History of the East Lancashire Regiment in the Great War 1914-1918
Author | : Sir Cecil Lothian Nicholson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 652 |
Release | : 1936 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : Sir Cecil Lothian Nicholson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 652 |
Release | : 1936 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : Everard Wyrall |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1935 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : Peter Simkins |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 373 |
Release | : 2007-08-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1844155854 |
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.
Author | : Everard Wyrall |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1932 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : Fred R. van Hartesveldt |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2005-04-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0313068437 |
In this valuable resource, over 1,000 annotated sources from Great Britain, France, and Germany offer a historiographical reference for study of the British army at the beginning and in the first battles of World War I. Unique to this bibliography is the comprehensive coverage of sources, resulting in a more complete picture of the circumstances of activities of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Sources include coverage of the BEF's military role, as well as background information about domestic military considerations and Allied and enemy efforts. This volume will support researchers and students in their efforts to find out what the Expeditionary Force's contributions were in World War I, and for expanding their knowledge of the Great War and British military history. In this valuable resource, over 1,000 annotated sources from Great Britain, France, and Germany offer a historiographical reference for study of the British army at the beginning and in the first battles of World War I. Unique to this bibliography is the comprehensive coverage of sources, and it results in a more complete picture of the circumstances of activities of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Sources include coverage of the BEF's military role, as well as background information about domestic military considerations and Allied and enemy efforts. This volume will support researchers and students in their efforts to find out what the Expeditionary Force's contributions were in World War I, and for expanding their knowledge of the Great War and British military history. The volume includes four chapters of historiographical essays discussings the interpretations and controversies that surround the performance and leadership of the BEF in 1914-1915. The essays direct readers to the major sources that support various ideas and indicate gaps in the historiography of the subject. Following the historiographical essays is an annotated bibliography of more than 1,000 sources that are relevant to the study of the BEF.
Author | : C. H. Potter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : Frederick William Bewsher |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
If it were possible for the General who for three years commanded all the British Divisions in France, and was served with equal gallantry, devotion, and success by each, to admit a predilection for any of them, my affection would naturally turn to the Division that drew so many of its recruits from the same part of Scotland where my boyhood was spent and my own people lived. Those who read the pages of this book will find therein a tale of patient endeavour and glorious achievement of which I claim a good right to be as proud as any of my fellow-countrymen. The 51st Division does not need to boast of its prowess or its record. It can point to the story of its deeds, plainly and simply told, and leave the world to judge.
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.
Author | : W. Mitchinson |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2014-10-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1137451610 |
William Mitchinson analyses the role and performance of the Territorial Force during the first two years of World War I. The study looks at the way the force was staffed and commanded, its relationship with the Regular Army and the War Office, and how most of its 1st Line divisions managed to retain and promote their local identities.