ISBN 0-85420-310-9 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-320-6 Softback edition £19.99
Volume 5 - Infantry - Part 3
Includes: The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire, The East and West Riding Regiment TA, 14th Foot - The West Yorkshire, 15th Foot - The East Yorkshire, 19th Foot - The Green Howards, The Tyne and Tees Regiment TA, 33rd Foot - The Duke of Wellington's, 76th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Duke of Wellington's, 65th Foot - The York and Lancaster, 84th Foot - 2nd Battalion The York and Lancaster, The Yorkshire Volunteers, The East of England Regiment TA, The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 21st Foot - The Royal Scots Fusiliers, 71st Foot -The Highland Light Infantry, 74th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Highland Light Infantry, 25th Foot - The King's Own Scottish Borderers, 26th Foot - The Cameronians, 90th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Cameronians, 52nd Lowland Volunteers, The Lowland Volunteers, 52nd Lowland Regiment TA, The Mercian Volunteers, 22nd Foot - The Cheshire, The King's and Cheshire Regiment TA, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, 29th Foot - The Worcestershire, 36th Foot, 2nd Battalion The Worcestershire, 45th Foot The Sherwood Foresters, 95th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Sherwood Foresters, The West Midlands Regiment TA, The Staffordshire Regiment, 38th Foot - The South Staffordshire, 80th Foot - 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire, 64th Foot - The North Staffordshire, 98th Foot - 2nd Battalion The North Staffordshire.
Indices include Regular Infantry [Titles], Regular Infantry [Numbers of Foot], Regular Infantry [Early Names], Militia [Special Reserve] Regiments/Battalions, Rifle Volunteer Corps, Rifle Volunteers, Administrative Battalions [Rifle Volunteers], Volunteer Battalions, TF / TA Regiments/Battalions, TA Infantry Regiments [post 1960], TA Infantry Companies [post 1960].
Conversion to other Arms - Royal Artillery Regiments - Field, Royal Artillery Regiments - Medium, Royal Artillery Regiment - Heavy, Royal Artillery Regiments - Anti Tank, Royal Artillery Regiments - Heavy Anti-Aircraft, Royal Artillery Regiments - Light Anti-Aircraft / Light Air Defence, Royal Artillery Regiments - Light Anti-Aircraft / Search Light, Royal Artillery / Royal Engineer - Regiments Search Light, Royal Artillery Regiments - Search Light, Regiments Royal Artillery, Batteries Royal Artillery, Batteries Royal Artillery [post 1960], Royal Artillery Regiment - Named, Regiments - Royal Armoured Corps, Battalions Royal Tank Corps / Regiment Yeomanry Regiment, Regiments and Squadrons Royal Engineers, Regiment Royal Signals, Parachute Regiments.
210 x 295mm, vii + 179 pages + 14 pages of fold-out tables.
ISBN 0-85420-335-4 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-340-0 Softback edition £19.99
Volume 6 - Infantry - Part 4
18th Foot - The Royal Irish - The Royal Regiment of Wales - 23rd Foot - The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 24th Foot - The South Wales Borderers, The Royal Irish Regiment, The Royal Irish Rangers, 27th Foot - The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment, The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal, 28th Foot - The Gloucestershire, 41st Foot - The Welch, The Royal Green Jackets, 43rd Foot - The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, 49th Foot - The Royal Berkshire, 52nd Foot - 2nd Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, 60th Foot - The King's Royal Rifle Corps, 61st Foot 2nd Battalion The Gloucestershire, 62nd Foot - The Wiltshire, 66th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Royal Berkshire, 69th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Welch, 83rd Foot - The Royal Irish Rifles / Royal Ulster Rifles, 86th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rifles, 87th Foot - The Royal Irish Fusiliers, 88th Foot - The Connaught Rangers, 89th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers, 94th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Connaught Rangers, 99th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Wiltshire, 100th Foot - The Leinster [Royal Canadians], 101st Foot - The Royal Munster Fusiliers, 102nd Foot - The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 103rd Foot - 2nd Battalion The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 104th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Royal Munster Fusiliers, 108th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 109th Foot - 2nd Battalion The Leinster, The Rifle Brigade, The Wessex Regiment, The Brecknockshire, The Monmouthshire, The Buckinghamshire, The Ulster Defence Regiment.
