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The music hall songs which mentioned the war (about a third of the total produced) were more and more dreams about the end of the war—"When the Boys Come Home" and "Keep the Home Fires Burning" are two well-known examples. Popular, patriotic songs that were composed during the war also served to raise the morale of soldiers and civilians alike.
Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. English mercenaries (1 C, 15 P) Scottish mercenaries (69 P) Welsh mercenaries (3 P)
Charidemus. d. 333 BC. 367–333 BC. Athens. Greek mercenary leader who served Athens, Thrace and Rhodes. Clearchus of Sparta. 411–401 BC. Spartan general and mercenary leader who joined Cyrus the Younger in his attempt to seize the Persian throne from Artaxerxes III. Diogenes of Judea.
Music Hall, Britain's first form of commercial mass entertainment, emerged, broadly speaking, in the mid-19th century, and ended (arguably) after the First World War, when the halls rebranded their entertainment as Variety. [1]
The following text may date back to the War of Spanish Succession (1702–1713), since it refers to the grenadiers throwing grenades and the men wearing "caps and pouches" (i.e. the tall grenadier caps, [10] worn by these elite troops, and the heavy satchel [11] in which grenades were carried) and "loupèd clothes" – coats with broad bands of 'lace' across the chest that distinguished early ...
Also: England: People: By occupation: Military personnel: Mercenaries. Pages in category "English mercenaries" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 ...
British Artists and War: The Face of Battle in Paintings and Prints, 1700–1914. (London: Greenhill, 1993). ISBN 1-85367-157-6; Haycock, David Boyd. "A Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War". (London: Old Street Publishing). Hichberger, J.W.M. (1988). Images of the Army: The Military in British Art 1815–1914 ...
Royal Horse Artillery – Bonnie Dundee (Gallop); Keel Row (Trot); The Duchess of Kent (walk) Royal Armoured Corps. 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards – Rusty Buckles/ Radetzky March (Quick); 1st Dragoon Guards and 2nd Dragoon Guards Slow March (Slow) The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) – The 3DGs (Quick); The Garb of Auld ...