This is the story of Alberta's senior militia regiment, which celebrates its centennial in 2005. Although it was authorized in 1905, the SALH traces its origins to the 1880s when cavalry units were raised to protect Alberta during the Northwest Rebellion.This fascinating study takes Her Majesty's Cowboys from the 1880s to the 21st century. It describes how the predecessor units of the modern Light Horse fought for their nation in wartime and struggled to stay alive in peacetime.The reader will accompany the Light Horse as ...
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This is the story of Alberta's senior militia regiment, which celebrates its centennial in 2005. Although it was authorized in 1905, the SALH traces its origins to the 1880s when cavalry units were raised to protect Alberta during the Northwest Rebellion.This fascinating study takes Her Majesty's Cowboys from the 1880s to the 21st century. It describes how the predecessor units of the modern Light Horse fought for their nation in wartime and struggled to stay alive in peacetime.The reader will accompany the Light Horse as they fight in the Rebellion of 1885, South Africa in 1899-1901, the Western Front in the First World War and Northwest Europe in the Second World War. More recently members of the regiment have helped to keep the peace in Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia.The story of the SALH includes that of the World War II South Alberta Regiment, whose story was told in more detail in SOUTH ALBERTAS (by the same author), described by more than one reviewer as among the best regimental histories ever published.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. pp. 8 488, notes, bibliography, index. "This is the story of Alberta's senior militia regiment, which celebrates its centennial in 2005. Although it was authorized in 1905, the SALH traces its origins to the 1880s when cavalry units were raised to protect Alberta during the Northwest Rebellion. This fascinating study takes "Her Majesty's Cowboys" from… 4to.
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Illustrated by Johnson, Christopher; Volstad, Ron. Good in Good dust jacket. 1896941435. 488 pages. Index. Bibliography. Footnotes. Glossary. Roll of Honour. Profusely illustrated in colour and primarily black and white. "The story of Alberta's senior militia regiment, which celebrates its centennial in 2005...Also a history of the Province of Alberta from the time of aboriginal peoples to the present day. Lavishly illustrated with over 550 photos, drawings, cartoons and paintings."-from dust jacket. Few library markings. Moderate wear. A sound copy.; 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall; Century Of Service: The History Of The South Alberta Light Horse Canadian Armed Forces History Canada Canadian Army Regimental Histories World War 1939-1945 Military.
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As new. 1st Edition. 488pp. Quarto. Decorated blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and regimental crest on front in white pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Half-title. Frontispiece. Illustrated profusely with B&W full colour photographs, drawings, 30 maps. Maps and drawings Christopher Johnson and original artwork by Ron Volstad. Fine condition A complete history of Alberta's senior militia regiment written for the unit's centennial in 2005. The SALF traces its origins back to the 1880's and fought at home in the Northwest Rebellion and abroad in the South African War and both World Wars.
