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British Territorial Units 1914-18 Ray Westlake

British Territorial Units 1914-18 By Ray Westlake

British Territorial Units 1914-18 by Ray Westlake


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Summary

This details the organization and equipment of volunteer units who fought alongside their regular comrades in almost every major British engagement of the war and without whom victory could have proved impossible. This volume is part of the Men-at-Arms series.

British Territorial Units 1914-18 Summary

British Territorial Units 1914-18 by Ray Westlake

In his Army Reforms of 1906/07 the Secretary of State for War, Richard Burdon Haldane, provided for an expeditionary force the Regular Army supplemented by the old Militia and a new organisation intended for home defence, the Territorial Force. This new 'Citizen's Army' was formed by the transfer of the Honourable Artillery Company, Imperial Yeomanry and Volunteer Force, all with many years of service and tradition. At the outbreak of war, the Territorial Force was organised as per the Regular Army, with infantry battalions, artillery, engineers, supply and medical formations. This title takes a highly detailed and illustrated look at the badges and uniforms and the changing organisation of the British Territorial units during the Great War. It also covers the combat experiences of the men who soon found themselves in service overseas, in the thick of the fighting.

About Ray Westlake

Ray Westlake has had a long standing fascination with the Territorial Units of the British Army. He has published numeous volumes on British units during the Great War, covering Gallipoli and the Somme. In this, his first title for Osprey, he brings his expertise and research to bear in a close look at the Territorial Forces during this period. Mike Chappell comes from an Aldershot family with British Army connections stretching back several generations. He enlisted as a teenage private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1952, and over the next 22 years he held every rank and many regimental appointments up to WO1 and Regimental Sergeant Major. He retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers), and has since devoted himself to illustrating and authoring many military history titles.

Table of Contents

The Birth of the Territorials * Organisation in 1914 * Badges and Uniform * Organisation 1914-1918 * War Service * The Plates

Additional information

GOR005108005
9781855321687
1855321688
British Territorial Units 1914-18 by Ray Westlake
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
19910326
48
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