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Further to the above.... I just googled the TJFF and found a short history. It seems they were carried on the regular British order of Battle. Mr. Ballinger told me they were the last active mounted regiment in British service - a claim I suppose many make but it seems, from what I read at least, th...

Joe, When I was in college a favorite professor was the late Col. R.B. Ballinger. He was ex-RHA, had been badly wounded at Tobruk and finished his active career as an officer of the Trans-Jordan Frontier force. I remember him recommending ZULU to one of my classes - "If you haven't seen it, do....

Joe, In the case of Master and Commander, Dusan and I were particularly impressed with the sounds made by cannon balls flying through the rigging etc. Needless to say, we've never been under fire from a 19th century warship but somehow the sound "felt" right. We eventually learned that the...

Is their march "The Lincolnshire Poacher"?
JV Puleo

Pat, I owned at one time the scrapbook of Hospital Steward H.R. Greene of the 1st RI Vol. Inf. (Span. Am. War) In it were a number of his photos one or two of which were of mounted men. I assumed them to be mounted Hospital Corps personnel. Had I the picture I'd post it but the thing I especially re...

Pat,
I should have added that the man behind the earliest offical expirements with mechanized transport was Leonard Wood so I suppose it can be claimed there is a real "cavalry" connection.
JP

Pat, There is no good reason you should have known about it. I was with the editors father when he bought the MS at an old car "flea market" in the mid 70's. We never did get around to publishing it until about a month or two ago. I don't think its even been advertised yet but the books ar...

Pat, I am almost reluctant to post this because, like the above, it does not pertain directly to military horses. It is, however, very pertinant to the points you make. THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL MILITARY DISPATCH CAR as told by Malcolm E. Parrott, dispatch bearer and driver. Aside from the introduc...