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Author:   Mike Osborne
Publisher:   Fonthill Media Ltd
Imprint:   Fonthill Media Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.572kg
ISBN:  

9781781558188

ISBN 10:   1781558183
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   18 February 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chronology of the Volunteer Force in the First World War; 1 Britain's tradition of volunteer armies; 2 The development of the Volunteer Training Corps; 3 A volunteer army takes shape: Public Image, Function and Operations; 4 Training, Weapons, Uniform and Personnel of the VTC/VF; 5 Involving the young volunteer: service and preparation; 6: Volunteer support services on the Home Front; 7 Volunteer forces in Ireland; Epilogue; Appendix 1 VTC and County Volunteer Regiments; Appendix 2 Cadet Units; Appendix 3 VTC badges and badge manufacturers; Appendix 4 The Royal Defence Corps; Appendix 5 Tour of Inspection of the VF by Lord French during autumn 1916; Appendix 6 The Home Front: Lines of Communication (TF); Appendix 7 The Special Service Companies, Summer 1918; Appendix 8 Some Unit strengths; Bibliography; Index.

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Dr Mike Osborne's interest in fortification began with childhood visits to castles. It has developed over the years to include all aspects of the topic from Iron-Age forts to Cold War bunkers. He was a volunteer-coordinator for the Defence of Britain Project recording twentieth-century military structures. After a thirty-year-career in education he took early retirement to write, producing over twenty books to date. Topics include: Civil War sieges and fortifications, drill halls, twentieth-century military structures, a series of county surveys of defences including the award-winning 'Defending Cambridgeshire', and the best-selling 'Defending Britain'.

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