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The Home Guard, familiar to us all from the antics of Dad's Army on the TV, in fact performed a deadly serious role - guarding infrastructure and communications, and releasing the regular Army for mor

This book contains a collection of detailed, step-by-step guides to making one hundred beautiful pieces of home furniture. Comprising a wealth of diagrams and photographs, this guide is perfect for DI...

This early work was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it. '100 Things a Girl Can Make - A Bookful of Attractive Hints for Girls of All Ages - Fully Illustrated...

150th Infantry Brigade served in the Middle East and was overrun and forced to surrender during the Battle of Gazala in the North African Campaign. For almost 72 hours (29-31 May 1942) during the batt

The Northamptonshire Yeomanry was divided in May 1939 to form two Cavalry Light Tank Regiments;1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry (TA) - Regimental Headquarters and "A" Sqn at Northampton, "B" Sqn at Daven...

Having redeployed from the Middle East, the regiment entered the Italian theatre in 1944, initially landing in Sicily before moving onto the mainland. From the early stages of the advance at Reggio Ca

The 23rd Battalion, The London Regiment, which came into being on 1 April 1908 with the creation of the Territorial Force, was the lineal descendant of the Newington Surrey Volunteers, formed in 1799 ...

Irreverently nicknamed the 'Forty Thieves' this regiment served on the western front in France and Flanders during the Great War. On arrival at the front from Hong Kong in April 1915, the 40th Pathans