Author: Charles Herbert CookePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Historical Records of the 9th (Service) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Author: Charles Herbert CookePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Historical Records of the 16th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
Author: Charles Herbert CookePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Northumberland fusiliers
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army
Author: Arthur S. WhitePublisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 178150539X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This is one of the most valuable books in the armoury of the serious student of British Military history. It is a new and revised edition of Arthur White's much sought-after bibliography of regimental, battalion and other histories of all regiments and Corps that have ever existed in the British Army. This new edition includes an enlarged addendum to that given in the 1988 reprint. It is, quite simply, indispensible.
Kitcheners Army
Author: Peter SimkinsPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1844155854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Numbering over five million men, Britain's army in the First World War was the biggest in the country's history. Remarkably, nearly half those men who served in it were volunteers. 2,466,719 men enlisted between August 1914 and December 1915, many in response to the appeals of the Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener. How did Britain succeed in creating a mass army, almost from scratch, in the middle of a major war ? What compelled so many men to volunteer ' and what happened to them once they had taken the King's shilling ? Peter Simkins describes how Kitchener's New Armies were raised and reviews the main political, economic and social effects of the recruiting campaign. He examines the experiences and impressions of the officers and men who made up the New Armies. As well as analysing their motives for enlisting, he explores how they were fed, housed, equipped and trained before they set off for active service abroad. Drawing upon a wide variety of sources, ranging from government papers to the diaries and letters of individual soldiers, he questions long-held assumptions about the 'rush to the colours' and the nature of patriotism in 1914. The book will be of interest not only to those studying social, political and economic history, but also to general readers who wish to know more about the story of Britain's citizen soldiers in the Great War.
Historical Records of the 18th (Service) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (Pioneers)
Author: John ShakespearPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Northumberland and Tyneside's War
Author: Neil R. StoreyPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445669439
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Captures the experiences of the people of Tyneside and Northumberland in the First World War in their own words.
The Northumbrians
Author: Dan JacksonPublisher: Hurst & Company
ISBN: 1787381943
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Why is the North East the most distinctive region of England? Where do the stereotypes about North Easterners come from, and why are they so often misunderstood? In this wideranging new history of the people of North East England, Dan Jackson explores the deep roots of Northumbrian culture--hard work and heavy drinking, sociability and sentimentality, militarism and masculinity--in centuries of border warfare and dangerous and demanding work in industry, at sea and underground. He explains how the landscape and architecture of the North East explains so much about the people who have lived there, and how a 'Northumbrian Enlightenment' emerged from this most literate part of England, leading to a catalogue of inventions that changed the world, from the locomotive to the lightbulb. Jackson's Northumbrian journey reaches right to the present day, as this remarkable region finds itself caught between an indifferent south and a newly assertive Scotland. Covering everything from the Venerable Bede and the prince-bishops of Durham to Viz and Geordie Shore, this vital new history makes sense of a part of England facing an uncertain future, but whose people remain as distinctive as ever.
British Fighting Methods in the Great War
Author: Paddy GriffithPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135196702
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This collection points out the very real and substantial evolution of tactics that went on in response to new warfare and how this had a real effect on the positive performance of the British Army from 1916 onwards.
The History of the 6th (Service) Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 1914 - 1919
Author: F. G. SpringPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0955991412
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
The 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment was raised in August 1914 and sailed for Gallipoli in July 1915. Upon arrival, the Battalion was almost immediately thrown into action at the Suvla Bay landings on 6 August 1915. The 6th Lincolns continued to serve at Gallipoli until the evacuation of Suvla. Following a period of respite in Egypt, the Battalion was transferred to the Western Front where it served until Armistice.Compiled from a previously unpublished manuscript written in the 1920âs, this book provides a unique and colourful account of the Battalionâs history throughout WW1, as told by Colonel F.G. Spring who served with the Battalion in 1915. The book also contains a Roll of Honour listing the names of all those who died with the Battalion, as well as the citations for all recipients awarded medals for gallantry. Given that the Battalion War Diary for Gallipoli was lost, this publication is represents the most comprehensive account of the 6th Lincolns during the Great War.
Author: British Library