Scott Daniell, Cap of Honour: The 300 Years of the Gloucestershire Regiment.
Scott Daniell, Cap of Honour: The 300 Years of the Gloucestershire Regiment.
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Scott Daniell, David. Cap of Honour: The 300 Years of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Foreword by HRH the Duke of Gloucester. With additional chapters by General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley and others. Stroud, Sutton Publishing Ltd., 2005. 16cm x 24cm. XVI, 446 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition. First published in 1951, reprinted and updated in 1975, this third edition brings the colurful story of this world-famous regiment to a close. Written with the full cooperation of the regiment, it is generously illustrated with line drawings, photographs and paintings from the Regimental Collection.One of the most famous of the English county regiments, ‘The Glosters’ carried more battle honors on their colors than any other Line regiment of the British Army. They were also unique in the Army for being the only regiment to wear a badge on the back of the cap as well as on the front, in recognition of an incident at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801. Raised in 1694 by Colonel John Gibson, the regiment saw service in Quebec with General Wolfe in 1759, in the Peninsular Wars and at Waterloo in 1815, in India and in the Crimea. Men of the regiment went on to serve in the Boer War, in both World Wars and in Korea. In 1994 The Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment (RGBW) was formed, absorbing The Gloucestershire Regiment and effectively spelling the end of the individual identity of the Glosters.
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