Firepower - The Museum of the Royal Artillery books

The library at Firepower Museum contains an eclectic collection of titles. From these, we have reproduced many standard works of reference and a particularly interesting range of memoirs from the Indian Mutiny. The Royal Artillery Museum has been open to the public since 4 May 1820, a record we believe to be unrivalled by any other military museum.

In May 2001 the collection of Artillery was moved to the new premises within the gates of the Royal Arsenal and opened under the re-badged name of "FIREPOWER, The Museum of the Royal Artillery." The museum had returned to the original home of the Regiment and indeed of the collection. The collection was founded in 1778 at the Royal Arsenal by Captain (later Lieutenant General Sir) William Congreve.

Firepower, the Royal Artillery Museum in Woolwich tells the powerful and dramatic story of artillery, scientific discoveries made through warfare and human stories of courage and endeavour. The ‘ground shaking' Field of Fire audio-visual show puts you in the midst of battle as shells whiz overhead and guns roar.

The Royal Arsenal was one of the most important centres in the world for munitions manufacture and until recently was a well kept secret from the public. Many of the guns and carriages on display were made in the Arsenal, making it a significant part of the local heritage. Together with uniforms, drawings, diaries and medals bring together some 700 years of world artillery history.

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1815 LIST OF ALL THE OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND ROYAL MARINES ON FULL AND HALF-PAY WITH AN INDEX.
Product Code: 5956

Army List published in March 1815, just before Waterloo. Also shows Royal Marine, King’s German Legion and colonial regiments. List of officers on full and half-pay. Full index and succession of Colonels of Regiments.

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29TH DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY WAR RECORD AND HONOURS BOOK 1915-1918.
Product Code: 8128

This record contains the list of honours awarded to officers and men, with citations; the casualty lists of officers and men killed or wounded; the record of service of officers who served with the divisional artillery between Gallipoli and the armistice, and a brief account of the doings of the ...

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38TH (WELSH) AND 33RD DIVISIONS IN THE LAST FIVE WEEKS OF THE GREAT WAR
Product Code: 8475

An account of the operations of the 38th and 33rd Divisions from the first week of October 1918 to the armistice.

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95TH (THE DERBYSHIRE) REGIMENT IN CENTRAL INDIA (1857-58)
Product Code: 5901

Scholarly regimental History of the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment’s role in crushing the Indian Mutiny.

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9th Heavy Battery R.G.A. 1914-1919
Product Code: 9458

Brief record of a heavy battery on the Western Front, equipped first with 4.7in. guns and from January 1917 with 60 pdrs. Sketchy on operations but plenty of details on personnel - honours and awards, roll of honour, battle casualties, record of oficers who served and names and home addresses of ...

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A NEW SYSTEM OF MILITARY DISCIPLINE FOR A BATTALION OF FOOT IN ACTION (1745) CAMPAIGNS OF KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN ANNE 1689-1712
Product Code: 5927

Early (1745) military manual which combines a military history of the reigns and campaigns of William III and Queen Anne - especially those fought by the Duke of Marlborough - with a generously illustrated survey of the latest tactics and exercises for horse and foot.

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AKIM-FOO THE HISTORY OF A FAILURE (GOLD COAST 1873-74 CAMPAIGN)
Product Code: 5916

Written in typical Victorian vernacular, this personal memoir gives a rare insight into Sir Garnet Wolseley’s 1873 expedition against the Ashantis in West Africa’s Gold Coast (today’s Ghana).

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AMBUSHES AND SURPRISES
Product Code: 6528

A Victorian treatise on military ambushes, giving many famous examples of the tactic from the Age of Hannibal to the Indian Mutiny.

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ARMY LISTS OF THE ROUNDHEADS AND CAVALIERS, CONTAINING THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS IN THE ROYAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ARMIES OF 1642
Product Code: 8496

Lists of officers of the Cavalier and Roundhead officers and their regiments at the beginning of the Civil War in England. Also a list of Royal Navy and Merchant ships with names, tonnage, number of each ship’s company and names of captains and first officers.

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ARTILLERY AND TRENCH MORTAR MEMORIES - 32ND DIVISION
Product Code: 8131

Personal diaries and memories of officers and men who fought with the 32nd Divisional Artillery, the main feature being the diary of the 32nd Divisional Artillery chaplain from June 1916 to October 1919, which covers some 500 pages and is an outstanding piece of work.

Our price: £22.00