BRITISH OTHER RANKS IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC WARS - PART ONE The past few weeks’ essays have looked at how the British Army found it’s officers. Now I should like to examine how it filled its ranks.Thanks for reading Major Gordon Corrigan's Newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
Your explanation of why soldiers joined is almost exactly the same as India. Martial glory is a famously helpful recruiter, though I have come across Zamindars persuading their tenants to join up
Your explanation of why soldiers joined is almost exactly the same as India. Martial glory is a famously helpful recruiter, though I have come across Zamindars persuading their tenants to join up