I'm working on a research paper that deals with the military history
of Great Britian from 1800 to the present which of course deals with
the period of time where Britian reached the height of Empire and
there was quite a lot going on militarily.

Could anyone help me narrow this down a little bit? I mean... I'm not
necessarily asking for a timeline (though I wouldn't complain either),
but is anyone well versed enough on this topic that they could advise
me towards which campaigns and battles and events were most relevent?
Perhaps what new inventions landed on the scene that had substantial
impacts? Obviously, WWI and WWII and the inventions accompanying those
wars were both highly important, but what about the lesser known
events that were nonetheless critical?

Any ideas? Sorry about how low the price is, I'm trying to not get
evicted. ^_~ College, you know.

At risk of being pedantic, Britain did not have an Empire until rather late on.

The Indian Mutiny (1857-8) was a major shock to the system
- India was until then being run by a sort of 'Haliburton' Company

According to this the 'Haliburton' Company was dissolved in 1858
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/timeline/19century.htm

Here is something:

IN the autumn of 1876 preparations were commenced for the "Imperial
Assemblage," which it was announced by the Viceroy would be held at
Delhi on the first day of January, 1877, for the purpose of
proclaiming to the Queen's subjects throughout India the assumption by
Her Majesty of the title of "Empress of India." To this assemblage
Lord Lytton further announced that he proposed "to invite the
governors, lieutenant-governors, and heads of administration from all
parts of the Queen's Indian dominions, as well as the princes, chiefs,
and nobles in whose persons the antiquity of the past is associated
with the prosperity of the present, and who so worthily contribute to
the splendor and stability of this great empire."

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/1877empressvictoria.html


My personal view is that after the Indian Mutiny, Britain started
concentrating on administration - rather than providing a rather
peculiar hybrid service for ... essentially adventurers.

Does your perception of 'military' include or exclude 'naval'?

probonopublico - my perception of military includes the navy.

Chronological Index of Wars, Campaigns and Operations:
http://www.regiments.org/wars/wars.htm

"About This Site...":
http://www.regiments.org/about/index.htm

http://www.regiments.org/

I'd say that the most important inventions, in no particular order, were:

1: The Machine Gun & Heavy Artillery

2: The Internal Combustion Engine

3: The Submarine & the Torpedo

4: The Tank

5: Aircraft

6: Radio

7: Nuclear Weapons

8: Rockets

9: Electronic Surveillance

10: Chemical Weapons

Okay ... So what have I missed?

Probonopublico... barbed wire?

Arkera --

Probono has listed "electronic surveillance" and by that he obviously
means "signals intelligence."  The amount that has been published
about the role of "Enigma" and code-breaking during World War II in
the past 10 years is astounding, with the pioneering work done at
Bletchley Park.  Might I suggest a search of Amazon.com for books
using the term:
Enigma

Seminal work on code-breaking was done at the time, work which
continues today at places like the National Security Agency (NSA) in
the U.S.:
http://www.nsa.gov/home_html.cfm

You truly have a broad subject area to cover, as there is no aspect of
the military that was unchanged in 200 years.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

PB has given you a list of thirteen inventions, But none were invented
by the British

Kemlo

What are you saying?

The British developed the tank, the Rolls Royce aero engines and ASDIC
and they (i.e. us) also invented the Cavity Magnetron which
significantly advanced RADAR.

I'll give you the cavity magnatron, a Great British Invention.  But we
have already had this disagreement about the tank Ref Question ID:
180675 and i've always regarded Sunbeam as a better aero-engine
manufacturer