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Gallipoli To The Somme Recollections Of A New Zealand Infantryman Etc With Maps
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Book Synopsis Gallipoli to the Somme. Recollections of a New Zealand infantryman, etc. [With maps.]. by : Alexander Craig AITKEN
Download or read book Gallipoli to the Somme. Recollections of a New Zealand infantryman, etc. [With maps.]. written by Alexander Craig AITKEN and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gallipoli to the Somme by : Alexander Craig Aitken
Download or read book Gallipoli to the Somme written by Alexander Craig Aitken and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gallipoli to the Somme: recollections of a New Zealand infantryman, with an introd by : Alexander Craig Aitken
Download or read book Gallipoli to the Somme: recollections of a New Zealand infantryman, with an introd written by Alexander Craig Aitken and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gallipoli to the Somme by : Alexander Aitken
Download or read book Gallipoli to the Somme written by Alexander Aitken and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Letters from Gallipoli by : Glyn Harper
Download or read book Letters from Gallipoli written by Glyn Harper and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing and often heartbreaking, this collection of letters offers a powerful firsthand account of a pivotal event in New Zealand history: World War I's Gallipoli Campaign in 1915. Grouped in chronological order, the correspondence—gathered from archives, newspapers, and family collections—details the campaign's harrowing conditions and key events, from preparation and landing on the Ottoman peninsula to the December withdrawal. In these epistles, the intense emotions of the men who survived the trenches are made known, whether it be jubilation at ground gained or sorrow at the passing of friends. Biographical notes on the letter writers, historic photographs, and a comprehensive introduction are also included.
Book Synopsis General Catalogue of Printed Books by : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Three Years With The New Zealanders [Illustrated Edition] by : Colonel Claude Horace Weston DSO MID VD KC
Download or read book Three Years With The New Zealanders [Illustrated Edition] written by Colonel Claude Horace Weston DSO MID VD KC and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with more than 25 photos and 3 maps. In these gripping battlefield memoirs of Lt.-Col Weston, he recounts his experiences of the bloody fighting that the New Zealanders experienced fighting in Europe during the First World War. The Author sailed from his home in New Plymouth in 1915, as an ex-cadet he volunteered for active service, his destination was to be Egypt as thence to the hellish conditions of Gallipoli. He fought side by side with his men of the Wellington Battalion until the eventual evacuation of all the Allied forces. Little respite was allowed to the author and the other Anzacs who had survived Gallipoli as they were pitched into the fighting on the Western Front during the battle of the Somme in 1916 and then again in the fierce battles of Messines, La Bassée and Passchendaele. By this point Weston had been promoted Lieutenant but was wounded by artillery fire at Ypres in 1917 his war was at an end, being invalided from the service with full honours.
Book Synopsis THE NEW ZEALANDERS AT GALLIPOLI - An Account of the New Zealand Forces during the Gallipoli Campaign by : Major Fred Waite
Download or read book THE NEW ZEALANDERS AT GALLIPOLI - An Account of the New Zealand Forces during the Gallipoli Campaign written by Major Fred Waite and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-10-06 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The New Zealanders at Gallipoli," was researched and compiled by Major Fred Waite (21 August 1885 – 29 August 1952), D.S.O., N.Z.E., C.M.G., V.D., who served with the main body and the N.Z. & A. Division as a Staff Officer of Engineers during the Great War. During the Second World War, Waite was overseas commissioner for the National Patriotic Fund Board and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services in this role. In the introduction he wrote “These popular histories of New Zealand's share in the Great War are designed to present to the people of New Zealand the inspiring record of the work of our sons and daughters overseas.” The movements of the ANZACs are traced from their various points of departure around New Zealand, via Australia to Colombo, Aden and through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal to eventual disembarkation at Alexandria, Egypt. After a spell of training in Egypt, the Anzacs were shipped across the Mediterranean to the Gallipoli peninsula in the Dardanelles in Northwest Turkey with an objective to capturing the peninsula as a prelude to invading Turkey and capturing Istanbul. Waite details the landing of the ANZACs on 25 April 1915, the many skirmishes and drives to get the “upper hand” and the eventual evacuation in December 1915. Also included are many photographs of the terrain, encampments and maps to put the images into context, all of which give the reader a good feel for layout and the conditions being experienced by the troops. To this day, 25 April is celebrated in New Zealand and Australia as "Anzac Day". The Dardanelles were known in Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont, and in effect forms the continental boundary between Europe and Asia. Their importance was recognised as far back as 482BC. Herodotus tells us that at this time Xerxes I of Persia (the son of Darius the Great) had two pontoon bridges built across the width of the Hellespont at Abydos, in order that his huge army could cross from Persia into Greece. History also tells us they were vital to the defence of Constantinople during the Byzantine period of History (330AD – 1453AD). Their importance was also recognised by the Ottoman Empire (1354AD –1922AD) which was allied to Germany during the Great War, hence the attempt by the Allies to wrest control of the Dardanelles from Turkey in 1915.
