Rene Chartrand was born in Montreal and educated in Canada, the USA and the Bahamas. A senior curator with Canada's National Historic Sites for nearly three decades, he is now a freelance writer and historical consultant. He has written over 50 books, including some dozen Men-at-Arms titles and the first two volumes of Canadian Military Heritage.Bill Younghusband was born in 1936; he was educated in Devon and studied at Newton Abbot College of Art. He has been interested in all things military since childhood, an interest compounded through the reading of authors such as G.A.Henty. In 1954 he joined the Life Guards and saw service in Egypt and Cyprus.

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Rene Chartrand was born in Montreal and educated in Canada, the USA and the Bahamas. A senior curator with Canada's National Historic Sites for nearly three decades, he is now a freelance writer and historical consultant. He has written over 50 books, including some dozen Men-at-Arms titles and the first two volumes of Canadian Military Heritage.Bill Younghusband was born in 1936; he was educated in Devon and studied at Newton Abbot College of Art. He has been interested in all things military since childhood, an interest compounded through the reading of authors such as G.A.Henty. In 1954 he joined the Life Guards and saw service in Egypt and Cyprus.

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• Legion of Light TroopsLoyal Lusitanian LegionThe CazadoresRoyal Volunteers of the PrinceThe CavalrySpecialists: Engineers, Arsenal, Artificers, Telegraph Corps, Military Academies, Guides, Garrison Staff; Police, Castle & Body Guards; VeteransCivil Departments: Treasury, Commissariat & MedicalColours & StandardsLegion Portugaise in French ServiceCommentary on the colour artwork