Research Catalog

Title

Bearskins, bayonets & body armour : Welsh Guards, 1915-2015 / Trevor Royle ; with a foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales.

Author

Royle, Trevor

Publication

• Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Frontline Books, 2015.
• ©2015

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Details

Additional Authors

Charles III, King of Great Britain, 1948-

Description

352 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps; 29 cm.

Summary

"The Welsh Guards have been at the forefront of British military history over the past hundred years. Bearskins, Bayonets & Body Armour traces them from their foundation in the First World War and their baptism of fire at the Battle of Loos in 1915, through their fighting at Dunkirk, in the Western Desert, Italy and Normandy in the Second World War, the Cold War and the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the Falklands War (when heavy casualties were suffered when the Sir Galahad was bombed and sunk in controversial circumstances), the Balkans, up to the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan in the 21st century. As well as the Regiment's operational history, this book also offers a unique insight into its high-profile role in ceremonial events in London such as the Changing of the Guard and Trooping the Colour, which have made the Guards one of the best-known symbols of Great Britain. This book will be required reading for all those interested in the history not just of one famous regiment, but of the British Army over the past century."--Publisher's description.

Alternative Title

Bearskins, bayonets & body armor

Subjects

• Great Britain > Army > Welsh Guards
• History
• Great Britain > Army > Welsh Guards > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-346) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9781848327351 (hbk.)
• 1848327358 (hbk.)

OCLC

885008816

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library