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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"war office"”.
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Lord Lansdowne at the War Office (1895-1900)
… investigates Lord Lansdowne’s career at the War Office (1895-1900). At its core, however, is not a traditional biographical quest, but what does his career at the War Office tell us about late Victorian politics, civil-military relations, the reform discourse, the late Victorian Army and the …
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Tommy Atkins, War Office Reform and the Social and Cultural Presence of the Late-Victorian Army in Britain, c.1868-1899
… The first influence, the politics of the War Office, exposes a progressive series of schemes which, cultivated for over a decade, sought to redefine the soldier through the popularisation of military service and the professionalisation of the military’s public relations strategy and …
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The Free Church army chaplain 1830-1930.
… in the British Army. Unrecognised by the War Office, and opposed by the Church of England, the Wesleyan Methodists persisted in providing an unpaid civilian ministry until, by stages, they secured partial recognition in 1862 and 1881. The respect earned by volunteer Wesleyan civilian …
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How was Richard Haldane able to reform the British Army? An historical assessment using a contemporary change management model
… the Liberal Imperialist Secretary of State for War (1905-1912), implemented lasting reform of the British Army, when his immediate predecessors, Brodrick and Arnold-Forster, had failed. It considers how political expediency, foreign policy and military strategy influenced Haldane and why his …
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The military career of General Sir Henry Brackenbury 1856-1904
… Army during this period, from the Crimean War to the South African War. His career encompassed an era of reform that saw the army move away from the military system of the Napoleonic Wars and the gradual establishment of the system with which the British Army would take the field in 1914. …
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The Management of Change - Mechanizing the British Regular and Household Cavalry Regiments 1918 -1942
… regiments took place between the two World Wars and on into 1942. This thesis describes the process by which horsed cavalrymen were re-trained in armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) and the experiences of some of the regiments managing this change. Extensive use has been made of the oral …
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British Army Music in the Interwar Years: Culture, Performance, and Influence
… to identify how British army bands in the interwar years were a primary stakeholder in the music industry and to explore their role in projecting soft power for the British military. There were approximately 7,000 full-time bandsmen serving in the British army, which was about a third of the …
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The validation of the selection of male British army officers
… into the Regular Commissions Board and the War office Selection Boards,, outlines the current officer selection and training procedures, and then describes the research methodology. The research analyzes the validity,, utility and fairness of the Regular Commissions Board as a method for the …
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John Buchan (1875-1940) and the First World War: A Scot's Career in Imperial Britain
… and Strachey papers at the House of Lords Record Office, London, and in the Liddle Hart Collection at King's College, London. Documents concerning Buchan's association with the War Cabinet, the Foreign Office, and the Department of Information are among those preserved at the Public Record Office, …
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The army league, conscription and the 1956 defence review
… prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. In 1948 Leo Amery decided to resurrect the Army League and use it publicise defence issues at the beginning of the Cold War. Leo and Julian Amery attempted to shape defence policy in the late 1940s and early 1950s by using the Army League as a …
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‘Structures, Experiences and Discourses’: The Middlesex Military Service Tribunals and their Appellants, 1916-1918.
… Early commentaries which emerged after the War and more recent histories have disseminated this view. A revisionist case has been made by other historians who draw attention to mitigating factors such as ambiguous legislation and the enormous caseloads with which the tribunals struggled. The …
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The Polish community in Scotland
… Army Corps was organised in Scotland. When the war in Europe ended in May, 1945, the Corps comprised the First Armoured Division, the First Independent Paratroop Brigade, the Fourth Infantry Division (incomplete), the Sixteenth Independent Armoured Brigade (also incomplete) and administrative …
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Wartime Huts: The Development, Typology, and Identification of Temporary Military Buildings in Britain 1914-1945
Abstract Wartime Huts: The Development, Typology and Identification of Temporary Military Buildings in Britain 1914-1945 By, Karey L. Draper Faculty of Architecture University of Cambridge The use of temporary, prefabricated buildings in Britain during the twentieth century arose from wartime need …