Author: Walter Temple Willcox
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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The 3rd (King's Own) Hussars in the Great War (1914 - 1919)
Author: Walter Temple Willcox
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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The 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars in the Great War
Author: Captain H. K. D. Evans
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1781515255
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
In his foreword to this book, Winston Churchill rightly calls it a ‘plain yet careful record of the fortunes and services of the 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars in the Great War (which) deserves and will repay attentive study from those to whom the history of the regiments of the British Army is of vivid interest'. The 4th Queen’s Own were one of the Army’s elite cavalry regiments which fulfilled their traditional role in the open warfare which characterised the campaigns in 1914 and 1918 at the beginning and end of the Great War. In between, of course, came the static horrors of trench warfare, when, as Churchill tactfully says: ‘the fond hopes which cavalry Generals and cavalry soldiers cherished of a great eruption of cavalry through the German lines as the culmination of a decisive battle never materialised’. Nevertheless, the 4th took part in the retreat from Mons in 1914; the first and second battle of Ypres - in which they experienced the first German poison gas attack - and the battles of Loos, the Somme and Arras. In 1918 they saw action in both the great German spring offensives and the victorious allied counter-attacks that summer and autumn. Illustrated with maps, photographs and appendices containing rolls of honour, decorations, lists of officers etc. this is a complete unit history for those interested in cavalry regiments in the Great War.
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1781515255
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
In his foreword to this book, Winston Churchill rightly calls it a ‘plain yet careful record of the fortunes and services of the 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars in the Great War (which) deserves and will repay attentive study from those to whom the history of the regiments of the British Army is of vivid interest'. The 4th Queen’s Own were one of the Army’s elite cavalry regiments which fulfilled their traditional role in the open warfare which characterised the campaigns in 1914 and 1918 at the beginning and end of the Great War. In between, of course, came the static horrors of trench warfare, when, as Churchill tactfully says: ‘the fond hopes which cavalry Generals and cavalry soldiers cherished of a great eruption of cavalry through the German lines as the culmination of a decisive battle never materialised’. Nevertheless, the 4th took part in the retreat from Mons in 1914; the first and second battle of Ypres - in which they experienced the first German poison gas attack - and the battles of Loos, the Somme and Arras. In 1918 they saw action in both the great German spring offensives and the victorious allied counter-attacks that summer and autumn. Illustrated with maps, photographs and appendices containing rolls of honour, decorations, lists of officers etc. this is a complete unit history for those interested in cavalry regiments in the Great War.
The Oxfordshire Hussars in the Great War (1914-1918)
Author: Adrian Wentworth Keith-Falconer
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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History of the 6th Cavalry Brigade, 1914-1919
Author: John Burgon Bickersteth
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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The Army Quarterly
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Historical Record of 3rd, the King's Own Hussars, Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and Its Subsequent Services to 1927
Author: Great Britain. Army. 3rd Dragoons. (King's Own Hussars)
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Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Languages : en
Pages : 208
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The 10th (P.W.O.) Royal Hussars and The Essex Yeomanry
Author: Lt Col F.H.D.C. Whitmore
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1781491690
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
A Regular cavalry regiment and a Territorial Yeomanry regiment make strange bedfellows in a combined regimental history, but this is the work of an officer who commanded both during the war and felt the need to make a record of the incidents which united the Regiments in close friendship during the Great War. Whitmore was a Territorial officer, not a Regular, and his appointment to command a regular cavalry regiment must have been a unique one; there were only twenty-five cavalry of the line regiments on the Western Front and competition for command among career officers would have been keen. Furthermore he was recommended to the command of the 10th Hussars by the Cavalry Corps commander, Lieut-General Sir Charles Kavanagh, who was himself a former CO of the Regiment. The Hussars landed at Ostend in October 1914, the Essex at Havre on 1 December 1914 and both regiments served in 8th Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division, till April 1918 when the Essex were broken up, at which point Whitmore, who had been CO of the Essex since November 1915, was posted to command 10th Hussars where he remained till March 1919. This account is not in the form of a personal memoir but rather that of an impersonal, wartime regimental history in which the activities of both regiments are fused into the one narrative set out in chronological order. There is a wealth of information in the appendices which are arranged for each Regiment separately: Diary of movements; Roll of officers who served showing when they joined and when they left and whether they were casualties and, in the case of the Essex; where they went; Honours and Awards; list of casualties showing killed, wounded or missing. There are also two appendices showing Order of Battle, one giving names of Cavalry Corps, Division and Brigade commanders with dates, and the other giving the composition of the Cavalry Divisions and Brigades. There is an index. This is a gift for researchers, genealogists and medallists.
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1781491690
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
A Regular cavalry regiment and a Territorial Yeomanry regiment make strange bedfellows in a combined regimental history, but this is the work of an officer who commanded both during the war and felt the need to make a record of the incidents which united the Regiments in close friendship during the Great War. Whitmore was a Territorial officer, not a Regular, and his appointment to command a regular cavalry regiment must have been a unique one; there were only twenty-five cavalry of the line regiments on the Western Front and competition for command among career officers would have been keen. Furthermore he was recommended to the command of the 10th Hussars by the Cavalry Corps commander, Lieut-General Sir Charles Kavanagh, who was himself a former CO of the Regiment. The Hussars landed at Ostend in October 1914, the Essex at Havre on 1 December 1914 and both regiments served in 8th Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division, till April 1918 when the Essex were broken up, at which point Whitmore, who had been CO of the Essex since November 1915, was posted to command 10th Hussars where he remained till March 1919. This account is not in the form of a personal memoir but rather that of an impersonal, wartime regimental history in which the activities of both regiments are fused into the one narrative set out in chronological order. There is a wealth of information in the appendices which are arranged for each Regiment separately: Diary of movements; Roll of officers who served showing when they joined and when they left and whether they were casualties and, in the case of the Essex; where they went; Honours and Awards; list of casualties showing killed, wounded or missing. There are also two appendices showing Order of Battle, one giving names of Cavalry Corps, Division and Brigade commanders with dates, and the other giving the composition of the Cavalry Divisions and Brigades. There is an index. This is a gift for researchers, genealogists and medallists.
The 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars in the Great War
Author: Henry Kenneth Douglas Evans
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Publisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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A Bibliography of British History, 1914-1989
Author: Keith Robbins
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198224969
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
Containing over 25,000 entries, this unique volume will be absolutely indispensable for all those with an interest in Britain in the twentieth century. Accessibly arranged by theme, with helpful introductions to each chapter, a huge range of topics is covered. There is a comprehensiveindex.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198224969
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
Containing over 25,000 entries, this unique volume will be absolutely indispensable for all those with an interest in Britain in the twentieth century. Accessibly arranged by theme, with helpful introductions to each chapter, a huge range of topics is covered. There is a comprehensiveindex.
Widener Library Shelflist: General European and world history
Author: Harvard University. Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 984
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Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 984
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