Author: GRANT, CHARLES. ROFFE, MICHAEL
Title: The Coldstream Guards / text by Charles Grant; colour plates by Michael Roffe
Description: Reading. Berkshire : Osprey 1971. First Edition. Near-fine copy in the original color-printed. stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Series; Men-at-Arms series. Physical description; 40 p. 8 p. of plates : ill. (some col.). figs. port. ; 25 cm. Summary; The Coldstream Guards is the oldest serving regular regiment in the British Army. First called 'Monck's Regiment of Foot.' the regiment was formed by Oliver Cromwell in 1650. and was later renamed the 'Coldstream Guards' after the Scottish village where Monck assembled his troops before marching into London. In the years following the English Civil War. the troops saw action in the Napoleonic Wars. the Crimea. Egypt. Sudan and South Africa. and World Wars I and II. This book outlines the history of the Coldstream Guards from its inception to the end of World War II. detailing the uniforms and equipment of this prestigious unit. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. Coldstream Guards. Great Britain. Army. heraldry in general. military unit histories. armed forces in general. armies. Great Britain. UK. General. 1900 to the present day. british army. infantry regiments. guards regiments. coldstream guards. Great Britain - Army - Coldstream Guards. to 1970. Regiments. United Kingdom. Great Britain. Technology & Engineering / Military Science. History / Military / General. ISBN: 0850450578. Weight in Kg appr.:

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