Men Who Made Rhodesia a Register of Those Who Served in the British South Africa Company's Police - Softcover

Hickman, A. S.

 
9781781519714: Men Who Made Rhodesia a Register of Those Who Served in the British South Africa Company's Police
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1781519714 ISBN 13: 9781781519714
Publisher: Naval & Military Press, 2015

Synopsis

The classical record of the BSACP - authorised in 1889 and disbanded in 1891. The first 85 pages tell the story of the unit’s origins and pioneering services in protecting he settlers and merchants who were flooding into Mashonaland and Matabeleland. Never exceeding the Battalion strength, and with only limited British Army support, it ensured an initially peaceful British conquest of the area which would later be known as Southern Rhodesia. The occupation was so peacefull, in fact, that the Force was soon disbanded (with just 40 men being retained inservice as civil force, the Mashonaland Police). The bulk of the text is then devoted to a compilation of detailed biographical notes on each of the 897 men who served with the BSACP. They were recruited from a very broad range of European Adventures and soldiers of fortune.

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Publisher
Naval & Military Press
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1781519714
ISBN 13 
9781781519714
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
480