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military history, and of new archival resources of relevance to the topic. Each issue typically contains at least one colour plate, as well as other illustrations. Not all articles are dryly academic; there are often interesting or amusing anecdotal forays into historical nooks, or revealing examinations of unjustly forgotten soldiers. In addition, over the years, the society has produced a number of
124:, best known for his defeat of the guerrilla rebels in Malaya between 1952 and 1954. He was president of the society from 1965 to 1979. The prize is awarded at the society annual general meeting in the year following the year of publication. The Templer Medal has been awarded for the following books:
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reflecting its members' interests. Issues of the
Journal contain a mixture of articles, which are peer-reviewed, communications, which typically deal with more specialised subjects and are not subject to peer-review, and book reviews. Listings are also included of recent academic work in the field of
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The society's interests embrace both army and regimental history, military antiquities and pictures, uniforms, badges and medals, arms and equipment and the history of land warfare in general. The study of campaigns, commanders and the political aspects of war are covered from the sixteenth century
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to the author of the most impressive or significant book relating to the
British, Commonwealth or Dominion armies published in the preceding year. This prize was founded to commemorate the life and achievements of Field Marshal Sir
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Beginning with the 2014 prize, an award has also made for the best first book submitted in each year's competition. From the 2023 award, this has been branded as the
Chapple Prize in honour of past-President Field Marshal Sir
486:. For this prize, edited volumes and co-authored books and monographs are discounted by the judges, who will consider only sole authored and substantial works. This prize has been awarded as follows:
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680:, edited by Ian F.W. Beckett, SAHR Special Publication 16, (London, 2007). The special publications also include a full index to the journal from its foundation up to 2006.
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Minutes of the meeting leading to establishment of the
Society published in: Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, 1.1 (Sept. 1921), pp. 3–5.
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armies, and to encourage research in these fields." It is one of the oldest societies of its kind. Past members include notable
British Field Marshals
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for sixth-form pupils, undergraduates, and junior Army officers. Other activities include the organisation of lectures, discussion events, and tours.
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Early Modern
Systems of Command: Queen Anne's Generals, Staff Officers and the Direction of Allied Warfare in the Low Countries and Germany, 1702–1711
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Politics and
Military Morale: Current-Affairs and Citizenship Education in the British Army 1914–1950
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Disease, War, and the
Imperial State: The Welfare of British Armed Forces during the Seven Years War
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Military
Identities: The Regimental System, the British Army, and the British People, c.1870–2000
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Birdie: More than the Soul of ANZAC: Field
Marshal Lord Birdwood of ANZAC and Totnes 1865-1951
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Fighting the People's War: The British & Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War
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Major-General Oliver Nugent: The Irishman who led the Ulster Division in the Great War,
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Ham & Jam: 6th Airborne Division in Normandy - Generating Combat Effectiveness
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Bloody Victory: The Sacrifice of the Somme and the Making of the Twentieth Century
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The Crimean Doctors. A History of the British Medical Service in the Crimean War
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From Waterloo to Balaclava: Tactics, Technology and the British Army 1815–1854
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The society's main activity is the publication of the peer-reviewed quarterly
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Learning to Fight: Military Innovation and Change in the British Army 1914–18
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The Fear of Invasion: Strategy, Politics, and British War Planning, 1880–1914
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Raising Churchill's Army: The British Army and War against Germany 1919-45,
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is chairman of its council. The patron of the society is Field Marshal HRH
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Till the Trumpet Sounds Again: The Scots Guards 1914–19 in Their Own Words
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High Command: British Military Leadership in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
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The 1945 Burma Campaign and the Transformation of the British Indian Army,
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The Wandering Army: The Campaigns that Transformed the British Way of War
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Medicine and Victory: British Military Medicine in the Second World War
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The Veterans' Tale: British Military Memoirs of the Second World War
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The English Ordnance Office, 1585–1625: A Case Study in Bureaucracy
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The Medical War: British Military Medicine in the First World War
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To Long Tan: The Australian Army and the Vietnam War 1950–1966
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Phoenix from the Ashes: The Indian Army in the Burma Campaign
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Small Arms of the East India Company, 1600–1856, Vols 1 and 2
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British Victory in Egypt 1801: The End of Napoleon's Conquest
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British Military Intelligence in the Crimean War, 1854–1856
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Fit for Service: The Training of the British Army 1715–1795
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For the Sake of Example: Capital Courts-Martial 1914–1920
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Wellington: Waterloo and the Fortunes of Peace 1815–1852
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The British Army and Theory of Armored Warfare 1918–1940
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From 2022, the society has conferred a small number of
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The Changing of the Guard: The British Army since 9/11
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A History of the British Cavalry, Volume 3: 1872–1898
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National Service: A Generation in Uniform, 1945–1963
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Kitchener's Army: The Raising of New Armies 1914–16
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Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
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Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
676:, SAHR Special Publication 12, (London, 1984) and
50:. The current president is Lieutenant-General Sir
297:The British General Staff: Reform and Innovation,
273:British Logistics on the Western Front, 1914–1919
702:, including some of the recent annual reports.
