LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| H.M. King George V. | [Frontispiece] | |
| Royal Escort of Life Guards at St. James's Palace | Facing Page | [xxiv.] |
|---|---|---|
| Types of Royal Flying Corps Aeroplanes | " | [1] |
| The Standard and Uniforms of the 3rd Dragoon Guards | " | [4] |
| The Drum Horse of the 7th Dragoon Guards | " | [5] |
| Grenadier Guards—Sergeant Drummer in State Dress | " | [12] |
| Sergeant Ewart capturing the Eagle at Waterloo | " | [13] |
| The Coldstreamers first meeting with the Monarch | " | [16] |
| Scots Guards—Piper in State Dress | " | [17] |
| Irish Guards—Officer of the Guard | " | [20] |
| Welsh Guards—Ceremonial Duty | " | [21] |
| Charging with the Light Brigade at Balaclava | " | [28] |
| Royal Engineers at Pontooning Work | " | [29] |
| Royal Field Artillery in Review Order | " | [32] |
| The Heroic Stand of "L" Battery, R.H.A., at Nery | " | [33] |
| The Royal Fusiliers marching through the City of London | " | [48] |
| Presentation of Colours | " | [49] |
| Colonel Ridge leading the stormers at Badajoz | " | [52] |
| Types of old Infantry Uniforms | " | [53] |
| Drums and Silver Mounted Drum-Major's Staff captured by 2nd Battalion Border Regiment | " | [60] |
| The Lancashire Fusiliers—Returning from a Review | " | [61] |
| L'entente cordiale | " | [64] |
| Types of Uniforms worn by the Worcestershire Regiment | " | [65] |
| Types of Uniforms worn by the Border Regiment | " | [80] |
| The Colours of the Border Regiment | " | [80] |
| British Infantry storming a village in modern warfare | " | [81] |
| The Middlesex Regiment—Drums and Fifes | " | [84] |
| A Review—The March Past | " | [85] |
| The Glorious Gallantry of the Middlesex Regiment at Albuhera | " | [92] |
| The Manchester Regiment—Commanding Officer, Adjutant and Sergeant-Major | " | [93] |
| Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders—Officers in Review Order | " | [100] |
| Gordon Highlanders—Officers in Review Order | " | [101] |
| The Army Service Corps—A Field Bakery | " | [108] |
| Royal Dublin Fusiliers—Officers with Colours | " | [109] |
FORMER TITLES OF THE BATTALIONS OF INFANTRY
FOREWORD
The sudden expansion of the British Army to a strength undreamed of prior to August, 1914, brought in its train an ever-increasing desire on the part of the public for a better knowledge of the Army and of its glorious traditions, a subject that had previously attracted little or no attention outside military circles. Even among an average body of soldiers there is curiously enough a lack of knowledge of military history outside that closely associated with their own regiment. Yet the history of the British Army is unequalled by any other in the world for splendid achievement, while the regimental histories and traditions teem with instances of devotion to duty, gallantry in the face of overwhelming odds, and self-sacrifice of the most glorious nature. These traditions are highly treasured in the regiments, and their preservation has tended to build up and sustain in each unit that splendid esprit de corps which has animated all ranks, and made almost the impossible possible to our gallant soldiers in the presence of hardships and danger, and has led them to face death with a courage and heroism unsurpassed in the history of the world.
The traditions of the British Army stretch back over four centuries, during which it has been the acknowledged means of winning and building up the greatest Empire the world has ever known. The Army's deeds are a sealed book so far as the general public are concerned, for military matters except in times of actual war have never been a popular subject, the great heroes of the battlefield being far less known to the British public than popular performers on the football field or pampered professional boxers.