Featured battle : Cheriton

Part of The Civil Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Date : 29 March 1644

Sir Ralph Hopton brought William Waller to battle, hoping to make it decisive. Early succeses by the Royalist foot were overshadowed by chaotic and piecemeal cavalry action, badly coordinated by the Earl of Forth, drawing the whole Royalist effort further into the 'arena' formed by the ridges. Waller was able to out-flank Hopton and the Royalists fell back to Basing House.

The Badges of Kitchener's Army

David Bilton
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In its 351 pages, the badges of sixty nine infantry regiments are covered with explanatory text and over a thousand illustrations. Also, oft neglected, Divisional and Brigade badges are included. Every one of the illustrations of badges and of men wearing them is an original photograph. The text, often as an annotation to a photograph, is fully informative and where the author doesn’t have the necessary knowledge he says so. I rather fear that, after his thirty years research, if David Bilton doesn’t know then it is unlikely that the knowledge is anywhere to be found.
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Pen & Sword Military, 2018