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Military Identities
The Regimental System, the British Army, and the British People c.1870-2000
French, David Professor of History, University College London
Print publication date: 2005 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-925803-1




CHAPTER FOUR The Construction of the Idea of ‘the Regiment’
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199258031.003.0005

David French
Abstract: This chapter examines how regiments created separate identities for themselves by inventing regimental traditions in the shape of battle honours, regimental histories, and unique uniforms, all in an effort to breed esprit de corps amongst their members and sustain their morale.

Keywords: regimental traditions, battle honours, regimental histories, esprit de corps, uniforms, morale,

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Introduction
CHAPTER ONE The Cardwell–Childers Reforms and the Re-creation of the Regimental System
CHAPTER TWO Recruiting for the Regiments
CHAPTER THREE Basic Training
CHAPTER FOUR The Construction of the Idea of ‘the Regiment’
CHAPTER FIVE Barrack Life
CHAPTER SIX The Leadership of the Regimental System: Officers and NCOs
CHAPTER SEVEN Deviancy and Discipline in the Regimental System
CHAPTER EIGHT The Auxiliary Regiments
CHAPTER NINE Civilians and their Regiments
CHAPTER TEN The Regimental System and the Battlefield
CHAPTER ELEVEN The Creation of the Post-modern Regimental System, c.1945–1970
CONCLUSION
Bibliography
Index
 
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