Famous Regiments of the British Army: Volume Three

A Pictorial Guide and Celebration

This book, a continuation of volumes one and two, completes the study of more than a hundred British regiments all of whom played more than important roles in world history.

This book, a continuation of volumes one and two, completes the study of more than a hundred British regiments all of whom played more than important roles in world history. In testing times, on foreign adventures victorious, glorious and sometimes disastrous, they have helped shape the history of the British Isles. In this third volume thirty-four regiments are featured their battle honours, badges and most famous sons including the stories of the heroic actions of their Victoria Cross holders. Each regiments section includes artworks and photographs illustrating insignia, uniforms and soldiers in action down through the centuries. While the tales of courage and loss are in themselves enthralling, Dorian Bond divu