Author: G. GLIDDON
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781870567220
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Gerald Gliddon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780947893217
Category : East Anglia (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 118

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Author: John Tate Appleby
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Suffolk (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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Author: Peter F. Batchelor
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752487485
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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The predictions of the war 'being over by Christmas' turned out to be far from the truth. By January 1915 the British Expeditionary Force found themselves trapped in the murderous stalemate of trench warfare. British troops had suffered badly in the early campaigns and by January 1915 were holding some 30 miles of trench. The year 1915 was to witness some of the bloodiest and bitter battles of the Great War, including the first blooding at Neuve Chapelle, the Second Battle of Ypres and the appalling failure of Loos. By the end of the summer almost 50,000 men of Kitchener's Army had been killed. This book tells the story of the 67 VC winners from this period on the Western Front. Each of their stories are different and 20 medals were awarded posthumously. However, they all have one thing in common - acts of extraordinary bravery under fire.

Author: Herbert Wrigley Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 578

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Author: Heather Jones
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047442520
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 469

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Drawing on the latest research, this volume presents new essays on the First World War that explore the global, military and civic impact of the conflict, focusing in particular on the plural nature of wartime experience. It combines military and cultural history approaches to provide important fresh insights into how the war changed societies.

Author: Alfred Kingston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : East Anglia
Languages : en
Pages : 526

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Author: John Starling
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750958790
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 462

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From 1917 British soldiers who were unfit or too old for front-line service were to serve unarmed and within the range of German guns for weeks or even months at a time undertaking labouring tasks. Both at the time and since they have arguably not been given the recognition they deserve for this difficult and dangerous work. From non-existence in 1914, by November 1918 Military Labour had developed into an organised and efficient 350,000-strong Labour Corps, supported by Dominion and foreign labour of more than a million men. Following the war, the grim and solemn tasks of clearing battlefields and constructing cemeteries, which continued until 1921, were also the responsibility of the Corps. Here, John Starling and Ivor Lee bring together extensive research from both primary and secondary sources to reveal how the vital, yet largely unreported, role played by these brave soldiers was crucial to achieving victory in 1918.

Author: Neil R. Storey
Publisher: From Old Photographs
ISBN: 9781445654362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A fascinating pictorial account of Norfolk during the First World War.

Author: William Le Queux
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8026877349
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 729

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These 2 novels are visionary fantasy books, and paradoxical, extremely popular in Britain before the horrors of World War I. "The Great War in England in 1897” – Coalition forces led by Russia and France invade Britain and make several early advances, but the Germans land in Britain as allies coming to help repulse the invasion. The brave English patriots, together with German soldiers, will try to turn the tide. "The Invasion of 1910” – Sides are turned and Germany is an invader now. The German soldiers have managed to land a sizable invasion force on the East Coast of England. They advance inland, cutting all telegraph lines and despoiling farmland as they go. The British struggle to mount a proper defense, and the Germans eventually reach London and occupy half the city. William Le Queux (1864-1927) was an Anglo-French writer who mainly wrote in the genres of mystery, thriller, and espionage, particularly in the years leading up to World War I. His best-known works are the anti-French and anti-Russian invasion fantasy "The Great War in England in 1897” and the anti-German invasion fantasy "The Invasion of 1910.”