A complete and exhaustive study of one of the British Army’s most famous Regiments before and during the Second World War. Part Two describes the expansion of the Regiment and its service in every theatre of the war: Great Britain, NW Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, Italy, Madagascar, and the Far East. Its units included not only infantry battalions, but also anti-tank artillery regiments and a parachute battalion.
It ends where Volume VI picks up the story of the Regiment in 1945. AUTHOR: Lieutenant-General Jonathon Riley served in the Army for 40 years. He commanded troops at every level from a platoon to a corps on operations in Northern Ireland, Belize, former Jugoslavia, Sierra Leone, the Middle East, Iraq and Afghanistan. He was Master of the Royal Armouries from 2009 - 2012 and the last Colonel of The Royal Welch Fusiliers. He holds three degrees including a PhD and has currently published 22 books. He is Visiting Professor in War Studies at King’s College London.
200 b/w photos, 60 maps, 20 line drawings