HART`S ANNUAL ARMY LIST 1915 Volume 1

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456 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The lists also include Reserve of Officers, shown alphabetically by rank, and retired officers. Finally there is a list of deaths, sometimes with place of death, alphabetically by rank; dates of death are not given in the majority of cases (one is shown as 31st September 1914!), but of those given none appears to be later than first week in November. All appointment details given are those held prior to the outbreak of war, thus Haig is shown as Lieut-General GOC in C Aldershot Command with the date of taking up the appointment. Hart's Annual Army List Published annually between 1840 and 1915, Hart's Annual Army List was the indispensable unofficial register of officers serving in the British Army and, from 1862, the Indian Army. Compiled by Lieutenant-General Henry George Hart (1808-1878), the work transformed the recording of British military service by greatly expanding upon the information contained in the official Army Lists. When Hart entered the army, the principal reference was John Philippart's Royal Military Calendar (1820), but he recognised its limitations. Meticulously annotating interleaved copies of the official lists with officers' service details, he assembled a far more comprehensive record. With the encouragement of his wife and the approval of the military authorities, Hart published the first Quarterly Army List in February 1839, an immediate success. Granted privileged access to official service records, he followed this with the first Annual Army List in 1840, providing biographical details, campaign service, medals, and promotions that were unavailable elsewhere. After Hart's death, editorial responsibility passed to his son, FitzRoy Hart, ensuring the continuation of this invaluable reference work until its final edition in 1915. Today, Hart's Annual Army List remains one of the most important primary sources for historians, genealogists, and collectors researching the careers of British Army officers during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. This is volume one of the four-volume set.

• Reihe: HART'S ANNUAL ARMY LIST 1915
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Besondere Ereignisse und Themen Genealogie, Heraldik, Namen und Titel
• ISBN: 9781847346346
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.05.2007
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press