Grenadier Guards Association

The British Grenadiers
350 Years of the First Regiment of Foot Guards 1656-2006
Henry Hanning
 

Contents are as follows ..

Product Details:
Hardcover:     304 pages (March 20, 2006)
Publisher: Pen and Sword Books Ltd
Language: English
ISBN: 1844153851

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'Contains full details of the Regiment's battle honours, key personalities, VC winners, customs and ceremonial role over their long and glorious history.'


INTRODUCTION and acknowledgements

Chapter 1 - IN THE BEGINNING 1656-1702
Exile and Restoration
A Crisis of Loyalty
 
Grenadier Fabric - The Sovereign's Own Company
 
  Chapter 2 - THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 1702-1793
The Marlborough Wars
The House of Hanover
Eighteenth century Soldiering
 
Grenadier Fabric - Grenades, Grenadiers and Bearskin caps
 
  Chapter 3 - THE LONG STRUGGLE WITH FRANCE 1793-1815
Waterloo - Winning a Name
 
Grenadier Fabric - Colours of the Regiment
 
  Chapter 4 - A GENERATION OF PEACE 1815-1854
 
Grenadier Fabric - Band and Drums
 
  Chapter 5 - CRIMEAN AGONY 1854-1856
Inkerman - The Soldiers' Battle
 
Grenadier Fabric - The Drummer
 
  Chapter 6 - APEX OF EMPIRE 1856-1914
Service at Home
Service Abroad
 
Grenadier Fabric - The Officers
 
  Chapter 7 - NORTH AFRICA, SOUTH AFRICA 1882-1902
Egypt and the Sudan 1882-1898
The Boer War 1899-1902
 
Grenadier Fabric - The Quartermaster
 
  Chapter 8 - THE GREAT WAR - TO END ALL WARS 1914-1918
First Ypres 1914 - a Desperate Defence
Misery and Anguish in the Trenches
The Somme Offensive 1916
Hazebrouk April 1918 - Backs to the Wall
 
Grenadier Fabric - The Sergeant Major
 
  Chapter 9 - A SHORT INTERMISSION 1919-1939
 
Grenadier Fabric - Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers
 
  Chapter 10 - HITLER'S WAR 1939-1945
Dunkirk - Retreat and Deliverance
Mareth - the Greatest Tragedy
The Anzio Beachhead
A Gruelling Infantry War in Tnisia and Italy
Nijmegen - a Bridge Just Near Enough
Armoured Grenadiers
  Grenadier Fabric - Some Striking Figures
 
  Chapter 11 - THE ELIZABETHAN ERA 1945-2005
Post-war Soldiering
Germany - the Defence of Western Europe
Around the Eastern Mediterranean
Into Jungle Green
Northern Ireland - Thirty Years of Trouble
Desert and Desolate Places
The Gulf War 1990-1991
Bosnia-Herzegovina - Nursing a Nation Back to Health
 
Grenadier Fabric - A Family Affair
 
  Chapter 12 - INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
 
Annexes - Kings, Queens and Colonels, Decorations for Gallantry
 
Bibliography