intelligent man and a good linguist. On 16 April 1812 Grant and his local guide, Leon, found themselves surrounded by French soldiers near the Spanish-Portuguese border. Grant prided himself on always wearing uniform, even behind enemy lines, because this distinguished...
Black colonial people volunteered for the British Army and Royal Navy during the First World War because they regarded themselves as Britons. However, many, including those white crowds which attacked black colonial war veterans during the seaport riots of 1919, did not. Similar racist attitudes ...
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The Royal Navy, acting mostly of its own initiative, was able to largely maintain control of the Atlantic and its colonies. In the interests of security and restoring the Empire the British and French Caribbean and South American colonies continued to recognize the sovereignty of the British Monar...
Visual Identity: History of the British Army Uniform – Redcoats Of redcoats, mad dogs and Englishmen… Scots Guards, Battle of Alma, Crimea 1854 The British Army of early times was a well funded, trained and equipped military force. Attired in sharp looking uniforms considered impracticable by...
Retired generals, admirals and air chief marshals have been sounding the alarm for years, finding their voices typically after choosing to stay quiet while in uniform. But unusually, even serving officials have started to speak more bluntly in public about their depleted capabilities...
5-Ball Infantry Officer's Sword (Spadroon), 1780s-1800 Introduced in the 1780s this was considered the first attempt at a uniform pattern sword for the British Infantry. Called the 5-ball Spadroon because of the 5 ball decoration on the hilt, this pattern proved quite popular and even the...
United Kingdom (1942-1943) Semi-Amphibious Cargo Vehicle – 3 Prototypes Built The Hexonaut’s story began between 1942 and 1943. Operating in Burma (now Myanmar) during the Second World War, the British ‘Forgotten Army’ – the 14th Army – had as much of an enemy in the harsh ...
They were not members of the first British units in action in Korea, yet they either perished or endured the longest period of incarceration of anyone captured wearing British uniform[5]. To understand why, a brief supplementary introduction to British military intervention in the Korean conflict ...
from smoking marijuana and drinking to showing up dressed in a German Afrika Korps uniform at a costume party. He married Meghan Markle, a biracial American actress, in 2018, and the couple have two children, Archie and Lilibet. Harry and Meghan stepped down from senior royal duties in ...