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The British Army during the Victorian era served through a period of great technological and social change.Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, and died in 1901. Her long reign was marked by the steady expansion and consolidation of the British Empire, rapid industrialisation and the enactment of liberal reforms by both Liberal and Conservative governments within Britain.
History of the Zulu War and Its Origin. London: Chapman and Hall. OCLC 252418281. Davis, John (1906). The History of the Second Queen's Royal Regiment: Now the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment. Vol. V. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. OCLC 834944368. Royle, Charles (1886). The Egyptian Campaigns, 1882 to 1885: And the Events which Led to Them ...
Regiments of Foot, (Infantry of the Line) are line infantry regiments part of the army.[2] [3]1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot - 4 Battalions from 1804-1816, then 3 until 1817 then 2
The Victorian Era was a time of the Industrial Revolution, with authors Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin, the railway and shipping booms, profound scientific discoveries, and the invention of ...
The Library of Congress possesses several examples of the uniforms the British Army used during this time. [31] Most soldiers who fought the Patriots wore the red coat, though some German auxiliaries and some Loyalist units had blue or green clothing. [32] Accounts of the time usually refer to British soldiers as "Regulars" [33] or "the
British grenadier of the 40th Regiment of Foot in 1767. The British Army in the 18th century was commonly seen as disciplined, regimented and harsh. [1] Camp life was dirty and cramped with the potential for a rapid spread of disease, [2] and punishments could be anything from a flogging to a death sentence. Yet, many men volunteered to join ...
The Victorian Military Society was founded in 1974 by the late John Crouch FRIBA, [2] who was an architect employed by the Ministry of Defence in Great Britain.His work involved him visiting a number of Victorian buildings and military works such as Woolwich Arsenal, Chatham Dockyard and the Palmerston Forts protecting Portsmouth Harbour.
This is a list of numbered Regiments of Cavalry of the British Army from the mid-18th century until 1922 when various amalgamations were implemented. The Life Guards were formed following the end of the English Civil War as troops of Life Guards between 1658 and 1659. [ 1 ]