Add this copy of Good-Bye to Boot and Saddle; Or, the Tragic Passing of to cart. $200.00, good condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1951 by Hutchinson.
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Earl of Ypres. Good. DJ is clear plastic. 24 cm, 283, [1] pages. Color frontis illustration. Illustrations. Maps (1 fold-out). Index. Foreword by General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough. Book is in a clear plastic wrapper taped to cover. Some page soiling, including edges. The author was the son of the last great cavalry commander, Sir John French, the Earl of Ypres. This is a short history of the cavalry regiments, particularly those taking part in the nineteenth century wars-Napoleonic, Crimea and the South African Wars. The 31 British cavalry regiments created by the Childers Reforms in 1881 were amalgamated into eight regiments by 2015. There are 12 Cavalry Regiments of the British Army each with its own unique cap badge, regimental traditions, and history. Of the currently 8 regular cavalry regiments; 2 serve as armored regiments, 3 as armored cavalry regiments, 3 as light cavalry and one as a mounted ceremonial regiment. There are also four yeomanry regiments of the Army Reserve, of these, 3 serve as light cavalry and 1 as an armored regiment. Each yeomanry light cavalry unit has been paired with a regular unit of the same role, the armored yeomanry unit is paired with the 2 regular armored units (and a further armored unit which is not cavalry). All except the Household Cavalry are part of the British Army's Royal Armoured Corps. In October 1928, a new era began as the 11th Hussars became the first regular cavalry regiment to "mechanize", to change from a horsed cavalry role to a motorized one, re-equipping with armored cars previously used by the Royal Tank Corps. Other regiments followed suit; in April 1939, the Royal Armoured Corps was formed to encompass the eighteen mechanized cavalry regiments of the line alongside the eight battalions of the Royal Tank Regiment, but did not include the Household Cavalry. The remaining two regular cavalry regiments were based in Palestine, and following the outbreak of war retained their horses until 1940 (the Royal Dragoons) and 1941 (the Royal Scots Greys). Following mechanization, the few remaining distinctions of unit type became meaningless; cavalry regiments moved between the heavy and light armored roles regardless of their names. Seven regiments of the Yeomanry, previously affiliated with the Royal Tank Regiment, were taken into the Royal Armoured Corps on its formation, and a number more would convert to the armored role during the Second World War. However, in the reorganization of the reserve forces in the late 1930s, many Yeomanry regiments were reorganized as artillery units, and transferred into the Royal Artillery. The Royal Armoured Corps itself formed a number of armored regiments, converted from territorial infantry battalions, and the Reconnaissance Corps (taken into the Royal Armoured Corps in 1944) several mechanized reconnaissance units, all of which were classed with the cavalry. Other war-formed units six new line cavalry regiments, the 22nd through 27th. These were arbitrarily termed as hussars, lancers or dragoons, but with no meaning; none would survive past 1948. After the war, the regular cavalry was quickly reduced to its prewar establishment.
