This two-volume work, published between 1832 and 1837 by the officer and antiquary North Ludlow Beamish (1797–1872), is the definitive account of what was effectively the Hanoverian army in exile.

An Army officer brought it home ... initials “MSA,” and periodicity. The 1942 Hanoverian yearbook identified her. We sensed a WWII love story. We’d seen similar tales of battlefield items ...