Indices includes - Regular Infantry [Titles], Regular Infantry [Numbers of Foot], Regular Infantry [Early Names], Militia [Special Reserve] Regiments / Battalions, Rifle Volunteer Corps, Administrative Battalions [Rifle Volunteers], Volunteer Battalions, TF / TA Regiments / Battalions, TA Infantry Regiments [post 1960].
Conversion to other Arms - Royal Artillery Brigades and Batteries [pre 1922], Royal Artillery Regiments - Field, Royal Artillery Regiments - Medium, Royal Artillery Regiment - Heavy, Royal Artillery Regiment - Coast, Royal Artillery Regiments - Anti-Tank, Royal Artillery Regiments - Heavy Anti-Aircraft, Royal Artillery Regiments - Light Anti-Aircraft / Light Air Defence, Royal Artillery Regiments - Light Anti-Aircraft / Search Light, Royal Artillery /Royal Engineer – Regiments Search Light, Royal Artillery Regiments - Search Light, Royal Artillery Regiment - Parachute Light Regiments Royal Artillery, Batteries Royal Artillery, Battalions Royal Tank Corps / Regiment, Regiments and Squadrons Royal Engineers, Regiment Royal Signals.
210 x 295mm, vii + 203 pages + 15 pages of fold-out tables.
ISBN 0-85420-016-9 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-021-5 Softback edition £19.99
Volume 7 - Infantry - Part 5
The Lancashire Regiment -The Queen’s Lancashire - 30th Foot The East Lancashire - 40th Foot The South Lancashire - 42nd Foot The Black Watch - 47th Foot The Loyal North Lancashire - 59th Foot 2nd Battalion The East Lancashire - The Queen’s Own Highlanders - The Highlanders - 72nd Foot The Seaforth Highlanders - 73rd Foot 2nd Battalion The Black Watch - 75th Foot 2nd Battalion The Gordon Highlanders - 78th Foot 2nd Battalion the Seaforth Highlanders - 79th Foot The Cameron Highlanders - 91st Foot 2nd Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire - 82nd Foot 2nd Battalion The South Lancashire -81st Foot The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - 92nd Foot 2nd Battalion The Gordon Highlanders - 93rd Foot 2nd Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - 110th to 135th Regiments of Infantry - 51st Highland Volunteers - The Lovat’s Scouts - The Liverpool Scottish.
Indices includes – Regular Infantry [Titles]. Regular Infantry [Numbers of Foot], Regular Infantry [Early Names], Militia [Special Reserve] Regiments / Battalions, Volunteers, Rifle Volunteers, Volunteer Battalions, Administrative Battalions [Rifle Volunteers], TF / TA Regiments / Battalions, TA Infantry Regiments [post 1960], TA Infantry Companies [post 1960], Parachute Regiment.
Conversion to other Arms – Royal Artillery Regiments - Field, Royal Artillery Regiments - Medium, Royal Artillery Regiment - Light, Royal Artillery Regiments - Anti Tank, Royal Artillery Regiments -Heavy Anti-Aircraft Royal Artillery Regiments - Light Anti-Aircraft / Light Air Defence, Royal Artillery Regiments - Light Anti-Aircraft / Search Light, Royal Engineer / Royal Artillery - Regiments Search Light, Regiments Royal Artillery, Regiments Royal Artillery [Named], Batteries Royal Artillery, Royal Armoured Corps Regiments, Regiments Royal Signals.
210 x 295mm, viii + 126 pages + 8 pages of fold-out tables.
ISBN 0-85420-236-6 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-241-2 Softback edition £19.99
Volume 8 - Infantry - Part 6
The London Regiment, The London Regiments TA, The Honourable Artillery Company, The Royal Gurkha Rifles, The Regiments of Gurkha Rifles, The Royal Marines, The West India Regiment, The Parachute, Regiment, The Commandos, The Special Air Service Regiment, The Army Air Corps, The Glider Pilot, Regiment, The Channel Islands Militia, Fencible Infantry, Ephemeral Regiments [This listing is of all the Regiments, both Cavalry and Infantry that were raised, over 350, which were raised at times of European conflicts between the late 1600s and early 1800s].
Indices includes - Regular Infantry [Titles], Volunteers - Early Titles, Rifle Volunteer Corps, Rifle Volunteers, Administrative Battalions, Volunteer Battalions, TF / TA Battalions, TA Infantry Companies [Post 1960], Militia Battalions, Officer Training Corps.
