The Amateur Military Tradition, 1558-1945Manchester University Press, 1991 - 340 pages |
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... example , the under - secretary of state for war , Sir Edward Grigg , likened the home guard to the yeomanry of the Napoleonic wars while what amounted to a semi - official history penned by Charles Graves in 1943 referred both to the ...
... example , the under - secretary of state for war , Sir Edward Grigg , likened the home guard to the yeomanry of the Napoleonic wars while what amounted to a semi - official history penned by Charles Graves in 1943 referred both to the ...
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... example was when a new squadron was raised in Worcestershire in February 1832 and advanced three years ' capitation grant : Lord Plymouth was still compelled to find £ 6,200 himself to equip the troop properly . Later , the Earl of ...
... example was when a new squadron was raised in Worcestershire in February 1832 and advanced three years ' capitation grant : Lord Plymouth was still compelled to find £ 6,200 himself to equip the troop properly . Later , the Earl of ...
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... example , numbers had declined from 1,200 to 520 and in Bournemouth from 900 to 500 while in Dulwich only half the 325 men of the local unit had returned their forms and only 63 of those who did so agreed to the commitment . The ...
... example , numbers had declined from 1,200 to 520 and in Bournemouth from 900 to 500 while in Dulwich only half the 325 men of the local unit had returned their forms and only 63 of those who did so agreed to the commitment . The ...
Contents
The emergence of a constitutional force 16011745 | 31 |
Compulsion and its alternatives 17451802 | 61 |
From expediency to rationalisation 18021815 | 91 |
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