Author : Ray Westlake
Publisher :
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 45,68 MB
Release : 1988
Category :
ISBN : 9781871167047
The Territorial Force 1914
Ray Westlake
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The Territorials, 1908–1914
Ray Westlake
Author : Ray Westlake
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 34,1 MB
Release : 2012-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1844686566
The Territorials 1908–1914 is a unique, comprehensive record of the part-time soldiers who made up the Territorial Force that supported the regular army in the years immediately before the outbreak of the First World War. Previously information on the history and organization of these dedicated amateur soldiers has been incomplete and scattered across many sources but now, in this invaluable work of reference, Ray Westlake provides an accessible introduction to the Territorial Force and a directory of the units raised in each county and each town. The origin, aims and organization of the Territorial Force are described as well as the terms of service, recruitment, equipment and training. But the bulk of the book consists of details of over 600 Territorial units plus a comprehensive account of every city, town or village associated with them. Essential information on the all the infantry formations is supplied, but also covered are the yeomanry, the artillery, the engineers, the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Army Service Corps. Ray Westlakes historical guide of the Territorial Force the forerunner of the present-day Territorial Army - will be of enduring value to military and family historians.
The Territorial Divisions 1914-1918
J Stirling
Author : J Stirling
Publisher :
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 28,57 MB
Release : 2020-07-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781783316359
A very useful work by an gifted compiler, it gives the outline histories of every Terrirorial division, both first and second line with lists of the operations in which they took part. The Territorial Force was established on 1 April 1908 as a volunteer auxiliary to the British Army. It was formed by the amalgamation of the former auxiliary institutions of the Volunteer Force and the yeomanry. Designed primarily as a home defence force, its members could not be compelled to serve overseas unless they volunteered to do so. On the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, many did. The first units were deployed piecemeal in support of the regular army as it defended against the opening German offensive in Belgium and France in 1914. The first territorial divisions to be deployed were used to free up imperial garrisons overseas, but in 1915 they began to be deployed to the front lines on the Western Front and at Gallipoli. The pre-war territorial divisions were numbered in May 1915 in order of their deployment. As they were deployed, second-line divisions were raised to replace them at home, and in 1916 these began to be deployed to combat zones. By the end of the war in 1918, the Territorial Force had provided 28 divisions and 14 mounted brigades.
The Territorials
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 36,12 MB
Release : 2011
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ISBN :
The Territorials 1908-1914 is a unique, comprehensive record of the part-time soldiers who made up the Territorial Force that supported the regular army in the years immediately before the outbreak of the First World War. The origin, aims and organization of the Territorial Force are described as well as the terms of service, recruitment, equipment and training. But the bulk of the book consists of details of over 600 Territorial units plus a comprehensive account of every city, town or village associated with them. Essential information on the all the infantry formations is supplied, but also covered are the yeomanry, the artillery, the engineers, the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Army Service Corps.
The Territorial Force at War, 1914-16
W. Mitchinson
Author : W. Mitchinson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 21,63 MB
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1137451610
William Mitchinson analyses the role and performance of the Territorial Force during the first two years of World War I. The study looks at the way the force was staffed and commanded, its relationship with the Regular Army and the War Office, and how most of its 1st Line divisions managed to retain and promote their local identities.
The Territorial Divisions, 1914-1918 (Classic Reprint)
J. Stirling
Author : J. Stirling
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 27,98 MB
Release : 2017-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780331738407
Excerpt from The Territorial Divisions, 1914-1918 It is doubtful if Britain ever quite realised what it owed to the Territorials who went abroad before the New Armies were ready. Apart from the four divisions which went to the East in the autumn of 1914, thus allowing the Indian Corps to be brought to France, the Territorial strength, in France alone, in April 1915, before the second great struggle at Ypres broke out, probably exceeded that of the British Army at Mons, and it is by no means certain that the ten Regular divisions plus two Indian divisions and one Canadian could have held the great gas attack. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
British Territorial Units 1914–18
Ray Westlake
Author : Ray Westlake
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,6 MB
Release : 1992-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781855321687
In his Army Reforms of 1906/07 the Secretary of State for War, Richard Burdon Haldane, provided for an expeditionary force - the Regular Army supplemented by the old Militia - and a new organisation intended for home defence, the Territorial Force. This new 'Citizen's Army' was formed by the transfer of the Honourable Artillery Company, Imperial Yeomanry and Volunteer Force, all with many years of service and tradition. At the outbreak of World War I, the Territorial Force was organised as per the Regular Army, with infantry battalions, artillery, engineers, supply and medical formations. This title takes a highly detailed and illustrated look at the badges and uniforms and the changing organisation of the British Territorial units during World War I. It also covers the combat experiences of the men who soon found themselves in service overseas, in the thick of the fighting.
England's Last Hope
K. W. Mitchinson
Author : K. W. Mitchinson
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 39,23 MB
Release : 2008-05-21
Category : History
ISBN :
England’s Last Hope studies how the part-time auxiliary Territorial Force was raised, clothed, trained, housed and administered during the crucial years of its development in the years before the Great War. As such, it fills a fundamental gap in the understanding of how the force’s units were able to take the field as part of the BEF in 1914.
The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
John K. Dunlop
Author : John K. Dunlop
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 50,8 MB
Release : 2022-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1000572927
Originally published in 1938, this book was the first to be written which dealt with the history of Army Development during the confused years which followed the South African War. The period 1899–1914 marked the change from Victorian scarlet and pipeclay to the service dress of the Expeditionary Force of 1914. Similarly, it saw the growth of the Volunteer Rifle Corps of the nineteenth century into the Territorial Force of the Haldane Scheme. The writer, sometime history scholar of St John’s College Cambridge, himself a Territorial of twenty-three years’ service, was at the time one of the T.A. officers recently appointed to newly created posts at the War Office.
Of No Earthly Use
K. W. Mitchinson
Author : K. W. Mitchinson
Publisher : Helion
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 29,48 MB
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781914059957
From the time of their official sanction the 2nd Line Territorial Force divisions suffered from the War Office's preferential treatment of the Kitchener formations.