British Empire Medals - A Military History

This military history of the British Empire successfully chronicles significant battles and campaigns on land and sea through a single, common thread: their medals. Each battle's account is accompanied by a complete list of regiments serving, while casualties sustained and inflicted by the British side detailed. Combative manoeuvres, advances, retreats, setbacks and routs are mentioned in a lively but factual style, followed up by the mentions of the accolades and behaviours of the major commanders. Significant battles, such as Waterloo, The Charge of the Light Brigade, and Rorke's Drift, receive good examination and account, with all corresponding medals likewise described. We also receive generous and meaningful coverage of naval engagements with European rivals. With these as concluding parts, we may call this book a comprehensive military history approached in a stimulating and novel fashion: simply put, British Empire Medals - A Military History is a more than worthwhile purchase.