In the 1790s, after about a decade of loyal service, many members of the corps were physically exhausted by the demands of their duties. Mathew, their steadfast advocate, petitioned for the soldiers’ right to receive retirement pensions. He referred...
Red Coat (also Redcoat) is the historical term given to the British non-commissioned men who served during the American Revolution, between 1775 and 1783. The British Army soldiers between 1760 and 1860 wore red uniforms and fought in the Wolfe’s war, the defeat at Quebec, the Wellington...
While the Continental Army as a whole was untrained, many officers and soldiers did have experience in the French and Indian War, and the guerrilla battle tactics they learned there were invaluable in defeating the British. Probably most important was the American will to win. They were f...
The commissar for English-speaking volunteers in the battalion, Peter Kerrigan, wrote to Wintringham about the standard of the soldiers under their control: "Some lads have no desire to serve in the army. All recruits must understand they are expected to serve. Tell them; this is a war and...
The Act was partly the result of a campaign to improve the design of working class housing and a pledge by prime minister David Lloyd George in November 1918 to provide habitable homes fit for the returning soldiers subsequently known as Homes fit for Heroes. Further Acts during the 1920s ...
the population of Canada increased enormously. Many of these settlers were ex-soldiers, in some cases complete regiments settled in localities with the result that militia units were formed, and although regulars from the Old Country still provided the garrisons at important points the next war wa...
the 1760s and 1770s which required that American colonies provide housing for British soldiers stationed in the colonies. The laws were deeply resented by colonists, created a number of disputes in colonial legislatures, and were noteworthy enough to be referred to in the Declaration of ...
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Nolan’s wartime instant classicDunkirkoffers a three-point perspective of the biggest evacuation of soldiers the world had seen, from land, sea, and air. From May 26th to June 4th, 1940, almost 340,000 Allied troops were rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk. Through Nolan’s attentive lens...
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 Monarch in Canada, but chose to form a Federation in order to maintain independence. Thus, theWest Indies Federationwas ...