Lions of England
Subtitle: a pictorial history of the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), 1680-1980
By: Stuart A. Eastwood.
Publisher: Silver Link Pub.
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Great Addington, Kettering, Northants
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Great Britain. Army. King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
Genres: Military History
First sentence: The history of The King's Own begins in 1680, when Charles (Fitzcharles), Earl of Plymouth, a natural son of King Charles II, was appointed Colonel of a new Regiment of Foot raised from the defence of Tangier, which at the time was besigied by the Morocaan Empror.
Description: Using some 300 superb photographs some of which have never been published Stuart Eastwood tells the story of the King’s Own from its formation as the 2nd Tangier Regiment in 1680 to its amalgamation with the Border Regiment in 1959. A4 hardback, 192 pages, 308 b/w photographs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 192) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Chapter 9 1945-1980 Suspension, Amalgimatiion and Rebirth