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Kandyan Wars
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The Kandyan Wars refers generally to the period of warfare between the British forces and the Kingdom of Kandy, on the island of what is now Sri Lanka, between 1796 and 1818. More specifically it is u
Terrain near Kandy; much of the Kingdom was mountainous, thickly forested and malarial, and the routes to Kandy were kept secret and well-guarded.
Terrain near Kandy; much of the Kingdom was mountainous, thickly forested and malarial, and the routes to Kandy were kept secret and well-guarded.
The Sri Dalada Maligawa, in Kandy, home to the sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha. The Kandyan Convention afforded Buddhism 'protection', but less than
The Sri Dalada Maligawa, in Kandy, home to the sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha. The Kandyan Convention afforded Buddhism 'protection', but less than fifty years later the British had constructed a church within the sacred precinct.
Sri Lanka 029 Kandy Temple of the Tooth
Sri Lanka 029 Kandy Temple of the Tooth
Green Howards
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The Green Howards, frequently known as the Yorkshire Regiment until the 1920s, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, in the King's Division. Raised in 1688, it served under various titles
Kandyan Wars
…one, under Major-General Hay MacDowall, from Colombo, and another, under a Colonel Barbut, from Trincomalee. These included 51st Regiment of Foot, the 19th Regiment of Foot, the Malay (Muslim) 1st Ceylon Regiment, the all-Sinhalese 2nd Ceylon, and the mixed Sinhalese Malay 3rd Ceylon. In the Kandyan army, at least one…
Green Howards cap badge
Green Howards cap badge
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
1st Battalion Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers in the garrison of the Imperial fortress of Bermuda, circa 1879–1880
1st Battalion Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers in the garrison of the Imperial fortress of Bermuda, circa 1879–1880
Officers of the 1st Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, at a training camp in Castleton, Derbyshire, July 1904. Seated in the centre of the second row is L
Officers of the 1st Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, at a training camp in Castleton, Derbyshire, July 1904. Seated in the centre of the second row is Lieutenant Colonel Granville Egerton, the battalion's CO.