What Motivated Them To Be First Into a Breach?

The Forlorn Hope. Brave lads who volunteered for near-suicidal missions, such as first into the breach of a siege.
Their name is  mainly synonymous with the Napoleonic Wars.
But what is the history of the Forlorn Hope? 
Who were they? 
How did armies find enough volunteers for such suicidal missions?

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Further Reading:

Peter Snow - To War with Wellington - https://amzn.to/3yT8aF4
Richard Holmes - Redcoat - https://amzn.to/4e7g8Jr
Private Wheeler - Letters from the Peninsular - https://amzn.to/3z3qFqg