Conversion to other Arms - Regiments RHA, RA Regiments [Field], RA Regiments [Medium], Regiments RA, RA Regiments HAA, RA Regiments LAA, RE / RA Regiments AA / SL, RA Regiments SL, RA Regiments LAA / SL, RA Batteries Siege, RA Batteries [Named], Battalions RTC / RTR, Yeomanry, Royal Signals Units.
Indian Army - Infantry Regiments, Ghurka Early Titles, Ghurka Regiments, Gorkha Rifles, Gurkha Parachute Battalions.
210 x 295mm, viii + 134 + 8 pages of fold-out tables.
ISBN 0-85420-212-9 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-222-6 Softback edition £19.99
A GAZETTEER OF THE SECOND ANGLO-BOER WAR : 1899-1902
by H and M Jones
The result of many years of painstaking research, drawing from Afrikaans, Dutch and English sources and archives, now published to coincide with the centenary of the outbreak of the war. Listing over 1800 locations from cities to farms, mountain ranges to individual koppies, major railway junctions to sidings where military activity took place. Each location is listed under the name used in the war, with details of its variations as well the name in present use. Each entry, giving equal emphasis to both sides, includes details of activity, military significance, and why the same location had a number of different names (ie Hart's Hill, Inniskilling Hill, Terrace Hill, and Green Hill), there are 14 Rietfontteins, seven Nooitgedachts listed. Exact geo-graphical location is provided by reference to the 1:250,000 series of topo-cadastral maps published by the South African Government Printer, together with a note of the distance from the nearest large centre of population. Each entry contains reference to the main sources in English and Afrikaans, with notes on any relevant maps that can be found within them. This allows the researcher to follow up an initial enquiry with ease. Also included are appendices that detail the locations of all the actions where a Victoria Cross was awarded. Sites of Refugee Concentration Camps for both Black and Boer. Also there are indices that include Boer Commandos, British units and formations (including over 70 Cape, Natal and Transvaal units), as well as Boer and British personalities. For the first time this single volume will easily enable anyone wishing to find out what happened where in this war. An enormous amount of work and research has gone into its production it is an invaluable reference work, not only for those interested in the war, but also the traveller and armchair tourist.
210 x 295mm, 286 pages, maps.
ISBN 0-85420-180-7 Hardback edition £45.00
ISBN 0-85420-175-0 Softback edition £25.00
REGIMENTS OF THE BRITISH ARMY 1939-1945 [ARTILLERY]
by M Bellis
A comprehensive publication listing the Artillery Regiments of the British Army of the Second World War. Royal Horse, Field, Heavy, Named, Medium, Anti-Aircraft, Searchlight, Anti-tank, Light, Airborne, Parachute, Defence, Garrison, etc. Locations, superior formations, dates & 123 pages, maps.
ISBN 0-85420-124-6 Hardback edition £19.99
DRIVER'S HANDBOOK FOR EXCELSIOR 98cc "WELBIKE"
The "Welbike" was devised to give additional mobility to British airborne forces in World War II. This very small motorcycle could be packed into the standard CLE parachute delivered container. After World War II a civilian version gained a brief period of popularity.
33 pages, 12 drawings.
ISBN 0-85420-195-5 Softback edition £5.99
THE BOER ARMY : 1899-1902: A MILITARY HANDBOOK : The Organisation, Experiences and Methods of the Boer Army.
by Anthony David Jones
This is the first detailed description of the Boer Armies to appear in English since the end of the war nearly 100 years ago. The author explains the background to the Second Anglo-Boer War and includes an chronology and the organisation of the Boer Forces. The historical background of the Commandos and the different command structures between the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. The war-time alterations and reorganisations by both States. The foreign volunteer units who served in the Boer forces. List of Transvaal Commandos and their strengths at the outbreak of the war, with Boer Orange Free State and Transvaal Order of Battle. The Boer Artillery, details of their guns and uniforms. Boer small arms, the types of rifles, such as the Martini-Henry, Lee-Metford, Guedes, Krag-Jorgensen and Mauser, and how and why they were acquired. The Boer in the field, his dress, and later in the war the wearing of British captured uniforms. The Boer method of fighting and the development of their tactics in the "guerrilla phase". Also the Boer Commissariat and Medical Services are described.
210 x 295 mm, ii + 90 pages, tables, stills, map.
ISBN 0-85420-235-8 Hardback edition £25.00
ISBN 0-85420-240-4 Softback edition £12.99
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