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All for the King's
Shilling: The British Soldier under ...
The first work to closely examine the social composition of Wellington’s rank and file through the lens of military psychology, All for the King’s Shilling transcends the Napoleonic battlefield to help explain the motivation and ...
In the East African frontier of 1916 and the World War I colonial wars between Germany and Britain, Lieutenant Michael Fuller, a South African fighting for the British, enlists only to find that the physical battles of war are not the only ...
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All for a King's
Shilling
This gripping debut is a captivating tale of deceit and retribution that will give the reader a thrilling insight into military life during this terrifying and uncertain age.
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FUBAR: Soldier Slang of World War II
"When you take the King's shilling, you are the King's man. "This phrase dates
back to the early 1800s, perhaps earlier, when recruiting parties were paid a
bounty for enlisting recruits. If the recruiters could not convince a potential soldier
to ...
He who takes the king's shilling may become the king's man, but it works in
reverse. too. He who positions himself as the king's man has all that greater a
claim to the king's shilling. And few organizations are better at shilling for the king
and ...
Canada. Parliament. Senate. KING'S SHILLING LEGAL TENDER BILL. SECOND
READING. The Order of the Day being called : Second reading Bill (E) An Act to
make the King's Shilling a Legal Tender In Canada.— (Hon. Mr. Domvllle.) Hon.
Canada. Parliament. Senate, 1904
... listed and captured as a deserter if he ran away. And there was I, standing in
turn in front of the great man. He looked at my name on his list. “Samuel Robbins,
” he said. “Are you for a life of adventure, boy? Will you take the King's shilling?
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History of the British Standing Army. A.D. 1660 to 1700
Every reader has doubtless heard of the " King's shilling." This shilling was one
day's pay, the acceptance of which by a soldier was necessary to substantiate in
the eye of the law any charge of desertion ; for the best proof of a man's
enlistment ...
Clifford Elliot Walton, 1894
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The Standard Reference Work: For the Home, School and Library
In England, to "cut one off with a shilling" means to bequeath a disinherited heir
the sum of one shilling for the sake of legality. In enlisting soldiers, a shilling was
pressed upon a new recruit as "earnest money." To "accept the king's shilling" ...
Harold Melvin Stanford, 1921
While our own troops in Mexico are daily threatened with peril by a Mexican
uprising, efforts to increase our army's strength through recruiting are quite
discouraging. Yet from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific, the King's shilling is being
hawked ...
George Sylvester Viereck, 1916
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If You Take the King's Shilling…
One is, of course, to not take the king's shilling. Hillsdale College, for instance, takes no federal or state money of any kind and is flourishing. «Commentary Magazine, 7月 15»
Colby Cosh: Proposed memorial the Mother of all monumental …
Our churches and our older, posher schools are full of engraved lists of names of young men who took the King's shilling and never got to ... «National Post, 7月 15»
NOSTALGIA: We're fighting the French at Waterloo...although we're …
“It's the biggest engagement of our lives since we took the King's shilling,” says their commander, Col Edwin Parker. June 18 is the day they ... «Echo, 6月 15»
A Corporate Cult Captures and Thwarts Our Best Graduates
And there's the flash of the king's shilling: the paid internships, the golden hellos, the promise of stupendous salaries within a couple of years. «Truthdig, 6月 15»
How a corporate cult captures and destroys our best graduates
And there's the flash of the king's shilling: the paid internships, the golden hellos, the promise of stupendous salaries within a couple of years. «The Guardian, 6月 15»
Horrible History: Taking The King's Shilling
Many ruses were used to entice men into the regular Army, which was a non-conscripted force (although there was a county quota system for ... «Forces TV, 5月 15»
Flashback May 23
... have, metaphorically speaking, taken the King's shilling and have left this city. Of these, at least 20 have given their lives for King and country, ... «Brantford Expositor, 5月 15»
Meet the Tommy event in Bacup brings First World War to life
For every child who enlisted, a replica King's Shilling was handed out, and all children who dressed as a First World War soldier or nurse ... «Rossendale Free Press, 5月 15»
California Woman Says She Was Fired for Disabling Work Phone GPS
If you take the King's Shilling, you do the King's bidding.” Don't want the app on after hours? Leave the employer's phone locked away and buy ... «WTOP, 5月 15»
Fund-raiser organised in honour of Stoke legend Alan Hudson
Music was provided by the likes of Front Page News, King's Shilling and Messenger. The venue screened the 1972 League Cup final – when ... «Stoke Sentinel, 5月 15»
