Author: SAINSBURY, JOHN DAVID (1938-)
Title: Hertfordshire Yeomanry : illustrated history, (1794-1920) / J. D. Sainsbury
Description: Welwyn : Hart Books 1994. First Edition. Fine copy in the original color-printed. stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Physical description; x. 240 p. (4) leaves of plates : ill. (some col.). facsims. ports. ; 28 cm. Summary; This is the first of four volumes that constitute the official history of all Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Artillery units. Mounted troops known as Yeomanry Cavalry were raised in 1794 in response to the threat of French invasion. They were maintained during peacetime and provided volunteer mounted troops for service in the South African War. Large-scale reorganisation of Britain's Auxiliary Forces in 1908 led to the incorporation of the Yeomanry in the Territorial Force. the legal predecessor of today's Territorial Army. The Hertfordshire Yeomanry's fortunes from raising in Napoleonic times are followed in Volume 1. which also details the national background. The regiment served in South Africa and throughout the First World War. where it fought in Gallipoli. Egypt and Palestine and Mesopotamia (now Iraq). Subjects; Great Britain. Army. Hertfordshire Yeomanry. Dates covered: (1794-1920). Warfare & defence ; Local history. Hertfordshire ; (c 1700 to c 1800) ; (c 1800 to c 1900) ; 20th century. Technology / Military Science. History ; Great Britain ; Great Britain ; Army ; History. Military ; Hertfordshire Yeomanry. Genre; Illustrated. ISBN: 094852703X. Weight in Kg appr.:

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