Brown, Steve King George's Army British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815. Volume 1: Administration and Cavalry

Volume 1 covers in great detail the cavalry regiments that comprised the army of King George III for the period of the Great War with France, and the men who commanded them. Regimental data provided includes shortform regimental lineages, service locations and dispositions for the era, battle honours won, tables of authorised establishments, demographics of the field officer cohorts and of the men. But the book is essentially concerned with the field officers, the lieutenant colonels and majors who commanded the regiments, and Volume 1 alone contains over 1,000 mini-biographies of men who commanded the regiments, including their dates of birth and death, parentage, education, career (including political), awards and honours, and places of residence. Volumes 2 to 5 will extend the coverage to ultimately record over 4500 biographies across more than 200 regiments.
These biographies will show the regimental system in action, officers routinely transferring between regiments for advancement or opportunity, captains who were also (brevet) colonels, many who retired early, some who stayed the distance to become major generals and beyond. Where it has been possible to accurately ascertain, advancement by purchase, exchange or promotion has also been noted.
Readers with military ancestors will no doubt find much of interest within, and the author hopes that the work will allow readers to break down a few "brick walls"; either through connecting to the officers recorded, or through an understanding of the movements of the regiments around the world, or from the volunteering patterns of the militia regiments into the regular army.

Encyclopaedic in scope, and aimed to be a lasting source of reference material for the British army that fought the French Revolution and Napoleon between 1793 and 1815, "King Georges Army. British Regiments and the Men who Led Them" will be a necessary addition to every military and family history library for years to come.