THE BRITISH ARMY OF GEORGE II, 1727-1760

Arthur Harman

◗ Gabriele Esposito◗ Pen & Sword (2024)◗ £25.00◗ 224 pages (hardback)◗ ISBN:9781399051903◗ pen-and-sword.co.uk Gabriele Esposito provides an overview of the history, organization and uniforms of the British military forces during the reign of George II (1727-1760), in which they participated in the Jacobite Rebellion, the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years’ War. The Birth of the British Army explains its origins in the Royal Regiment of Guards, formed in 1665 by merging Lord Wentworth’s and Lord John Russell’s Regiments of Foot, raised by Charles II in exile in 1656, and Monck’s Regiment of Foot that became the Lord General’s Regiment of Foot Guards, later the King’s Footguards. It then describes the separate English, Scottish and Irish armies during the reign of James II/VII. Following the Glorious Revolution…

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