1837 4th Royal Irish Dragoons 1ed WARS British Army George Anson Napoleon ART

1837 4^th Royal Irish Dragoons 1^ed WARS British Army George Anson Napoleon ART

The 4^th Royal Irish Dragoons was a prominent cavalry regiment that served the British Army into the 20^th-century. First established in 1685, this regiment fought in all of the most notable European wars including:

• The Monmouth Rebellion
• Nine Years’ War – Battle of Steenkerque
• Irish Rebellion – Battle of Tuberneering; Battle of Arklow; Battle of Vinegar Hill
• Napoleonic Wars
• Peninsular War – Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo

Each of these battles and so much more is covered in this 1837 chronological history of the 4^th Royal Irish Dragoons. It includes numerous full-page, hand-colored illustrations as well as biographical sketches of each of the colonels of the regiment from James of Arran to George Anson.

Item number: #28135

Price: $499

CANNON, Richard [edit.]

Historical records, of the British Army comprising the history of every regiment in Her Majesty’s service

London: Printed by authority, 1837. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [10], viii; vi, [2], 94, [2]
  • 3 full-page engravings, hand painted
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Edw^d. Cooper Hodge
  • General Sir Edward Cooper Hodge GCB (1810–1894) was a British Army officer. As a Lieutenant-Colonel, Edward Cooper Hodge commanded the 4th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoon Guards at the Battle of Balaclava. He was subsequently placed in command of the 5th Dragoon Guards, and later rose to the rank of General. Motto: LABOR IPSE VOLUPTAS
• Ephemera: 4 leaves of handwritten notes on commanders of the Royal Irish Dragoons
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; secure
  • Cloth
• Size: ~9in X 5.75in (22.5cm x 14.5cm)

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