1st Edition

Handbook of British Regiments (Routledge Revivals)

By Christopher Chant Copyright 1988
328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

Since the creation of the standing army in 1661, when each regiment was known by the name of its current colonel, there have been many reforms and rationalizations of the British army. From 31 cavalry regiments and 113 infantry regiments in 1881, at the time of this title’s first publication in 1988, the army had reduced to just 16 regiments of armour and 39 regiments of infantry through... Read more

Introduction; The precedence of corps and regiments of the regular British Army; The Handbook of British Regiments; Index

Biography

Christopher Chant