Those Must Be The Guards
The Household Division in Peace and War, 1969–2023
Those Must Be The Guards
The Household Division in Peace and War, 1969–2023
Description
The story of the British Army's Household Division from 1969 to 2023. It is the biography of a family of three generations of soldiers who have served Crown and Country during a period of significant social and geostrategic change.
The Guards established an ascendancy in the Peninsular War and at the Battle of Waterloo, and in the words of the military historian, Allan Mallinson, 'They have never truly faltered since.' They have done so by changing when change was needed. His Majesty's Household Division is a national institution, admired by the public through its mastery of ceremonial and pageantry, and the magnificent hour that is Trooping the Colour. It is respected throughout the army for its fighting ability. Unlike many other parts of the army, the Household Division has escaped cuts and its value to the army and to the nation remains undiminished. This is not a traditional regimental history. It is the story of a family of seven regiments (The Life Guards, Blues and Royals, Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards) which symbolise the Union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Published with the full support of the Major General Commanding The Household Division and its Trustees, it relates the story of the Guards from the start of the Troubles in Northern Ireland through the Falklands War, first and second Gulf Wars, most poignantly, Afghanistan all told with full access to regimental diaries, archives, and personal stories of those who were there.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface by the Major General Commanding The Household Division
1. The Troubles 1969 -2007 (Operation Banner)
2. The Falklands campaign
3. The Household Division and the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR)
4. The Balkans - old animosities cast a long shadow
5. Empire
6. Ceremonial and pageantry
7. The enlightenment - the Household Division adapts to social change
8. Memorable Characters
9. The Household Division and its contribution to Special Forces and the Parachute Regiment ( Guards Independent Parachute Company)
10. The Household Division in Iraq and Afghanistan
11. The New Model Army 2025 and beyond
Product details
| Published | 09 Nov 2023 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 368 |
| ISBN | 9781472863645 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 80 photographs, 20 of which will be colour, in two plate sections. |
| Dimensions | 234 x 153 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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