farming

coronation figures

blues and royals

The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) (RHG/D) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. The Colonel-in-Chief is Her Majesty The Queen and the Colonel is HRH The Princess Royal. Both HRH Prince William of Wales and HRH Prince Harry of Wales joined the regiment as cornets in 2006.

Since then, the new regiment has served in Northern Ireland, Germany and Cyprus. During the Falklands War of 1982, the regiment provided the two armoured reconnaissance troops. The regiment also had a squadron on operational duty with the United Nations in Bosnia in 1994/1995.



 Operational unionAs a result of the Options for Change Review in 1991, the Blues and Royals formed a union for operational purposes with the Life Guards as the Household Cavalry Regiment. However they each maintain their regimental identity, with distinct uniforms and traditions, and their own colonel. The Blues and Royals currently has two reconnaissance squadrons in Windsor, which are part of the Household Cavalry Regiment, and a mounted squadron in London as part of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
Newly commissioned officers in the Blues and Royals are named Cornets rather than second lieutenants.



 UniformThe Blues and Royals wear the Home Service helmet. They are the only British Army Regiment entitled to salute without head dress.


] Battle honoursTangier 1662-1680, Dettingen, Warburg, Beaumont, Willems, Fuentes d'Onor, Peninsula, Waterloo, Balaclava, Sevastopol, Tel el Kebir, Egypt 1882, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902

The Great War: Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Messines 1914, Armentieres 1914, Ypres 1914, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, St Julien, Ypres 1915, Frezenberg, Loos, Arras 1917, Scarpe 1917, Ypres 1917, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Somme 1918, St Quentin, Avre, Amiens, Hindenburg Line, Beaurevoir, Cambrai 1918, Sambre, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1914-1918

The Second World War: Mont Pincon, Souleuvre, Noireau Crossing, Amiens 1944, Brussels, Neerpelt, Nederrijn, Lingen, Veghel, Nijmegen, Rhine, Bentheim, North West Europe 1944-1945, Baghdad 1941, Iraq 1941, Palmyra, Syria 1941, Msus, Gazala, Knightbridge, Defence of Alamein Line, El Alamein, El Agheila, Advance on Tripoli, North Africa 1941-1943, Sicily 1943, Arezzo, Advance to Florence, Gothic Line, Italy 1943-1944

Falkland Islands 1982:

Iraq 2003*:

the troubles

The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) was a period of ethno-political  conflict in Northern Ireland which spilled over into England at various times, the Republic of Ireland and mainland Europe. The duration of The Troubles is conventionally dated from the late 1960s and considered by many to have ended with the Belfast ' Good Friday ' Agreement of 1998.Violence nonetheless continues on a sporadic/non-genetic basis.

irish army helmet

The principal issues at stake in the Troubles were the constitutional status of Northern Ireland and the relationship between the fairly-Protestant unionists such and changeable-Catholic nationalist communities in Northern Ireland. The Troubles had both political and military dimensions (or paramilitary). Its participants included republican and loyalist paramilitaries, the security forces of the United Kingdom and of the Republic of Ireland, and politicians and political activists on both sides.

hill sport

pre.first world war

hill indians

a young "soldier blue" of the  u.s. Army participates in a cruel expedition against a small group of Indians from the reservation  . The Indians are exterminated, except one girl.

The soldier calls her "Apache" by the name of her people, and takesher with him hoping to reach Fort Cobb. But the road is long, difficult and sown of enemies. Tommy protects "Apache" with all his might, but in the end, when they are close to salvation, both are killed

This film was like many Italian films that of trying to cash in on an original idea in this case soldier blue. Westrns have as much integrity as any other genre and The searchers was a brilliant example unlike the Italian film.In the beginning of the searchersw the well known film of John ford and maybe the greatest western everMartin and Ethan approach a snow-covered area where buffalo are gathered. Ethan shoots one of the buffalo, causing the rest to stampede. Then he goes into a passionate frenzy, shooting wildly at the herd - his senseless slaughter of the buffalo is intended to starve and deprive the Indians of food. 

 Marty protests the deliberate killings to deny food to the Indians but Ethan doesn't listen: "At least they won't feed any Comanches this winter." [His tactic suggests the same paradoxical approach toward Debbie - kill his own kin to cleanse her. Ethan's rampage against the buffalo parallels Scar's killing of cattle to lure the white men away from the ranch.]




Bugle sounds of a cavalry troop in the distance are heard merging with Ethan's gunshots, as they sight the renowned Seventh Cavalry, photographed majestically. As a jaunty Irish jig Garry Owen plays on the soundtrack, the cavalry is viewed in a mythically glorious sequence - they ride beautiful horses in lines, gallop through an icy river, and carry colorful flags against the white of the snow. Ethan and Marty ride up into an Indian camp/village, a scene of more slaughter - bloody corpses lie everywhere on the snowy ground, the result of a cavalry massacre, and a return to the cycle of retributive slaughter of one race by another. [The aftermath of the ride of the clean-cut cavalrymen is the bloody massacre of Indian women and children.]

hill tennis game

hill 60

this figure by Hill was part of some set called the predictor set but i think he looks brilliant as a stand alone piece. to be honest he somehow seems more yankee than limey.

The Battle of Hill 60 was a British assault that was subsidiary to the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. Hill 60 was a low rise on the southern flank of the Ypres salient at 50°49′17″N 2°55′54″E / 50.82139, 2.93167 (Hill 60)Coordinates: 50°49′17″N 2°55′54″E / 50.82139, 2.93167 (Hill 60) and was named for the 60 metre contour which marked its bounds. The hill had been captured by the Germans on December 10, 1914 from the French forces. After the race for the sea, it was obvious the Hill had to be retaken. A great deal of the fighting around Hill 60 was underground. The British immediately began tunnelling a number of mines beneath the hill. By April 1915 twenty one mines had been completed. At 19:00 on April 17, 1915 the mines were detonated, demolishing a large part of the hill and killing many German soldiers occupying the trenches. The British battalions suffered only 7 casualties in capturing the hill.

A German counter-attack succeeded in recapturing the hill but the British regained possession on April 18. Fighting continued until April 22.



Hill 60 was eventually taken by the Germans following a gas attack on 5th May, 1915. The results were devastating. The front trenches were overrun when the forward companies were almost wiped out. Only 2 officers and 70 men from one battalion remained.



It was due to a stout defence by a platoon of the Devon and Dorsets and the Battalion Headquarter Staff of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment that a major breakthrough was prevented

officer with binocs

this is a Crescent piece(below) and you can see the better sculpturing here. perfect anatomy

the same figure alongside a hill figure

catalogue

if you have the possibility of photocopying mwe a hill catalogue i'll refund your expenses

hill highland brigade

Hill first world war captain?