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    Bloodline: The Origins & Development of the Regular Formations of the British Army
    Bloodline: The Origins & Development of the Regular Formations of the British Army
    Bloodline: The Origins & Development of the Regular Formations of the British Army
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    Bloodline: The Origins & Development of the Regular Formations of the British Army

    By Iain Gordon

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    A guide to the history of each of the British Army’s regular formations, from their origins to their development over time.

    Using easy-to-follow, family-tree type tables, Bloodline shows the origins and development of every regular formation in the British Army including the latest amalgamations and changes brought about within the “Future Army Structure.”

    The charts illustrate clearly how, in some cases, up to twenty-five original regiments of the line have, over the centuries, by successive disbandments and amalgamations, been reduced to a single regiment in today’s superb but shamefully overstretched army.

    The Battle Honours of each post-Cardwell constituent are recorded separately so the progress of each of the original regiments, and the theatres in which it was involved, may be examined individually. The pedigrees and Honours of disbanded units are also recorded so their contribution will not be lost to posterity. A chronological summary of Battle honours provides an overview of the British Army’s campaigns over the past 300 years and notes on the origins of each formation place its original purpose within the political and historical perspective of the time.

    A robust editorial platform throughout applauds the Army as “the Nation’s most dependable and trustworthy institution” and castigates government neglect and public indifference for the unnecessary “blood and sacrifices” which successive generations of soldiers have had to make as a result of inadequate investment and preparation.

    Bloodline is a splendid record of achievement and will provide an invaluable work of reference for anyone who has dealings with, or simply an interest in or affection for, the British Army.

    Praise for Bloodlines

    “I know of no other resource that contains such a wealth of information about the History of the Regiments of the British Army. This will be a very useful addition to my shelf of military reference books.” —Daly History Blog 

    “If you conduct research into the main elements of the British Army then this is an invaluable guide as to their lineage, hereditary and modern counterparts. The author has produced an outstanding reference text in one easy to follow volume. He has done great service to aiding researchers with this publication. In one excellent volume he has listed the principal elements of the Army and their histories. This concise volume deserves space on any serious researcher’s shelf.” —Military Archive Research
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJun 15, 2010
    ISBN9781844684809
    Bloodline: The Origins & Development of the Regular Formations of the British Army

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      Bloodline - Iain Gordon

      By the same author:

      SOLDIER OF THE RAJ

      ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE

      First published in Great Britain in 2010 by

      Pen & Sword Military

      An imprint of

      Pen & Sword Books Ltd

      47 Church Street

      Barnsley

      South Yorkshire

      S70 2AS

      Copyright © Iain Gordon, 2010

      ISBN 978 1 84884 205 2

      ISBN 9781844684809

      The right of Iain Gordon to be identified as Author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

      A CIP catalogue record for this book is

      available from the British Library

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the Publisher in writing.

      Printed and bound in England

      By CPI UK

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      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      The Author is deeply grateful to the following for their assistance in the preparation of this book:

      Colonel S. C. H. Ashworth, RHQ The Mercian Regiment.

      Major M. L. Badham-Thornhill, Royal Artillery.

      John Baker, Curator Airborne Assault, Museum of The Parachute Regiment.

      Colonel M. J. Ball, RHQ The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment.

      Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. Binks, HHQ The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.

      David Blake, Museum of Army Chaplaincy.

      Carolyn Bleach, HQ Intelligence Corps.

      Colonel T. C. S. Bonas, RHQ Welsh Guards.

      Lieutenant-Colonel W. R. Brace MBE, HHQ 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards.

      C. A. Campbell, Regimental Secretary, Royal Regiment of Scotland.

      Major D. N. Chappell, HHQ 9th/12th Royal Lancers.

      Lieutenant-Colonel C. P. Conlon, RHQ Royal Corps of Signals.

      Captain J. C. Cornish, HHQ The King’s Royal Hussars.

      Corps Archivist, The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

      Corps Secretary, HQ Army Physical Training Corps.

      Major E. M. Crofton, RHQ Coldstream Guards.

      G. Edgerley-Harris, The Gurkha Museum.

      Major J. M. Evans, HQ Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps.

      Major M. Everett, Curator, Royal Welsh Museum.

      Major R. C. Gould, RHQ The Royal Anglian Regiment.

      Colin Gray, RHQ The Royal Irish Regiment.

      Captain W. A. Henshall, HHQ The Royal Dragoon Guards.

      Lieutenant-Colonel C. N. Holman MBA, HQ Corps of Royal Engineers.

      Captain J. M. Holtby, HHQ The Queen’s Royal Lancers.

