Author : Bryn Owen
Publisher : Images of Wales
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,79 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752416793
This book is part of the Images of Wales series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in Wales, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.
Author : Beryl Evans
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 33,36 MB
Release : 2015-05-30
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1473861950
Few previous publications have focused on Welsh family history, and none have provided a comprehensive guide to the genealogical information available and where to find it. That is why the publication of Beryl Evans's new Welsh family history handbook is such a significant event in the field. Her detailed, accessible, authoritative guide will be essential reading and reference for anyone who is eager to research ancestors from Wales. She describes the key archival sources and shows how the development of new technology, the internet in particular, has made them so much easier to explore. Drawing on her long experience of family history work, she gives clear practical advice on how to start a research project, and she sketches in the outlines of Welsh history, Welsh surnames and place-names and the Welsh language. But the main body of her book is devoted to identifying the variety of sources researchers can consult the archive repositories, including The National Library of Wales, civil records of all kinds, the census, parish registers, wills, the records of churches, chapels, schools, businesses, tax offices and courts, and the wide range of printed records. Beryl Evans's handbook will be a basic text for researchers of Welsh descent and for anyone who is keen to learn about Welsh history
Author : Charles Messenger
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 18,13 MB
Release : 1994-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0850524229
The author explains how the tradition of loyalty to the regiment has served the British Army so well over the past 350 years and, in his vivid description of some of the major campaigns in which it has fought, shows what it was like at various times to have been an officer or a soldier in the British Army.
Author : Keith W. Reynard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 3653 pages
File Size : 26,49 MB
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1135475458
This unique and important directory incorporates some 3,200 entries. It covers all types and sizes of museums; galleries of paintings, sculpture and photography; and buildings and sites of particular historic interest. It also provides an extensive index listing over 3,200 subjects. The directory covers national collections and major buildings, but also the more unusual, less well-known and local exhibits and sites. The Directory of Museums, Galleries and Buildings of Historic Interest in the United Kingdom is an indispensable reference source for any library, an ideal companion for researcher and enthusiast alike, and an essential purchase for anyone with an interest in the cultural and historical collections of the UK. Features include: * Alphabetically listed entries, which are also indexed by subject for ease of reference * Entries include the name and address of the organization, telephone and fax numbers, email and internet addresses, a point of contact, times of opening and facilities for visitors * A breakdown of the collections held by each organization, giving a broad overview of the main collection as a whole * Details of special collections are provided and include the period covered as well as the number of items held.
Author : Byron Farwell
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 35,12 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393304442
This is an upstairs-downstairs view of the Victorian-Edwardian army, one of the world's most peculiar fighting forces. The battles it fought are household words, but the idiosyncracies and eccentricities of its soldiers and the often appalling conditions under which they lived have gone largely unrecorded. Byron Farwell explores here the lives of officers and men, their foibles, gallantry, and diversions, their discipline and their rewards.
Author : Ray Westlake
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 13,42 MB
Release : 1998-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1473813271
A revised and updated collector’s reference guide to British Army metal shoulder titles from all the various units. Newly revised and updated, Collecting Metal Shoulder Titles records the titles worn throughout the British Army by units of the Regular, Militia, Yeomanry, Volunteer, Territorial and Cadet forces. Details of some two thousand patterns are set out in the text and illustrated by photographs from the author’s unique collection. Ray Westlake is a recognised authority on British Army lineage and gives dates of formation, amalgamation, disbandment and changes in designation for all regiments. Collecting Metal Shoulder Titles is recognised by collectors and military historians alike as the definitive reference work. Today, some sixteen years after it first appeared, the book remains the only reliable guide to an increasingly popular form of collecting. This edition, with two supplements, brings it abreast of the last round of mergers and amalgamations.
Author : Keith Langston
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 38,3 MB
Release : 2019-08-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1473878551
This British Railways history explores the long-held tradition of naming steam locomotives in honor of the military. The naming of steam locomotives was a beloved British tradition since the first railway locomotives appeared in 1804. Many of the names were chosen in honor of military personnel, regiments, squadrons, naval vessels, aircraft, battles, and associated historic events. This volume looks specifically at the steam locomotives with military-inspired names that were built by the London & North Eastern Railway, which joined the British Railways stock in 1948. A large number of the company’s Jubilee class locomotives were given names with a military connection, as were a small number of Black Five class engines. Famously the majority of the much-admired Royal Scot class of engines carried names associated with the military in general and regimental names in particular. Many of the nameplates were adorned with ornate crests and badges. Long after the demise of mainline steam, rescued nameplates have become prized collectors’ items. This generously illustrated publication highlights the relevant steam locomotives and explains the origins and social history surrounding their military names.
Author : David Ascoli
Publisher :
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 16,88 MB
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : George Usher
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 20,2 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1408102234
From the invasion of Britain by the Danes through the battle of Hastings, Agincourt and Waterloo up to the present day, this fascinating dictionary includes entries on battles, campaigns and famous commanders, as well as ranks, regiments, uniforms and weapons. The reader will find an outline of the British army since its formation in the 17th century, together with brief histories of battles and biographies of great military leaders. A handy reference source for all levels of student or enthusiast, including the general reader of historical reference and anyone with an interest in the British military.
Author : Christopher Chant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 26,58 MB
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1134647247
Since the creation of the standing army in 1661, when each regiment was known by the name of its current colonel, there have been many reforms and rationalizations of the British army. From 31 cavalry regiments and 113 infantry regiments in 1881, at the time of this title’s first publication in 1988, the army had reduced to just 16 regiments of armour and 39 regiments of infantry through processes of absorption and amalgamation. The Handbook of British Regiments provides insight into the lineage and history of the approximately 85 regiments and corps which formed the British army towards the end of the 1980s. Comprehensive in coverage, each has a separate entry giving factual details in a layout standardized for easy comparison, including current title, colonel-in-chief, uniform and history, amongst others. A key title amongst Routledge reference reissues, this handbook provides an accessible guide to specialists as well as lay enthusiasts, and illustrates a sense of the continuity and inherited tradition of each regiment and corps.
