{"product_id":"the-history-of-the-east-neil-hutty-9781917666015","title":"The History of the East Riding Yeomanry VOLUME 1: Wenlock's Horsemen: The East Riding Yeomanry in the First World War 1902-1930","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry was formed in the aftermath of the Boer War by Beilby Lawley, Lord Wenlock, and henceforth known unofficially as 'Wenlock's Horse'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story, told largely through eyewitness accounts never before published, of a British Territorial Army cavalry regiment thrust into the maelstrom of the First World War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespatched to Egypt, the Regiment saw active service against the Turks in the Palestine campaign of 1917, participating in some of the final cavalry charges of the British Army, and leading to the fall of Jerusalem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn response to the German Spring Offensives of 1918, the Regiment was rushed to France as machine gunners, where they experienced first-hand the realities of trench warfare on the Western Front as they took part in the final Allied offensives of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Great War signalled the beginning of the end of horses in modern warfare, and the East Riding Yeomanry was amongst the first units in the British Army to mechanise, becoming an armoured car company of the Royal Tank Corps in the 1920s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Hutty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1917666012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917666015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonaur Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.67d","brand":"Neil Hutty","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906979287295,"sku":"9781917666015","price":20.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_917b094f-fd18-44b8-883f-b853bfe8da69.jpg?v=1748771952","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-history-of-the-east-neil-hutty-9781917666015","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}