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William Cope was comissioned into The Rifle Brigade in 1830 and retired in 1839.This really excellent volume covers the history of The Rifle Brigade from formation to 1874 (1st Ashanti War). Indispensable with a first rate index.

George Tancred's work originally published in 1891, is now reprinted complete with all the superb illustratons.Tancred had catalogued Colonel Murray's collection, this was a most fortunate liaison as Tancred was able to gain access to a host of numismatic rarities for the illustrations in his book.The Murray collection listed at the end of this work, included 188 MGS and 128 NGS medals, and the largest Regimental Medal collection ever assembled, from these and examples from other collections, Tancred has executed a superb and comprehensive illustrated text on the subject which appears in these pages.Tancred has set out in chronological order the awards bestowed under every monarch, from the Jewel and Star presented to Sir Francis Drake by Queen Elizabeth I, right through to those orders and decorations instituted by Queen Victoria. The NGS and MGS medal sections describes every bar action, naval and military, and opens with an extract from the July 1845 debate by the Duke of Richmond in the House of Lords, concerning the giving of decorations to all veterans of the Peninsular War, the Duke of Wellington's negative comments make fascinating reading.The early wars in India and Afghanistan are fully detailed, some interesting official communications are reprinted including a directive to dispose of surplus medals and what eventually did happen to them.Other campaigns and their related medals are described in detail.With the Sutlej campaign a chart giving regimental strength, battle bar entitlement and number of unit casualties is set out. Among the many illustrations are included some scarce and seldom encountered awards such as: The Monghyr Mutiny medal 1766, First Burma War Medal 1826, Gold Star for Maharajpoor 1843, the Edwardes Gold Medal, for Special Services in the Punjab 1848. Gold Medal for Special Services during the Burmese War 1824-26. The Regimental, Special and Private medals section, a mammoth gathering of 118 individual illustrations with corresponding text, gives a most impressive visual and informative insight into this important area of rewards for exemplary service and skill at arms.Following the same theme a medal roll of recipients of the Army Best Shot Medal is included.The New Zealand Cross section tells the story of the troubled start to this attractive decoration and sets out the correspondence between Government House, Wellington and the ruffled Earl Granville in London.Included are the award statutes together with citations for 20 of the 23 crosses awarded.

This is the story of the 2nd London Division, which was numbered 47 in May1915 when the TF divisions were allocated numbers

LIST OF MAPS AND PLANSTHE PENINSULAR WAR1. Castalla. 2. Spain 1813. Eastern Sphere. 3. Tarragona. 4. Spain 1813. Northern Sphere I 5. Spain 1813. Northern Sphere II. 6. Vitoria. 7. San Sebastian. 8. The Quadrilateral of Pamplona. 9. Sorauren. 10. Operations on the Bidassoa and Nivelle. 11. Operations on the Nive and Lower Adour. 12. St. Pierre. 13. Orthez. 14. Operations between Bayonne and Toulouse. Western Section. Insets-(1) Tarbes, (2) Bayonne. 15. Operations between Bayonne and Toulouse. Eastern Section. Inset-South Western FRance. 16. Toulouse. 16A General Map of Spain and Portugal (see under 16 in Index).THE ITALIAN SPHERE17. Operations in Italy, 1814. Inset-Italy, 1814.THE AMERICAN SPHERE18. The Lake Frontier of Canada and the United States. 19. Insets-(1) The Niagara Peninsula (2) Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence, (3) Sackett's Harbour, (4) Lundy's Lane, (5) Plattsburg.HISTORY OF THE ARMY20. Operations agaist Baltimore and Washington. 21. New Orleans and the Mississippi.THE LOW COUNTRIES22. Campaign in Holland, 1814. Inset-The Netherlands. 23.Antwerp. 24. Bergen-op-Zoom. 25. Northern, Eastern, and Southern Netherlands. Inset-Advance of the Allies on Paris, 1815. 26. The Waterloo Campaign. 27. Quatre-Bras: 3 p.m. June 16, 1815. 28. Quatre-Bras: 9 pm June 16 1815. 29. Waterloo: 11.15 a.m. June 18, 1815. 30. Waterloo: 7.45 pm June 18, 1815.

BATTLE PLANS AND SMALLER MAPS1. Barrosa, March 5, 1811. Inset-small map for campaign of Barrosa, February-March 1811. 2. Sabugal, April 3, 1811. 3. Fuentes de Onoro: first and second days, May 3-4 1811. 4. Fuentes de Onoro: third day, May 5, 1811. 5. Albuera. May 16 1811: first position. 6. Albuera, May 16, 1811: the final attack. 7. The Campaign on the Agueda, August-September 1811. 8. Arroyo Molinos, October 18, 1811. 9. Tarifa, December 22, 1811-January 4, 1812. 10. Ciudad Rodrigo, January 9-19, 1812. Inset-Plan and Section of the Great Breach. 1. Badajoz, March 17-April 6, 1812. Inset-Four sections of the Fortifications; enlarged Plan of the East Front. 12.The Forts of Salamanca June 17-27, 1812. 13. Operations round Salamanca, July 1812. 14. Salamanca, July 22, 1812: the beginning of Marmont's manoeuvre. 15. Salamanca, July 22, 1812: Wellington's attack. 16. Burgos, September 19-October 21, 1812. 17. Operations round Salamanca, November 1812. 18. The Lake Frontier of Canada and the United States. Inset-the Frontier on the Niagara River.LARGER MAPS19 General Map of Spain and Portugal, 1807-1814. 20. Massena's Retreat, January-April 1811 HISTORY OF THE ARMY21. The Portuguese Frontier, for operations of Wellington and Beresford, April-August 1811. Inset-Plan: Cavalry affair at Campo Mayor, March 25. Map: Position on the Caia, June-July 1811. 22. Spain: Operations, January-November 1812 (Northern Sphere). 23. Spain: Operations, January-November 1812 (Southern Sphere). Inset-Plan and Sections for the attack on the French posts covering the bridge at Almaraz, May 1812.