This second 'Forgotten Heroes' title from Roy Dutton covers the
charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava on 25th October, 1854, one
of the most neglected events in the annals of British military
history. Previously unpublished biographies of the men involved
bring their stories to life. More than one thousand, three hundred
men are listed with over 200 photographs and drawings. Set within
an unrelenting and cruel military campaign where many would
perish, against all odds the valiant men of the Heavy Brigade
attacked a Russian force which outnumbered them five to one.
the author is a member of the Crimean War Research Society and an
authority on both Heavy and Light Brigade Chargers.
New in illustrated boards - 374pp,
200 + b/w photos & illustrations
WALCHEREN 1809: THE SCANDALOUS
DESTRUCTION OF A BRITISH ARMY
by Martin R. Howard
In July 1809 the largest British expeditionary force ever
assembled, over 40,000 men and around 600 ships sailed for the
island of Walcheren in the Scheldt estuary. After an initial
success, the expedition stalled and as the lethargic military
commander, Lord Chatham, was at loggerheads with the opinionated
senior naval commander, Sir Richard Strachan. Troops were dying of
a mysterious disease termed ‘Walcheren fever’ and almost all the
campaign’s 4,000 dead were victims of disease. The Scheldt was
evacuated and the return home was followed by a scandalous
Parliamentary Enquiry.
The story of RAF
Seletar, originally known as RAF Singapore. First suggested in
1921, only three years after the birth of the Royal Air Force, it
was 1928 before the base opened for business. As Seletar was the
only airfield on the island during the golden age of flying, it
played host to the likes of Kingsford-Smith, Amy Johnson, record
breakers, film stars, princes and kings and later, in the dark
days of World War II, the Japanese Navy. The story begins back in
the 1800s and takes us all the way through to the closure of the
RAF base in July 1971.
New in card cover - A4 format,
133 b/w photos & illustrations
WINSTON CHURCHILL:
THE MAKING OF A HERO IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
by Eric Bolsmann
One of the greatest talents that Winston Churchill was blessed
with with was his extraordinary command of the English language.
Oddly enough he had not excelled academically at school and it was
only on his third attempt that he passed the entrance examination
to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. This is the story of
his bravery while with the British Army in South Africa as a war
correspondent and as a Special Service officer for which he was
much acclaimed.
From August, 1944, under the pseudonym " Hornisse", forced
laborers and concentration camp prisoners constructed a shelter in
Bremen Gröpelingen for the building of submarine sections by AG
Weser. The prisoners were held at KZ Neuengamme Concentration
Camp, located 15 km southeast of Hamburg. Eye witness accounts and
documents reveal the extent to which Bremen was covered by a
network of camps where many thousands prisoners suffered and died.
This is their story.
German text.
New in illustrated boards - Small format, 143pp, 31 b/w photos & sketch maps
