Saturday 12 December 2009

Vanished Armies

Yesterday's post included a copy of VANISHED ARMIES - A RECORD OF MILITARY UNIFORM OBSERVED AND DRAWN IN VARIOUS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES DURING THE YEARS 1908 TO 1914. This is a collection of water coloured drawings and notes made by A E Haswell Miller whilst he was travelling around Europe in the years leading up to the First World War.

The book costs £20.00 and has been edited by John Mollo. It was published a few months back by Shire Publications Ltd (ISBN 978 0 74780 739 1).

The book covers the uniforms of the following countries:
  • Great Britain (25 plates; 243 drawing)
  • The German Empire (16 plates; 161 drawings)
  • France (8 plates; 77 drawings)
  • Austria-Hungary (10 plates: 97 drawings)
  • Belgium (2 plates; 21 drawings)
  • Holland (4 plates; 35 drawings)
  • Italy (6 plates; 58 drawings)
  • Portugal (1 plate; 3 drawings)
  • Russia (2 plates; 10 drawings)
  • Spain (6 plates; 37 drawings)
  • Sweden (1 plate; 9 drawings)
Although the drawings are mainly of dress uniforms worn by European troops there are some colonial uniforms in the collection including:

British Empire
  • Strathcona's Horse (Canada)
  • Royal Canadian Regiment
  • New Zealand Mounted Rifles
  • Kaffarian Rifles (South Africa)
  • Kimberley Regiment (South Africa)
  • Cape Mounted Rifles (South Africa)
  • Imperial Light Horse (South Africa)
  • 48th Highlanders (Canada)
  • Australian Light Horse
  • Alberta Horse (Canada)
  • New Zealand Infantry
  • 72nd Highlanders (Canada)
  • 5th Royal Scots (Canada)
  • Australian Forces
  • Canterbury Mounted Rifles (New Zealand)
  • Prince Alfred's Guards (South Africa)
  • Canadian Field Artillery
  • 58th Vaughan's Rifles [Frontier Force] (India)
German Empire
  • German South-West Africa Schutztruppe
  • German East Africa Schutztruppe
  • German West Africa Schutztruppe
France
  • Spahis
  • Zouaves
  • Chasseurs d'Afrique
  • Tirailleurs Algeriens
  • Foreign Legion
Holland
  • Colonial Troops
  • West Indies Service Corps
  • Marines
  • Royal Dutch East India Army
Spain
  • Colonial Infantry