Author: John William Burrows
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Essex Units in the War, 1914-1919
Author: John William Burrows
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Publisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Essex Units in the War, 1914-1919: Essex Territorial Infantry Brigade (4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Battalions)
Author: John William Burrows
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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Essex Units in the War, 1914-1919: 2nd Battalion (56th) (Pompadours)
Author: John William Burrows
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Roll of Service in the Great War, 1914-1919
Author: University of Aberdeen
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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The First Day on the Somme
Author: Martin Middlebrook
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473814243
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A history of the British Army’s experience at the Battle of the Somme in France during World War I. After an immense but useless bombardment, at 7:30 AM on July 1, 1916, the British Army went over the top and attacked the German trenches. It was the first day of the battle of the Somme, and on that day, the British suffered nearly 60,000 casualties, two for every yard of their front. With more than fifty times the daily losses at El Alamein and fifteen times the British casualties on D-day, July 1, 1916, was the blackest day in the history of the British Army. But, more than that, as Lloyd George recognized, it was a watershed in the history of the First World War. The Army that attacked on that day was the volunteer Army that had answered Kitchener’s call. It had gone into action confident of a decisive victory. But by sunset on the first day on the Somme, no one could any longer think of a war that might be won. Martin Middlebrook’s research has covered not just official and regimental histories and tours of the battlefields, but interviews with hundreds of survivors, both British and German. As to the action itself, he conveys the overall strategic view and the terrifying reality that it was for front-line soldiers. Praise for The First Day on the Somme “The soldiers receive the best service a historian can provide: their story is told in their own words.” —The Guardian (UK)
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473814243
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A history of the British Army’s experience at the Battle of the Somme in France during World War I. After an immense but useless bombardment, at 7:30 AM on July 1, 1916, the British Army went over the top and attacked the German trenches. It was the first day of the battle of the Somme, and on that day, the British suffered nearly 60,000 casualties, two for every yard of their front. With more than fifty times the daily losses at El Alamein and fifteen times the British casualties on D-day, July 1, 1916, was the blackest day in the history of the British Army. But, more than that, as Lloyd George recognized, it was a watershed in the history of the First World War. The Army that attacked on that day was the volunteer Army that had answered Kitchener’s call. It had gone into action confident of a decisive victory. But by sunset on the first day on the Somme, no one could any longer think of a war that might be won. Martin Middlebrook’s research has covered not just official and regimental histories and tours of the battlefields, but interviews with hundreds of survivors, both British and German. As to the action itself, he conveys the overall strategic view and the terrifying reality that it was for front-line soldiers. Praise for The First Day on the Somme “The soldiers receive the best service a historian can provide: their story is told in their own words.” —The Guardian (UK)
History of the East Surrey Regiment, 1914-[1919]
Author: Hugh Wodehouse Pearse
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Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Languages : en
Pages : 338
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A Short History of the 6th Division, Aug. 1914-March 1919
Author: Sir Thomas Owen Marden
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Kitcheners Army
Author: Peter Simkins
Publisher: 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.
Publisher: 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.
The History of the Seventh (Service) Battalion, the Royal Sussex Regiment, 1914-1919
Author: Owen Rutter
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Essex Units in the War, 1914-1919: 1st Battalion (44th) 1741 to 1919
Author: John William Burrows
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Publisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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