It dates from the Napoleonic era and would have been made ... as they would have sold them to British military officers. This example, however, was given to the surgeon of the camp in thanks ...

The British Army currently has 72,510 full-time troops – its smallest size since the Napoleonic era. However, Col Carns said: “That doesn’t mean we need a bigger army, but it does mean you ...

Grant Shapps has defended cuts to troop numbers as he said soldiers have a “can-do” attitude. The Defence Secretary insisted the British Army remained capable of being deployed at short notice and ...

The graves of 101 soldiers ... The Napoleonic wars saw the French empire, led by Napoleon I, fight European powers in a series of battles beginning in 1803. Napoleon was defeated by the British ...