Category: History - Modern (1750+)
August 4th, 1914, marks the end and also the beginning of two great epochs in the history of every Territorial Unit. It marked the close of our peace training and the beginning of thirteen months’ strenuous war training for the thirty-seven months which we were to spend on act...
New Year’s Day saw the Regiment at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, and it was there that the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry were interred “for the duration,” giving birth at the same time to...
8. CHAPTER VIIIDuring the troublous times in France at the end of the eighteenth century the fear of invasion was as acute as it was during the first years of the European War. To meet this da...
6. CHAPTER VIOn disembarking at Marseilles on 7th May we opened a new chapter in the history of the Regiment. The contrast from the East was indeed marked and delightful, and the long train...
2. CHAPTER IIThe last few days at Fakenham were busy ones, chiefly owing to the floods of new equipment which were at last showered upon us. Two squadrons got a complete issue of new saddler...
7. CHAPTER VIIIn writing this short history of the regiment I have carefully abstained from all personalities. These few notes on some of our best known characters are only added to recall pl...
5. CHAPTER VFrom 4th January to 14th March when we went into the line at Khan Abu Felah, we were employed continuously on road-making. The great difficulty experienced in bringing supplies...
3. CHAPTER IIIFrom a military point of view 1916 can be summed up as far as we were concerned in two words—nothing doing. It was certainly for us the most peaceful and uneventful year. New Ye...
1. CHAPTER IAugust 4th, 1914, marks the end and also the beginning of two great epochs in the history of every Territorial Unit. It marked the close of our peace training and the beginning...