The Amateur Military Tradition, 1558-1945Manchester University Press, 1991 - 340 pages |
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... raised in the 1650s , 1660s , in 1715 and 1745 and between 1778 and 1782 when the first specific volunteer legisla- tion was enacted . Volunteers are principally associated , however , with the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars ...
... raised in the 1650s , 1660s , in 1715 and 1745 and between 1778 and 1782 when the first specific volunteer legisla- tion was enacted . Volunteers are principally associated , however , with the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars ...
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... raised for temporary service with the army by various noblemen acting under the royal warrant and it was also utilised for local units in Yorkshire . At Carlisle a unit was raised . through the agency of the lieutenancy but others were ...
... raised for temporary service with the army by various noblemen acting under the royal warrant and it was also utilised for local units in Yorkshire . At Carlisle a unit was raised . through the agency of the lieutenancy but others were ...
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... raised . Thus , over 50 corps were raised in Middlesex , 12 in the Tower Hamlets and five in the City . By the end of 1859 Merseyside alone had furnished over 4,000 volunteers in 26 separate corps while , by June 1861 , Newcastle , Hull ...
... raised . Thus , over 50 corps were raised in Middlesex , 12 in the Tower Hamlets and five in the City . By the end of 1859 Merseyside alone had furnished over 4,000 volunteers in 26 separate corps while , by June 1861 , Newcastle , Hull ...
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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