and badges for field officers came about in 1810. army ranks for the most part, british ranks are very similar to their american counterparts, which is not surprising considering american ranks and military culture were based upon the british. the f...
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An account of the South Wales Border Regiment’s seemingly hopeless last-ditch stand against the massed ranks of the Zulu Nation, it’s a massively successful enterprise – especially from first-time producer (and star) Stanley Baker and a director previously known chiefly for low-budget noirs....
The Land Army was disbanded on 21 October 1950. Women who participated felt that they never really got much recognition; a ceremony was finally held in June 2008 in which then Prime Minister Gordon Brown presented badges to some of the veterans still living at the time. See also:Archive of...
At Morval, we were segregated into ordinary soldiers (‘other ranks’) and potential officer cadets (O.R.1s) who, as their title suggests, were to be given the opportunity of climbing the greasy pole of promotion. At the end of our basic sapper training, we were posted for a few weeks...
An account of the South Wales Border Regiment’s seemingly hopeless last-ditch stand against the massed ranks of the Zulu Nation, it’s a massively successful enterprise – especially from first-time producer (and star) Stanley Baker and a director previously known chiefly for low-budget noirs....