HER ARMY

Between 1880 and 1914 the British Army, and the British Army in India, as well as the Commonwealth forces of the Crown underwent several reforms, in organisation, in tactics, in weapons and in uniforms. These reforms were brought about by a series of "small" wars fought between the expanding British Empire and those Kingdoms and Dominions that we, the British people, wished to dominate.
Soldiers' Soldiers 54mm lead alloy figures reflect this period, the first of the "new" toy soldiers to be made, in the 1970's, after the demise of the Britain's lead figures, in the 60's. These fine military miniatures, soldat di plomb, blei soldaten or soldatini in piombo, reflect the last full-dress period of the armies of the British Empire, which ended in the mud of Flanders in the "War to End all Wars", the First World War.
Details taken from the Navy and Army Gazette, Her Majesty's Army, His Majesty's Territorial Army, Soldiers of the Queen, Soldiers of the King, Military Modelling and others.

HER SOLDIERS

Details of the troops involved, the uniforms, the battles and the tactics of the period 1880 - 1915; those years covered by the lead soldiers produced by Soldiers' Soldiers some thirty years ago; will include the 2nd Afghan War, the Zulu War, the Egyptian War, the 1st Boer War, the 2nd Boer War, the Delhi Durbar, the Boxer Rebellion, the 3rd Ashanti War, and the parades, presentations and funeral processions of the time, will be entered onto this site.
Those figurines that were made in 54mm lead and tin alloy some 30 years ago to represent the soldiers of these times are now approaching vintage status. Their prices increase annually, their investment potential is outstanding and their interest to any military historian is obvious. The figures will never be re-made, stocks are therefore limited and diminishing with each sale.
Details taken from Armies of India, Bands of the British Army, Soldiers of the King, Illustrated Histories of the Scottish Regiments, Our Armies, British and Native Cavalry, Artillery and Infantry, British Army of the Past, Life in the Army.

HER REASONS

The War in Egypt
The British and French governments perceived an Egyptian threat to international and British investments in the Suez Canal. Riots were fermented in Alexandria, Egypt, by a popular leader, Ahmed Orabi where foreigners were killed. The Egyptian authority's reinforcement of the coastal batteries guarding the entry to the Suez Canal, created a threat to British communications with India. This show of "hostility" could only be resolved by military force, and the redcoats were despatched from England and India.
The Brits eventually stopped the slave trade in the area, kept the Canal open and stayed in Egypt until 1956; during which time they fought the Mahdi with his Dervishes in the Sudan, at Omdurman, and later Rommel, and his Afrika Korps in the desert at El Alamein.
Details taken from His Majesty's Territorial Army, His Majesty's Navy, The War in Egypt, Souvenier of the Royal Naval and Military Bazaar The History of the Dress of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and Following the Drum.

The book, almost published in 1979, is now on this site. History and details of the Soldier Shop in Lambeth, London, near the Imperial War Museum. Details of figures made for the National Army Museum as well as the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood.