A pair of recreated First World War FANY nurses sit on black horses in front of a stormy sky © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

Three different recreated cavalry troopers sit on their horses on the horizon against a stormy sky. One is a late seventeenth century Oxford Blues trooper, one Napoleonic, and One a Victorian lancer. © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A recerated young English Civil War officer rests his hand on his sword and has fields behind him. He wears a large blue silk scarf or sash © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A recreated Victorian lancer sits on his horse with a landscape of fields behind him © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A mounted Parliamentarian cavalry trooper sits on his horse with his carbine resting on his thigh © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A recreated dismounted Royalist Trooper rests his hand on his sword in front of a historic building. © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A recreated preacher rants to the troops during a battle of the English Civil War © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A recreated Oxford Blue trooper canters a grey horse across the photo. The late seventeenth century Oxford Blues was the first regiment which later became the Household Cavalry. © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A re-enacted Scots lancer at the English Civil War Battle of Marston Moor, sits on his horse and looks back over his shoulder. The background is hazy with gunsmoke © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A re-enacted Confederate soldier rests his rifle on a tree and aims directly at the camera © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A battle-hardened Confederate soldier, portrayed by a re-enactor, enjoys a pipe whilst resting. © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

Re-enactors portray a Confederate sergeant giving water to a wounded soldier collapsed against a large log. © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A re-enactor portrays a Confederate soldier firing is rifle. © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A re-enactor portrays a young Confederate soldier carefully aiming his rifle, resting it on a fallen log © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

Confederate re-enactors portray a squad of soldiers on patrol. Led by their officer, they are advancing determinedly with weapons raised. © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

Confederate re-enactors portray bodies in the aftermath of battle on a wooded slope © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

Re-enacteed Confederate soldiers charge aggressively past the lens, grimacing and screaming their battle-cries. © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A re-enacted Confederate soldier pauses during a skirmish to take a mouthful of water from his canteen © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen