A History of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and Their Predecessors, 1685-1980
Author | : Great Britain. Army. Royal Dragoon Guards, 4th/7th |
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Total Pages | : 584 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Great Britain. Army. Royal Dragoon Guards, 4th/7th |
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Total Pages | : 584 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Peter Macfarlane |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2019-10-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472838602 |
The Royal Dragoon Guards have a long and distinguished history dating from 1685. Originally raised as regiments of horse and dragoons, they were subsequently designated as the 4th, 5th and 7th Dragoon Guards and the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. They fought in all of Britain's major wars from the late 17th century onwards, charging at Blenheim with Marlborough's cavalry, at Waterloo with the Union Brigade, and at Balaklava with the Heavy Brigade. In the 19th century, they also saw service in India and Africa. All four regiments served in France and Flanders during the First World War and one regiment fired the first British shot on the Western Front. They were then amalgamated into two regiments – the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. Both regiments were mechanised shortly before the Second World War, in which they played a leading role in the D-Day landings. In 1992, the two regiments amalgamated again to form the Royal Dragoon Guards. Recent conflicts have taken the regiment to Iraq and Afghanistan, continuing a record of operational service covering more than three centuries. This regimental history of the Dragoons tells their story as it played out across the centuries, exploring their role in both major and minor conflicts of the last 300 years. The title examines the development of the regiment up to the present day and highlights key figures across its history. The text is supported throughout with photographs and illustrations.
Author | : Great Britain. Army. Dragoon Guards (7th Princess Royal's Dragoons) |
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Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 1943 |
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Author | : Great Britain. Army. Cavalry. Cavalry Regiments. Fourth (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards |
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Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 1949 |
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Author | : The Marquess of Anglesey |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 551 |
Release | : 1993-09-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473815010 |
In the seventh, and second last, volume in t his historical work, Lord Anglesey shows how superior the Br itish cavalry was compared to those of the French and German s. He concentrates on the first five months of the War. '
Author | : Arthur S. White |
Publisher | : Andrews UK Limited |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2013-02-04 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 178150539X |
This is one of the most valuable books in the armoury of the serious student of British Military history. It is a new and revised edition of Arthur White's much sought-after bibliography of regimental, battalion and other histories of all regiments and Corps that have ever existed in the British Army. This new edition includes an enlarged addendum to that given in the 1988 reprint. It is, quite simply, indispensible.
Author | : Lord Anglesey |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 585 |
Release | : 1993-09-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0436273217 |
This book describes the history of the British cavalry in detail, running up to World War I.
Author | : Hugh Sebag-Montefiore |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 2016-08-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674545192 |
The notion of battles as the irreducible building blocks of war demands a single verdict of each campaign—victory, defeat, stalemate. But this kind of accounting leaves no room to record the nuances and twists of actual conflict. In Somme: Into the Breach, the noted military historian Hugh Sebag-Montefiore shows that by turning our focus to stories of the front line—to acts of heroism and moments of both terror and triumph—we can counter, and even change, familiar narratives. Planned as a decisive strike but fought as a bloody battle of attrition, the Battle of the Somme claimed over a million dead or wounded in months of fighting that have long epitomized the tragedy and folly of World War I. Yet by focusing on the first-hand experiences and personal stories of both Allied and enemy soldiers, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore defies the customary framing of incompetent generals and senseless slaughter. In its place, eyewitness accounts relive scenes of extraordinary courage and sacrifice, as soldiers ordered “over the top” ventured into No Man’s Land and enemy trenches, where they met a hail of machine-gun fire, thickets of barbed wire, and exploding shells. Rescuing from history the many forgotten heroes whose bravery has been overlooked, and giving voice to their bereaved relatives at home, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore reveals the Somme campaign in all its glory as well as its misery, helping us to realize that there are many meaningful ways to define a battle when seen through the eyes of those who lived it.