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Death Rattle The British Soldiers machine Gun 1870 to 2015 by John Hutchins.

9780992877613‘Death Rattle’, the story of machine guns in British service, on land, at sea and in the air; the men who invented them, men and women who manufactured them, and men and women who used, and still use, them in service of their country. From the Gatling to the Minimi, 512 pages with 517 colour & B&W photographs.

 £55 Plus £10 P&P UK. REST OF WORLD DELIVERY PRICES ON REQUEST. 

 

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Conquest of Empire, Defence of the Realm, Limited Edition by John Hutchins.

lea‘Conquest of Empire, Defence of the Realm’ ‘The British Soldiers Rifle 1800 to 2014’ Limited Edition by John Hutchins.

Skivertex bound signed edition of 200 copies presented in Skivertex clam shell case.

408 Pages, approx 395 colour & 50 B&W pictures. The story of the rifle in British service from the Baker to the L85A2 SA80 assault rifle.

£75 Plus £10 P&P UK. REST OF WORLD DELIVERY PRICES ON REQUEST.

 

 

 

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Conquest of Empire, Defence of the Realm – The British Soldiers Rifle 1800 to 2014 by John Hutchins.

978-0-9928776-1-3'Conquest of Empire, Defence of the Realm', 'The British Soldiers Rifle 1800 to 2014' by John Hutchins.

408 Pages, approx 395 colour & 50 B&W pictures. The story of the rifle in British service from the Baker to the L85A2 SA80 assault rifle. Hard back with dust jacket.  

£50 Plus £10 P&P UK. REST OF WORLD DELIVERY PRICES ON REQUEST. 

 

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The expression "to take the King's shilling" meant to sign up to join the army. Rather like with the 'prest' money for the 'impressed' man, a bonus payment of a shilling was offered to tempt lowly paid workers to leave their trade - an average daily wage during the Napoleonic period was twopence (2d; at 12d to a shilling, this represented six days wages in one go). Once the shilling had been accepted, it was almost impossible to leave the army.

Since the army was not seen as an attractive career, recruiting sergeants often had to use less than honest methods to secure their 'prey', such as getting the recruitee drunk, slipping the shilling into his pocket and then hauling him before the magistrate the following morning (still hungover) to get him to accept the fact that he was now in the army.

 

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