Author: H. J. Wenyon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The History of the Eighth Battalion, the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, 1914-1919
Author: H. J. Wenyon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The Battalion
Author: Ian Isherwood
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
ISBN: 1526774259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
How did ordinary citizens become soldiers during the First World War, and how did they cope with the extraordinary challenges they confronted on the Western Front? These are questions Ian Isherwood seeks to answer in this absorbing and deeply researched study of the actions and experiences of an infantry battalion throughout the conflict. His work gives us a vivid impression of the reality of war for these volunteers and an insight into the motivation that kept them fighting. The narrative traces the history of the 8th Battalion The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), a Kitchener battalion raised in 1914. The letters, memoirs and diaries of the men of the battalion, in particular the correspondence of their commanding officer, reveal in fascinating detail what wartime life was like for this group of men. It includes vivid accounts of the major battles in which they were involved – Loos, the Somme, Passchendaele, the German Spring Offensive, and the final 100 Days campaign. The battalion took heavy losses, yet those who survived continued to fight and took great pride in their service, an attitude that is at odds with much of the popular perception of the Great War. Ian Isherwood brings in the latest research on military thinking and learning, on emotional resilience, and cultural history to tell their story.
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
ISBN: 1526774259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
How did ordinary citizens become soldiers during the First World War, and how did they cope with the extraordinary challenges they confronted on the Western Front? These are questions Ian Isherwood seeks to answer in this absorbing and deeply researched study of the actions and experiences of an infantry battalion throughout the conflict. His work gives us a vivid impression of the reality of war for these volunteers and an insight into the motivation that kept them fighting. The narrative traces the history of the 8th Battalion The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), a Kitchener battalion raised in 1914. The letters, memoirs and diaries of the men of the battalion, in particular the correspondence of their commanding officer, reveal in fascinating detail what wartime life was like for this group of men. It includes vivid accounts of the major battles in which they were involved – Loos, the Somme, Passchendaele, the German Spring Offensive, and the final 100 Days campaign. The battalion took heavy losses, yet those who survived continued to fight and took great pride in their service, an attitude that is at odds with much of the popular perception of the Great War. Ian Isherwood brings in the latest research on military thinking and learning, on emotional resilience, and cultural history to tell their story.
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Montauban
Author: Graham Maddocks
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 0850525799
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Montauban was the southernmost of the Somme villages attacked by the British Army on 1 July, 1916, and it was where there was the greatest success. This new book in the series takes the reader over ground where Captain Nevill kicked a football on going over the top, where the Somme cameramen took some of their most evocative footage and where Pals battalions engaged in a triumphant first major engagement.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 0850525799
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Montauban was the southernmost of the Somme villages attacked by the British Army on 1 July, 1916, and it was where there was the greatest success. This new book in the series takes the reader over ground where Captain Nevill kicked a football on going over the top, where the Somme cameramen took some of their most evocative footage and where Pals battalions engaged in a triumphant first major engagement.
General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1308
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1308
Book Description
The Kent Bibliography
Author: Winifred F. Bergess
Publisher: Library Association London and Home Counties Branch
ISBN:
Category : Kent
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Publisher: Library Association London and Home Counties Branch
ISBN:
Category : Kent
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment - 1914-1919
Author: Christopher Thomas Atkinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919
Author: G.W.L. Nicholson
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773597905
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 709
Book Description
Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson's Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 was first published by the Department of National Defence in 1962 as the official history of the Canadian Army’s involvement in the First World War. Immediately after the war ended Colonel A. Fortescue Duguid made a first attempt to write an official history of the war, but the ill-fated project produced only the first of an anticipated eight volumes. Decades later, G.W.L. Nicholson - already the author of an official history of the Second World War - was commissioned to write a new official history of the First. Illustrated with numerous photographs and full-colour maps, Nicholson’s text offers an authoritative account of the war effort, while also discussing politics on the home front, including debates around conscription in 1917. With a new critical introduction by Mark Osborne Humphries that traces the development of Nicholson’s text and analyzes its legacy, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 is an essential resource for both professional historians and military history enthusiasts.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773597905
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 709
Book Description
Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson's Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 was first published by the Department of National Defence in 1962 as the official history of the Canadian Army’s involvement in the First World War. Immediately after the war ended Colonel A. Fortescue Duguid made a first attempt to write an official history of the war, but the ill-fated project produced only the first of an anticipated eight volumes. Decades later, G.W.L. Nicholson - already the author of an official history of the Second World War - was commissioned to write a new official history of the First. Illustrated with numerous photographs and full-colour maps, Nicholson’s text offers an authoritative account of the war effort, while also discussing politics on the home front, including debates around conscription in 1917. With a new critical introduction by Mark Osborne Humphries that traces the development of Nicholson’s text and analyzes its legacy, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 is an essential resource for both professional historians and military history enthusiasts.
Who's who
Author: Henry Robert Addison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 3516
Book Description
An annual biographical dictionary, with which is incorporated "Men and women of the time."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 3516
Book Description
An annual biographical dictionary, with which is incorporated "Men and women of the time."