My review of Cornelius Collett and the Suffolk Yeomanry, 1794-1820, edited by Margaret Thomas and published in 2020, has now been published on H-Net.
‘Britain was France’s most implacable adversary during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The threat of cross-Channel invasion, combined with the fear of domestic unrest and the demands of overseas campaigning, prompted not only the expansion of the regular army but an unparalleled mobilization of part-time military forces. Between 1793 and 1815, hundreds of thousands of British men experienced military service in some form. Margaret Thomas provides an intriguing glimpse into the world of wartime amateur soldiering in Cornelius Collett and the Suffolk Yeomanry, an edited collection of primary sources published by the Suffolk Records Society.’
1812 and all that 