A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army

A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army
Author: Arthur S. White
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2013-02-04
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 178150539X

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.

Kitchener's Army

Kitchener's Army
Author: Peter Simkins
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1988
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780719026379

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

A Tommy's Life in the Trenches

A Tommy's Life in the Trenches
Author: Fergus Mackain
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2016-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1445658305

A unique visual perspective of life in the trenches on the Western Front from the forgotten soldier-artist and Somme veteran Private Fergus Mackain who served in France 1916 to 1917.

War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition

War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition
Author: Kevin Blackburn
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2016-04-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137487607

Commemoration of war is done through sport on Anzac Day to remember Australia's war dead. War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition traces the creation of this sporting tradition at Gallipoli in 1915, and how it has evolved from late Victorian and Edwardian ideas of masculinity extolling prowess on the sports field as fostering prowess on the battlefield.

Making Sense of the Great War

Making Sense of the Great War
Author: Alex Mayhew
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2024-03-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1009168754

This interdisciplinary account explores how English infantrymen in Belgium and France experienced and coped with war between 1914 and 1918.