1853 Pattern Light Cavalry SabreIntroduced just prior to the Crimean War, this pattern sword was carried by about half of the troopers who participated in the famousCharge of the Light Brigade. This sword continued to be used by some British light cavalry regiments into the 1870s. As an inte...
The British Army is the land warfare branch of the British Armed Forces. The English Army was founded in 1660, was succeeded in 1707 by the new British Army,[note 2] incorporating the existing Scottish regiments. It was administered by the War Office fro
Gold Plated! Gorgeous! The 1834 Pattern Inniskilling Cavalry Helmet is probably the most elegant and expensive helmet ever made for the British Army. It is really a work of art. Own it today for $1395$995 (AMR011) French Napoleonic Cavalry Helmets...
The efficiency of the Prussian regiments at drill enabled them to move around the battlefield with a speed and manoeuvrability that no other European Army could equal.Heavy cavalry of the period comprised cuirassiers, whose troopers wore steel breastplates, and dragoons. The main form of ...
Army Reservist Private Belinda Houghton (25) from Blackpool is an Army medic currently serving with the 4th Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment as part of the United Nations Forces in Cyprus (UNFICYP) mission. Oh my goodness, time has really flown by. It is hard to believe that I...
Some dragoons wore a bearskin cap. The Austrian army contained a large number of irregular units notably the Pandours from the Balkans who wore their ethnic dress without uniformity. Hungarian Hussars provided the light cavalry arm. These Hussars, dressed as described for the Prussian Hussars, ...
Through the 1920’s, this resulted in a line of light tanks being built for the British Army by Vickers-Armstrong, with the first being the Vickers Light Tank Mark I.In 1920 the British Army planned to acquire a Light Infantry Tank. Colonel Johnson of the Tank Design Department derived ...
The efficiency of the Prussian regiments at drill enabled them to move around the battlefield with a speed and manoeuvrability that no other European Army could equal.Heavy cavalry of the period comprised cuirassiers, whose troopers wore steel breastplates, and dragoons. The main form of lig...
the mess were from a variety of corps and regiments; the president was from the Royal Army Service Corps and there were officers from REME, a cavalry regiment, signals, sappers and others. The waitresses who looked after us were upmarket German ladies, and my batman was a middle aged ...
British Army KNT023 Infantry and Artillery Officer pattern 1747-1812 OUT OF STOCK KNT008 This knot was probably the most famous of officer's knots. It was made with fringe or light bullion and was still used up to the War of 1812. However heavier bullions, like on the next knot, ...