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- British Troops in Canada (Illustrated London Reading Book, 1850)
- Our Rifle Corps
(Leisure Hour, 1860)
- Training to become part of Britain's home defense.
- Doors to the Professions: First Commissions in the Army
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1876)
- A Military Tea-Party, by Louisa Crow (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1877)
- "The wives and children of the private soldier are no longer huddled out of sight; their existence and their needs are recognized by the State..." and the great event of the year for military families is the official military tea and picnic!
- The War Office
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1881)
- Life of a Private Soldier in Times of Peace (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1882)
- "The first thing to do is to show how a lad can most easily join the army, with least trouble to himself, and with the least danger of becoming mixed up with bad characters and making bad friends at the start of his military career."
- The Life of a Non-Commissioned Officer (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1882)
- A look at the opportunities for the person who wishes to make the Army a permanent, lifetime career.
- How I Became a Sergeant of Volunteers
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1886)
- Our Soldiers' Amusements, by Louisa Crow
(Quiver, 1889)
- Soldiers' plays and performances at the Tin Hall in Aldershot.
- The Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, by J. Cuthbert Hadden
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1890)
- Young Tommy Atkins (The Strand, 1891B)
- "Tommy Atkins" is the general British term for soldier (rather like America's "GI Joe"), and this article looks at the experiences of a couple of new recruits.
- Boy Soldiers and Sailors, by Frances H. Low (The Strand, 1892B)
- A look at the lads of the Royal Military Asylum, an institution founded for the orphaned children of soldiers.
- A Week in a [Military] Camp
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1893)
- Professions for Our Boys: Training for the Army
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1894)
- With the Troops at Aldershot, by Mary Spencer Warren
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)
- "If you want a correct idea of what our Army is composed of, what it can do, and how it lives, you cannot do better than to go to Aldershot..."
- The Canterbury Riding Establishment, by Ernest W. Low
(Windsor Magazine, 1896A)
- A cavalry riding-school.
- Gymnastics in the Army, by Charles Knight
(The Strand, 1896A)
- Our Army, Past and Present, by D.H. Parry
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1896)
- A War-Balloon Trip, by Cpt. Herbert C. Pritchard
(Windsor Magazine, 1896A)
- A ride in an Aldershot war balloon.
- The Men in the Ranks, from the Notebook of an Old Soldier, by Major Philip Douglas
(McClures, 1897)
- Soldiering at Sandhurst: A Visit to the Royal Military College, by Ernest W. Low
(Windsor, 1897A)
- The War Office: Its Work and Personnel, by A. Hilliard Atteridge
(Windsor, 1898A)
- Soldiers on Cycles, by Frank Orwell
(Windsor Magazine, 1898B)
- Will bicycles take the place of cavalry? (There's just something a bit unconvincing about the photo of a group of soldiers taking aim from behind the shelter of their fallen bicycles...)
- Tommy Atkins on His Autumn Campaign, by S.E. Waller
(Windsor Magazine, 1898B)
- Christmas in the Army, by Horace Wyndham
(The Strand, 1899B)
- A Glimpse of the Army, by A. Conan Doyle
(The Strand, 1900B)
- Our Reserve of Generals, by Robert Machray
(Windsor Magazine, 1900B)
- Soldiers' Wives, by the Rev. E.J. Hardy
(Girl's Own Paper, 1900)
- A rather curious piece on the pros and cons of whether soldiers ought to marry (and why British soldiers must ask permission before doing so!).
- War-Pictures in "Punch," 1841-1899, by J. Holt Schooling
(The Strand, 1900A)
- The Army Clothing Department, by Susan Countess of Malmesbury
(Lady's Realm, 1901)
- Breaking Wild Horses for the Army
(Strand, 1901A)
- The largest firm of horse-breakers for the military was W.R. Grace and Co. of San Francisco, which provided horses for the British army.
- Under the Red Cross Flag, by Sarah A. Tooley
(Lady's Realm, 1901)
- The Anglo-Egyptian Army, by Alured Gray Bell
(Windsor Magazine, 1902A)
- Army Chaplains and Their Work, by Horace Wyndham
(Sunday Strand, 1902)
- Military Magazines, by Horace Wyndham
(Windsor Magazine, 1902A)
- A host of regimental journals.
- Military Pay: Notes of Five Centuries
(Good Words, 1902)
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- The Story of Three Famous Regiments
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1876)
- A look at the history of the Brigade of Foot Guards, which consists of three regiments: Grenadier, Fusilier and Coldstream.
- The Blue Bonnets Over the Border, by an Army Chaplain
(Stories of History, 1891)
- A history of the Highland regiments.
- Yarns of the Army: About the Gallant Dragoons, by D.H. Parry
(Chums, 1895)
- Yarns of the Army: All About Our Life Guards, by D.H. Parry
(Chums, 1895)
- Yarns of the Army: About the Rifle Regiments, by D.H. Parry
(Chums, 1895)
- The Pets of the Regiments: Army Animals in Peace and War, by D.H. Parry
(Chums, 1895)
- The Private Soldier as a Familiar Friend, by Eric Macfayden, late trooper, Imperial Yeomanry
(Good Words, 1902)
- On the feuds and friendships between the various corps.
- See also
- • The British Navy
- • Military History
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