The King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1857 1968

The King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry  1857 1968
Author: Malcolm K. Johnson
Publsiher: Images of England
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 075241867X

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This fascinating illustrated regimental history contains photographs taken over a period of 11 years. During this time the Regiment served in most parts of the Empire including areas as diverse as India and Burma, South Africa and Norway, Kenya and Brunei.The Regiment, the 51st Foot, was raised in Leeds in 1755 and is one of the six Minden Regiments where, at the Battle of Minden (1759), British infantry beat off and drove back three waves of attacking French cavalry. In 1881 the 51st King's Own Light Infantry was coupled with the 105th Madras European Light Infantry to form the 1st and 2nd Battalions, respectively, of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. In 1927, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, was appointed Colonel-in-Chief. The recruiting area was mainly the industrial West Riding, South and North Yorkshire. The Regiment has a distinguished record and was involved in most of the great conflicts of the past 250 years.With 226 photographs from the Regiment's own archive at the Regimental Museum (housed within the Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Museum), as well as images from the Imperial War Museum, the National Archive of Canada, newspapers, the regimental journal, The Bugle, and former officers and men of the Regiment, this volume provides an interesting pictorial insight into the history of the Regiment.

Miners Battalion

Miners  Battalion
Author: Malcolm Keith Johnson
Publsiher: Casemate Publishers
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2017-03-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781473868106

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The true nature and functions of a pioneer battalion were never fully understood during the war either by military or laymen. Pioneers pioneers, mused a red-hatted Staff Captain to me the other day. Sort of labor battalion, arent you? We sure are! I agreed. These words, written by Captain R. Ede England, who served with 12th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry during the whole of the Great War, are as true today as they were when he wrote the original history of the battalion in the early 1920s. Little is known, or understood, of the contribution made by the many thousands of men who served with the original Pioneer battalions. Building and repairing roads, bridges, railway lines, gun emplacements, and laying barbed wire to protect the Front Line, were just some of the tasks that they performed on a regular basis. Fortunately, the subject of the British Armys logistical support in the war zone during the new industrialized warfare that developed between 1914 and 1918 is now being examined in greater detail. Miners Battalion, A History of the 12th (Pioneers) Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1914-1918 follows the battalion throughout the war and shows how the men, mainly Yorkshire miners, applied their civilian skills to the purposes of war. It also reveals that in 1918, when forced to fight as infantrymen, the battalion performed with distinction, gaining the nickname, 'the Yorkshire Guards'.

History of the King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

History of the King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Author: Harold Carmichael Wylly
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 422
Release: 1926
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: UOM:39015010852724

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The King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

The King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Author: Anonim
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 135
Release: 1940*
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: OCLC:58957339

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Monty s Functional Doctrine

Monty s Functional Doctrine
Author: Charles Forrester
Publsiher: Helion and Company
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2015-08-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781912174539

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Using a combination of new perspectives and new evidence, this book presents a reinterpretation of how 21st Army Group produced a successful combined arms doctrine by late 1944 and implemented this in early 1945. Historians, professional military personnel and those interested in military history should read this book, which contributes to the radical reappraisal of Great Britain’s fighting forces in the last years of the Second World War, with an exploration of the reasons why 21st Army Group was able in 1944–45 to integrate the operations of its armor and infantry. The key to understanding how the outcome developed lies in understanding the ways in which the two processes of fighting and the creation of doctrine interrelated. This requires both a conventional focus on command and a cross-level study of Montgomery and a significant group of commanders. The issue of whether or not this integration of combat arms (a guide to operational fighting capability) had any basis in a common doctrine is an important one. Alongside this stands the new light this work throws on how such doctrine was created. A third interrelated contribution is in answering how Montgomery commanded, and whether and to what extent, doctrine was imposed or generated. Further it investigates how a group of ‘effervescent’ commanders interrelated, and what the impact of those interrelationships was in the formulation of a workable doctrine. The book makes an original contribution to the debate on Montgomery’s command style in Northwest Europe and its consequences, and integrates this with tracking down and disentangling the roots of his ideas, and his role in the creation of doctrine for the British Army’s final push against the Germans. In particular the author is able to do something that has defeated previous authors: to explain how doctrine was evolved and, especially who was responsible for providing the crucial first drafts, and the role Montgomery played in revising, codifying and disseminating it.

History of the King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

History of the King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Author: Harold Carmichael Wylly
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 135
Release: 1924
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: OCLC:498529821

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History of The King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in the Great War 1914 1918

History of The King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in the Great War 1914 1918
Author: Anonim
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 135
Release: 1929
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: OCLC:950514425

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King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in the Great War 1914 1918

King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in the Great War 1914 1918
Author: R. C. Bond
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2006-06-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1847343821

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