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This episode is a long one - a full and in-depth look at the First Boer War aka the Transvaal Rebellion. It combines a number of my previous episodes into one comprehensive examination of the fighting.
Here are my key sources: Majuba 1881: Ian Castle
A Rain of Lead: Ian Bennet - https://amzn.to/3HbbtaZ
With the Boers in the Transvaal and Orange Free State: C L Norris Newman - https://amzn.to/3Hcaszv
The Transvaal Rebellion: John Laband - https://amzn.to/3NWnox0
The Transvaal War, 1880-81: Lady Bellairs - https://archive.org/details/transvaalwar00belliala/page/n5/mode/2up
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Today on the podcast we are looking at the history of the Royal Yorkshire Regiment…a unit that can trace its roots back to 1685.
We’ll discuss the antecedent regiments that came together to form the modern regiment, look at their battle honours and important dates and then examine the role of the...
Published 11/11/24
I bet like me you thought tanks and armoured vehicles had replaced Britain’s horse mounted cavalry after WW1.
Well, we were wrong.
Imagine this: in 1939, Britain still had a number of cavalry regiments that hadn’t been mechanised. . . They still rode horses and carried sabres.
These were...
Published 11/04/24