Patrick Mileham THE YEOMANRY REGIMENTS First Edition Double Signed
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Patrick Mileham THE YEOMANRY REGIMENTS First Edition Double Signed
First edition first print hardback of THE YEOMANRY REGIMENTS by Patrick Mileham and published by Canongate Academic in 1990. Signed by Mileham and Colonel Commandant Yeomanry on a bookplate on the title page.The book is in very good condition (black cloth boards with gold lettering in gold border to spine) with light general wear (slight bumping to the bottom of the spine). The book is in a very good- unclipped dust jacket (protected in an archival sleeve) which has very light creasing to the corners. Internally the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears or other inscriptions.
The yeomanry cavalry was first formed in 1794 comprising part time volunteers in order to defend Britain from possible invasion from Revolutionary France. During the course of the nineteenth century it was frequently used to prevent and contain civil disturbances, such as Peterloo, and a powerful organisation was built up to which many influential people belonged. Its history forms part of the fabric of British social history.
In the South African war and the two world wars, the Yeomanry regiments fought initially as cavalry, mounted riflemen and dismounted troops; later they served with notable success as mechanised, artillery and signal regiments. Although it became much changed in character during the twentieth century, the Yeomanry still faithfully reflects British society at large and maintains a distinctive presence as part of the modern-day Territorial Army.
128 pages including bibliography, acknowledgements and index. Illustrated with black and white and coloured photographs.
ISBN: 1898410364
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