The Journal of Corporal William Todd, 1745-1762 (Publications of the Army Records Society) - Hardcover

Corporal William Todd; Andrew Cormack; Alan Jones

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 075092778X ISBN 13: 9780750927789

Publisher: Sutton Publishing Limited/Army Records Society, 2001

Synopsis

The Journal of Corporal Todd is a remarkably rare 'Other Ranks' record from a period when most common soldiers were illiterate. Todd's service commenced in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 and he retired as a Chelsea Pensioner in 1763. His flowing narrative gives not only a record of what his regiments were doing, but his own views on his fellow soldiers, his officers and the countries - Ireland, England, France and Germany - in which he served. His intelligence and powers of observation make him an extraordinary chronicler of his time.

About this title

About the Author:

ANDREW CORMACK is Keeper of Visual Arts, Medals and Uniforms at the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon. He has produced several books on uniform and flying clothing of the air services as well as being a regular contributor of articles to the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. ALAN JONES was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1969 and later transferred to the Army Air Corps to train as a helicopter pilot. He served in Northern Ireland, Cyprus and Germany, where he took part in exercises over some of the same terrain covered by Todd's compaigning. He was a military tutor at the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham until 1999 when he retired to become a school bursar in Cornwall.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sutton Publishing Limited/Army Records Society
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 075092778X
• ISBN 13: 9780750927789
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1