Series in Regiments
Books in Regiments
Famous Scottish Regiments
This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Our Fighting Forces - Famous Scottish Regiments' is a non-fiction work detailing the military history of some of Scotland's best known regiments. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born in London, England in 1875. He received his early education at St. Peter's School and the Board School, but after a frenetic teens involving a rash engagement and frequently changing employment circumstances, Wallace went into the military. He served in the Royal West Kent Regiment in England and then as part of the Medical Staff Corps stationed in South Africa. Whilst in the Balkans covering the Russo-Japanese War, Wallace found the inspiration for The Four Just Men, published in 1905. Over the rest of his life, Wallace produced some 173 books and wrote 17 plays. These were largely adventure narratives with elements of crime or mystery, and usually combined a bombastic sensationalism with hammy violence.
History of the Royal Scots Fusiliers
"Beginning as a force for the policing of the Scottish Lowlands, the regiment came presently to be a kind of microcosm of the Lowland character, a thing as idiomatically Scottish as the Kirk itself.” When Scottish Presbyterians, known as the Covenanters, broke out in rebellion a new lowland regiment was formed to fight for the King. Known initially as The Earl of Mar's Regiment of Foot, the regiment was formed of men with little military background. Initially, their task was not a glamourous one – to keep the peace and scour the moorlands for conventicles and recalcitrant Covenanters. However, in 1679 the regiment fought its first battle at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge. From then, famous battlefields saw the blood of the Royal Scots at Culloden, Fort Ticonderoga and Schellenburg. They served with Marlborough under the cannonballs of Blenheim, and Haines through the fog of Inkerman. And when the Great War tore through Europe in 1914, the Royal Scots Fusiliers marched to war again. Battalions from the Royal Scots saw service in most of the main theatres of this far reaching war. Throughout these years, their battles took them across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Its reputation consistently reflected trustworthiness and the will to stand till the last man. In Spring 1916, while stationed near Ploegsteert Wood on the Western Front, the 6th Battalion welcomed its new commanding future Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The History of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (1678-1918) is a detailed account of the regiment from its formation to the end of the First World War. Due to the Regiments vast amount of battle honours this regimental history also serves as history of British wars since the Restoration. John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist, biographer, and historian. Buchan also worked as a general editor. Many of his non-fiction novels were inspired by his own experiences and circumstances. His works include South Africa (1927), The Half-Hearted (1900), Witch Wood (1927), amongst many others. Buchan wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps during the war, a novel which was adapted for film.