Professor Ian Beckett is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In this new colour edition of this fascinating book he explains how today's British Army evolved, with its extraordinary amalgam of rules, customs, procedures, mascots and nicknames. There are chapters on veterans (who qualifies to be a Chelsea Pensioner?); ranks and appointments; badges and uniforms.
Other Shire titles by this author:
Victoria's Wars
Discovering English County Regiments