Author: Peter Simkins
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473815797
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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.
Kitchener's Army
Author: Peter Simkins
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473815797
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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: 1473815797
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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 Kitchener Armies
Author: Victor Wallace Germains
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Bogen giver et indblik i "The Kitchener Armies", hvordan de blev oprettet og hvilken rolle de spillede under 1. Verdenskrig, her bl.a. om den 23. engelske infanteridivision.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Bogen giver et indblik i "The Kitchener Armies", hvordan de blev oprettet og hvilken rolle de spillede under 1. Verdenskrig, her bl.a. om den 23. engelske infanteridivision.
Kitchener's Mob
Author: James Norman Hall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Kitchener's Army
Author: Peter Simkins
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719026379
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
This interesting book looks at the British army of 1914, an army of conscripts and volunteers. The effect of this mobilization on the social and political climate of Britain and the kind of army that was created are thoroughly explored. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719026379
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
This interesting book looks at the British army of 1914, an army of conscripts and volunteers. The effect of this mobilization on the social and political climate of Britain and the kind of army that was created are thoroughly explored. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Kitchener's Mob: Adventures of an American in the British Army
Author: James Norman Hall
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015986466
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015986466
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces
Author: Edgar Wallace
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Lord Kitchener
Author: Henry D. Davray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kitchener, Horatio Herbert
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kitchener, Horatio Herbert
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Fighting Nation
Author: A. J. Smithers
Publisher: Leo Cooper Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Tells the story of Kitchener who dutifully accepted the War Ministry for a period of three years and made the unsurprising discovery that he had inherited neither an army nor the means of creating one. Yet having called for 100,000 volunteers, he got by the time of his death over 3,000,000.
Publisher: Leo Cooper Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Tells the story of Kitchener who dutifully accepted the War Ministry for a period of three years and made the unsurprising discovery that he had inherited neither an army nor the means of creating one. Yet having called for 100,000 volunteers, he got by the time of his death over 3,000,000.
Kitchener's Mob: Adventures of an American in the British Army
Author: James Norman Hall
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
This brief narrative is by no means a complete record of life in a battalion of one of Lord Kitchener's first armies. It is, rather, a story in outline, a mere suggestion of that life as it is lived in the British lines along the western front. If those who read gain thereby a more intimate view of trench warfare, and of the men who are so gallantly and cheerfully laying down their lives for England, the purpose of the writer will have been accomplished.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
This brief narrative is by no means a complete record of life in a battalion of one of Lord Kitchener's first armies. It is, rather, a story in outline, a mere suggestion of that life as it is lived in the British lines along the western front. If those who read gain thereby a more intimate view of trench warfare, and of the men who are so gallantly and cheerfully laying down their lives for England, the purpose of the writer will have been accomplished.
Kitchener's Army
Author: Ray Westlake
Publisher: Spellmount, Limited Publishers
ISBN: 9781871876055
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher: Spellmount, Limited Publishers
ISBN: 9781871876055
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description