This website has been a bit of an evolution over the years. It all started as a Facebook Group to help with my preparations for the Warhorse 2014 ride and then evolved to a blog/ topic research page on its own website.
Its now starting to evolve a bit more.
Having now retired from the Army I want to spend a bit more time (if the Memsahib allows and if I get all of my farm tasks completed….) doing historical research, assisting with Battlefield Studies and also taking part in more Living History events.
The research will continue to be focused on the Mounted RE Units, but I would like to dig further into the Derbyshire Yeomanry particularly as there were two troops local to where I live – Repton and Church Gresley. The infantry aspect is still of interest due to family connections with the Seaforths (my side of the family) and also with the Norths Staffords (the memsahib’s Grandfather).
The Living History side will hopefully see me providing assistance to groups such as 508 Company ASC (Horse Transport) living history group as well as linking in with other individuals.
The website is continuing to be checked as there are still blog posts that have lost their original images, this seems to have been due to a legacy issue when the blog was initially hosted on wix and then transfered over to a wordpress format. However I am now working through the old posts and updating the image archive.
There are a number of draft posts that need to be worked through and completed such as:
- RE Cable Wagon
- Correcting the Corps History – Part/ Rant 4
- Officer’s equipment
- Officer’s valise
- and several others……
The other aspect is that the website will give more information about events that I will be attending and also what I can offer if someone wants help at an event, talks, show and tells or assistance with Battlefield studies/tours or projects.
So there is a lot on the cards for the Horseback Sapper and it will be interesting going forward.
