STEADFAST GURKHA: Historical Record of 6th Queen Elizabeth's Woen Gurkha Rifles (Vol 3)

History

MESSENGER,Charles

Military

Pen_and_Sword

Recently amalgamated into the regular forces, the WRAC had a historic role in opening up military careers to women; the Corps was particularly effective working with civilians in Northern Ireland.

Women's Royal Army Corps

Bidwell, Shelford

The Suffolk Regiment served gallantly in many of the world's minor conflicts after World War II; this history also includes a fascinating account of Princess Margaret's years as honorary colonel of the regiment.

History of the Suffolk Regiment: 1946-1959

Godfrey, F

Churchill's personal account, based on his own experiences, of the Boer War of 1899-1902.

BOER WAR: London to Ladysmith: Ian Hamilton's March

CHURCHILL, Winston

Biographies & Memoirs

A re-examination of Zulu War hero Redvers Buller, who was blamed for British defeats in the Boer War of 1899-1902.

Buller: A Scapegoat? A Life of General Sir Redvers Buller, 1839-1908

Powell, Geoffrey

Historical

The book follows Orem's passage from boy-sailor in the sail training vessel Worchester just after the turn of the century to corridors of Admiralty by the end of the World War II. It tells of his transition from the Merchant to the Royal Navy just before the Great War, of his early experience in submarines under the tutelage of some of the pioneers of his revolutionary technology, and of his eventual appointment to Captain (S) 5th. Flotilla at HMSS Dolphin, the submarine training school at Fort Blockhouse.

Rogue's Yarn: The Sea-going Life a Captain 'Joe' Oram

Harris, Wendy

Leaders & Notable People

Diplomatic adventures of one of Britain's great "Asia hands," including a dramatic mission to Hanoi during the Vietnam War.

Twice Around the World: Some Memoirs of Diplomatic Life in North Vietnam and Outer Mongolia

Colvin, John

Britain's only experience of a peacetime draft, which saw conscripts fighting conventional battles in Korea and conducting a long-term guerrilla war against the Mau Mau.

SIX CAMPAIGNS: National Servicemen at War, 1948-1960

Walker, Adrian

The Liverpool Pals were the first of the neighborhood-based units to be raised by the British for service in World War I, after the heavy losses in the regular army. Casualties after nearly two years of war eventually caused the units to be withdrawn in early 1918, but the 17th Battalion had the unique experience of being sent to Russia for operations against the Bolsheviks which lasted well into 1919.

LIVERPOOL PALS: 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Battalions, The King's (Liverpool) Regiment (SERVICE BATTALIONS, THE KING'S)

Maddocks, Graham

Europe

With the Royal Navy tied up at Jutland for much of World War I, surplus naval reservists were formed into a Royal Naval Division to fight in the trenches; the Hood Battalion was one of the division's most distinguished units.

Hood Battalion

Sellers, Leonard

Americas

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