"Providing for the Provisionals" Topic
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Tango01 | 12 Jun 2016 3:40 p.m. PST |
"During the Great War against France, the auxiliary forces of this nation were sanctioned by a constant flurry of legislation, often conflicting, that created or augmented militia, supplementary militia, local militia, fencibles, volunteers, armed associations, yeomanry and provisional cavalry, not to mention the army of the reserve and a proposed levée en masse. Of these the Provisional Cavalry must rank among the least successful. Under the Provisional Cavalry Act of 1796 anyone who owned ten or more horses was required to provide one man on a horse for the county's regiment; those owning fewer were grouped to the same purpose. Not surprisingly this measure proved less than hugely popular, and the following year an exemption was granted to any county whose yeomanry cavalry had reached three quarters of its provisional cavalry quota. Given the popularity of yeomanry service among the rural squirearchy and their farmers, and the exemption granted to volunteers from the provisional cavalry levy, in many counties the provisional cavalry was never embodied or soon disbanded. Yeomanry historians who mention their county's provisional cavalry regiment sometimes suggest that its uniform is a mystery, but in fact a prescribed dress for the whole force was devised by government and adopted where required. It was cheap, cheerful and dark green, consisting of:…"
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deadhead | 14 Jun 2016 8:24 a.m. PST |
Not so sure about the title of this post. In the late 60s and early 70s that was why they passed around a hat in many of the pubs in North London. It was unwise to refuse to contribute……….. especially if you had shoulder length hair. I learnt that the hard way. |
Tango01 | 14 Jun 2016 11:06 a.m. PST |
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deadhead | 14 Jun 2016 12:32 p.m. PST |
For two weeks I could not smile…it hurt too much. I did not have my Irish passport on me at the time. Suspect it would have made no difference. Falklands/Malvinas, Ulster's occupied 6 counties, Spratley Islands………is any of it worth it? |
138SquadronRAF | 14 Jun 2016 1:08 p.m. PST |
Deahead, yep I had that in a pub in Kilburn too in the 70s. A Home Counties access, dressing in a leather jacket and them assuming I was one of 'The Filth' didn't help either. |
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