Royal Historical Society Studies in History

1 total work

The Purchase System in the British Army, 1660-1871

by A.P.C. Bruce

Published 1 January 1980

An examination of the purchase and sale of officers' commissions in the British Army from the origins of the system in the late Middle Ages to its abolition in 1871. Dr Bruce assesses how this method of recruitment and advancement may have affected the relationship of the armed forces to wider society.