      Lieutenant-Colonel C. J. Ions, HQ Army Air Corps.

      J. E. Lloyd, Household Cavalry Regiment Museum and Archive.

      Captain G. E. Locker, HHQ The Light Dragoons.

      Lieutenant-Colonel D. J. Owen, HQ The Royal Logistic Corps.

      RHQ Scots Guards.

      RHQ The Yorkshire Regiment.

      Regimental Secretary, The Queen’s Royal Hussars (Queen’s Own and Royal Irish).

      Regimental Secretary, City of London HQ, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

      Regimental Secretary, Royal Tank Regiment.

      Captain J. J. J. L. Roberts, RHQ Irish Guards.

      Lieutenant-Colonel C. J. E. Seymour LVO, RHQ Grenadier Guards.

      Major J. Sharp, HQ Royal Army Dental Corps.

      Major W. J. Spiers, RHQ The Rifles.

      Captain P. Starling, Army Medical Services Museum.

      Colonel K. M. Tutt OBE, HQ Adjutant General’s Corps.

      and the Directors and Staff of The Templar Study Centre, National Army Museum, Chelsea.

      RESEARCHERS

      Readers who are researching the service careers of relatives or others are advised, in the first instance, to contact the relevant Regimental Museum, as shown in the following pages, who will advise them on their best course of action. A small charge is usually made where specific research into an individual or event is requested.

      Enquiries should not be directed to Regimental or Home Headquarters who do not hold archive material and cannot assist in such matters.

      CONTENTS

      Acknowledgements

      Author’s Note

      The Origins and Principal Reforms of the British Regular Army

      Tables of Precedence and Evolution

      ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY

      The Royal Horse Artillery

      HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY

      The Household Cavalry Regiment

      ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS — HEAVY CAVALRY

      1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards

      The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)

      The Royal Dragoon Guards

      ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS — LIGHT CAVALRY

      The Queen’s Royal Hussars (Queen’s Own and Royal Irish)

      The Queen’s Royal Lancers

      9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s)

      The King’s Royal Hussars

      The Light Dragoons

      ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS — ROYAL TANK REGIMENT

      Royal Tank Regiment

      ARTILLERY

      Royal Regiment of Artillery

      ENGINEERS

      Corps of Royal Engineers

      SIGNALS

      Royal Corps of Signals

      FOOT GUARDS — THE GUARDS DIVISION

      Grenadier Guards

      Coldstream Guards

      Scots Guards

      Irish Guards

      Welsh Guards

      INFANTRY OF THE LINE — THE SCOTTISH DIVISION

      The Royal Regiment of Scotland

      INFANTRY OF THE LINE — THE QUEEN’S DIVISION

      The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (Queen’s and Royal Hampshires)

      The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

      The Royal Anglian Regiment

      INFANTRY OF THE LINE — THE KING’S DIVISION

      The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment (King’s, Lancashire and Border)

      The Yorkshire Regiment

      INFANTRY OF THE LINE — THE PRINCE OF WALES’S DIVISION

      The Mercian Regiment

      The Royal Welsh

      INFANTRY OF THE LINE

      The Royal Irish Regiment

      The Parachute Regiment

      The Rifles

      GURKHAS

      The Brigade of Gurkhas

      The Queen’s Gurkha Engineers, Signals and Logistic Regiments

      The Royal Gurkha Rifles

      Indian Army Gurkha Regiments previously in British Service

      AVIATION AND SPECIAL FORCES

      Glider Pilot Regiment

      Special Air Service Regiment

      Army Air Corps

      LOGISTICS

      Royal Logistic Corps

      ARMY MEDICAL SERVICES

      Royal Army Medical Corps

      Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps

      Royal Army Dental Corps

      Royal Army Veterinary Corps

      ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

      Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

      PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATION

      Adjutant General’s Corps

      INTELLIGENCE

      Intelligence Corps

      SMALL ARMS TRAINING AND EVALUATION

      Small Arms School Corps

      COMPASSIONATE AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT

      Royal Army Chaplains’ Department

      PHYSICAL TRAINING

      Army Physical Training Corps

      MUSIC

      Corps of Army Music

      THE DISBANDED REGIMENTS

      The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

      The York and Lancaster Regiment

      The Connaught Rangers (89th and 94th)

      The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) (100th and 109th)

      The Royal Munster Fusiliers

      The Royal Dublin Fusiliers

      Battle Honours awarded to Regular Regiments of the British Army 1662-2008

      Notes

      AUTHOR’S NOTE

      A volume of this size can only scratch the surface of a subject so vast as the formations of the British Army. It

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