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The Yeomanry Cavalry and Military Identities in Rural Britain, 1815–1914

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Authors:
  1. George Hay

    1. The National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom

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  • Shortlisted for the 2017 SAHR Templer Best First Book Prize
  • Examines the composition and role of the Yeomanry over a hundred year period
  • Challenges the view that the Yeomanry was a Tory self-protection movement used to control the lower orders
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850 (WCS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. The Yeomanry and the State, 1815–1899

    • George Hay
    Pages 1-32

  3. The Officer Corps

    • George Hay
    Pages 33-72

  4. The Rank and File

    • George Hay
    Pages 73-107

  5. British Society, Poplar Perception and Public Support

    • George Hay
    Pages 109-135

  6. Aid to the Civil Power

    • George Hay
    Pages 137-170

  7. South Africa, 1899−1902

    • George Hay
    Pages 171-208

  8. Rebirth and Reinvention: Army Reform, 1902–1914

    • George Hay
    Pages 209-244

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 245-284
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About this book

This volume represents the first dedicated study of the British Yeomanry Cavalry, delving into the institution’s history from the cessation of hostilities with France in 1815 through to the eve of the First World War in 1914. This social history explores the Yeomanry’s composition and place within British society, as well as its controversial role in policing before and after Peterloo, and its unique contribution to the war in South Africa. Overturning or challenging many enduring myths and accepted truths, this book breaks new ground not just in our understanding of the Yeomanry, but the wider amateur military tradition.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom

    George Hay

About the author

George Hay is Principal Military Record Specialist at the National Archives, UK. He completed his PhD at the University of Kent and is an historian of the British army, the long-nineteenth century and the amateur military tradition.

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