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Author: Ray Westlake Publisher: Naval & Military Press ISBN: 9781783314850 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 186
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In A Guide to the Volunteers of England 1859-1908, the second of his 'Guides' series, Ray Westlake presents details of the several branches of the Victorian system that saw men from all walks of life give up their spare time to prepare for any invasion, should it take place.
Author: Ray Westlake Publisher: Naval & Military Press ISBN: 9781783314850 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 186
Book Description
In A Guide to the Volunteers of England 1859-1908, the second of his 'Guides' series, Ray Westlake presents details of the several branches of the Victorian system that saw men from all walks of life give up their spare time to prepare for any invasion, should it take place.
Author: Ray Westlake Publisher: Casemate Publishers ISBN: 1848842112 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 305
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This work records the various Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) that were created throughout England, Scotland and Wales as a result of the formation in 1859 of the Volunteer Force. Listed under the counties in which they were raised and numbered are the RVC that were accepted by the War Office.
Author: Hugh Cunningham Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000007642 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 161
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Originally published in 1975, The Volunteer Force is a study of the part-time military force which came into being to meet the mid-nineteenth century fear of French invasion. It survived and grew for fifty years until in 1908 it was renamed and remodelled as the Territorial Force. Composed initially of middle-class and often middle-aged gentlemen who elected their own officers and paid for their own equipment, the Volunteer Force soon became youthful and working-class, with appointed middle-class officers, a Government subsidy, and a minor military role as an adjunct to the Regular Army. This book examines the origins of the Force, the transformation in its social composition, the difficulties in finding officers who were ‘gentlemen’, the ambiguous status, of the Force both in the local community and in the Regular Army, and the political influence which the Force exerted in the early twentieth century. Above all it is concerned with the reasons for and the implications of enrolment; publicists argued that the Force was the embodiment of patriotism, and an indication of working-class loyalty to established institutions.
Author: Everett Sharp Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1728375541 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 227
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The main theme of this book is an examination of part-time voluntary military service culture as it contrasts the counties of Cornwall and Devon with the rest of the UK from 1846 to 1916. There is an explanation of pre-war volunteers in the Militia and Yeomanry, the growth of civilian controlled ‘Rifle’ units plus reaction to the Boer War and the popularity of the then new Territorial Force. It finally enquires about any possible enthusiasm for full time service from 1914 up to the introduction of conscription in 1916.
Author: Ray Westlake
Author: Ray Westlake
Author: Ray Westlake
Author: Hugh Cunningham
Author: Hugh Cunningham
Author: Sir James Moncrieff Grierson
Author: Ray Westlake
Author: Norman E. H. Litchfield
Author: James Moncrieff Grierson (Sir)
Author: Everett Sharp
Author: British Museum