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603:George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge
716:Historical societies of the United Kingdom
557:, by Lieutenant Colonel Richard Farrimond.
115:Since 1982, the society has awarded the
28:The Society for Army Historical Research
678:The Victorians at War: New Perspectives
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463:by Raymond Callahan and Daniel Marston.
591:Thomas Fremantle, 3rd Baron Cottesloe
501:by Major-General Christopher Elliott.
454:Britain’s War: A New World 1942-1947,
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694:Society for Army Historical Research
440:Our Boys: The Story of a Paratrooper
358:Douglas Haig and the First World War
660:For instance: John Marshall Deane,
585:Harold Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon
570:to graduate students and maintains
181:Monty: The Field Marshal 1944-1976
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721:Organizations established in 1921
631:2012–2024 Lieutenant-General Sir
597:Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
213:British Counterinsurgency 1919–60
475:England and the Thirty Years War
192:The British Army of William III
433:Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815
390:A Military History of Scotland
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668:War of the Spanish Succession
299:edited by David French &
625:1993–2012 Field Marshal Sir
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515:, by David G. Morgan-Owen.
698:The society entry at the
215:, by Thomas R. Mockaitis.
666:'s campaigns during the
613:1965–1979 Field Marshal
607:1961–1965 Field Marshal
595:1947–1950 Field Marshal
566:The society also awards
428:, by Stewart Stansfield.
261:, by Richard W. Stewart.
282:, by Stephen M. Harris.
275:, by Ian Malcolm Brown.
529:, by Frances Houghton.
449:, by Jonathan Fennell.
367:, by William Philpott.
700:Register of Charities
609:Sir Claude Auchinleck
344:: A Political Soldier
52:Edward Smyth-Osbourne
633:Barney White-Spunner
141:Marquess of Anglesey
65:to the recent past.
550:, by Andrew Wheale.
508:, by Randall Nicol.
374:, by Mark Harrison.
353:2007 No award made.
328:, by Mark Harrison.
292:2001 No award made.
268:, by David Harding.
243:1994 No award made.
222:, by John Shepherd.
208:1989 No award made.
205:, by Peter Simkins.
132:, by J.A. Houlding.
619:1980–1993 General
615:Sir Gerald Templer
589:1932–1947 Colonel
536:by Nicholas Perry.
494:by Erica Charters.
360:, by J. P. Harris.
335:, by David French.
101:Battle of Waterloo
54:and Major-General
674:David G. Chandler
456:by Daniel Todman.
435:, by John Hussey.
319:Daniel P. Marston
301:Brian Holden Reid
240:, by Ian McNeill.
152:Anthony Babington
60:the Duke of Kent.
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621:Sir David Fraser
562:Other activities
543:, by Simon Akam.
477:, by Adam Marks.
470:, by Huw Davies.
442:, by Helen Parr.
342:Sir Henry Wilson
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