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Wellington's Peninsula Regiments (2): The Light Infantry
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Wellington's Peninsula Regiments (2): The Light Infantry Paperback - 2004

by Mike Chappell; Mike Chappell (Illustrator)

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Mike Chappell comes from an Aldershot family with British Army connections stretching back several generations. He enlisted as a teenage private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1952. Over the next 22 years of infantry soldiering, many of them spent with the Gloucester Regiment, he held every rank and many regimental appointments up to WO1 and Regimental Sergeant Major. He retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers), after seeing service in Malaya, Cyprus, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Ulster and home garrisons. He began painting military subjects in 1968 and since then has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator. Mike has written and illustrated many books for Osprey.

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THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN'S standing or regular army is a long and honourable one which reaches back more than three centuries to the restoration of the English monarchy in 1660.

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  • Title Wellington's Peninsula Regiments (2): The Light Infantry
  • Author Mike Chappell; Mike Chappell (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Osprey Publishing (UK), Botley
  • Date January 22, 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781841764030 / 1841764035
  • Weight 0.36 lbs (0.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.74 x 7.18 x 0.2 in (24.74 x 18.24 x 0.51 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1800-1850
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.27

About the author

Mike Chappell comes from an Aldershot family with British Army connections stretching back several generations. He enlisted as a teenage private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1952. Over the next 22 years of infantry soldiering, many of them spent with the Gloucester Regiment, he held every rank and many regimental appointments up to WO1 and Regimental Sergeant Major. He retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers), after seeing service in Malaya, Cyprus, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Ulster and home garrisons. He began painting military subjects in 1968 and since then has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator. Mike has written and illustrated many books for Osprey.

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U S. A.: Osprey Publishing, Limited,, 2004. 48pp including bibliography and index Explains the regiments of the Light Division's evolution and tactics, details the campaigns and illustrates their uniforms and equipment-the 43rd (Monmouthshire), 52nd (Oxfordshire), 51st (2nd Yorkshire) 68th (Durham) and 85th (Buck's Volunteers) Eight color plates Numerous black and white illustrations and map Photographs and unrivalled detail. Softcover. Fine.
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