STEPPLER , GLENN A: - Britons , to Arms : The Story of the British Volunteer Soldier

Budding Books 1997 Reprint VG/VG protective covered 185pp 55 b/w photos and illus 9.5 x 6 580g ¶ Spanning three centuries, from the early 18th to the mid 20th, this book charts the evolution, and the persistence of a recurring phenomenon. Among other things, it explains the origin and nature of various volunteer regiments including the Napoleonic Volunteer Force, the Yeomanry, The Victorian Rifle Volunteers and the Territorials.