Download or read book Gallipoli written by Christopher Pugsley and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired by : British Library
Download or read book Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired written by British Library and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On the Anzac Trail written by Anzac and published by . This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hard end of war in the Gallipoli trenches The anonymous author of this Great War memoir was already an experienced soldier at the outbreak of the Great War. He had been a long term 'Old Colonial' in New Zealand and had fought with the 'Maori-landers' throughout the Boer War. Now living in Ireland he answered the call for colonial men to rally to colours and joined his countrymen in London. A draft took them to Egypt where they expected to join the N. Z. Mounted Rifles regiments, but much against his will he found himself instead recruited into the ranks of the Engineers. The Dardanelle's initiative put an end to many soldiers' preconceptions as to the manner in which their war would be fought. The author and his comrades soon found themselves fighting the Turks as infantry in the closely contested battles of the trenches of the Gallipoli peninsular. His descriptions of combat make immediate and gripping reading and predictably the spirit of 'Anzac' is written large in these pages. The book is based on the author's journal written as momentous events unfolded and concludes as he recovers from wounds having been declared unfit for further service. Available in softcover and hardcover for collectors.
Book Synopsis New Zealanders at Gallipoli by : Fred Waite
Download or read book New Zealanders at Gallipoli written by Fred Waite and published by . This book was released on 2004-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Someone once remarked that the NZ in ANZAC is silent, and perhaps people associate ANZAC especially with Australia with its ANZAC Day parade and commemorative services. This book, part of the Official History of New Zealand s effort in the Great War, clearly shows the extent of New Zealand s part in that ill-fated Gallipoli campaign. The NZEF sailed from Wellington on 16th October 1914, in all 351 officers and 7410 other ranks making four infantry battalions, four mounted rifles regiments, an artillery brigade, sappers, signals, medical and other divisional troops. They disembarked in Alexandria on 3rd December and the infantry battalions were attached to the Canal defence force where, in February 1915 they had their first brush with the Turks, repelling an attack on the Canal. In Egypt they combined with Australian troops to form the NewZealand and Australian Division, landing on Gallipoli on 25th April 1915. By the end of the campaign they had suffered 7,197 battle casualties (Medical History of the War ) or almost one hundred percent of the original expeditionary force. This history was clearly intended for the general public rather than the military specialist. It does not contain details of operational or administrative orders, nor of fire plans nor the sort of tactical details that feature in formal histories. But what it does do is to give a clear picture of the terrain over which the battles were fought, the climate, the conditions, the intensity of the fighting and a realistic account of the horrors of the battlefield. The easy-to-read text is supported by a wealth of contemporary photos and clear maps. There is a list of honours and awards (one VC) including Mention in Despatches but no Roll of Honour. The appendices also contain tables showing ships transporting the NZEF and which units each carried; the ships carrying the division to Gallipoli; the detailed strengths, by units, of the original expeditionary force and subsequent units raised during the Gallipoli campaign. There is a very useful glossary of all the place names mentioned in the text with translation of some of the Turkish features e.g., Tepe, a hill; Kale, a fort; and there is a Gallipoli Diary. Alas! there is no index. Without doubt, this is an excellent, popular history.
Book Synopsis A Select Bibliography of Australian Military History, 1891-1939 by : Jean Phyllis Fielding
Download or read book A Select Bibliography of Australian Military History, 1891-1939 written by Jean Phyllis Fielding and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis After the Somme by : David Martin Wilson
Download or read book After the Somme written by David Martin Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The New Zealand Experience at Gallipoli and the Western Front by : Matthew Wright
Download or read book The New Zealand Experience at Gallipoli and the Western Front written by Matthew Wright and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The New Zealand Experience at Gallipoli and the Western Front, historian Matthew Wright goes to the heart of how the First World War affected the lives of ordinary New Zealanders. The book analyses what it was like for New Zealand soldiers at the two main battle fronts where they fought, and frames it with the social effects back home. Beginning with an outline of pre-war New Zealand society, Wright portrays the extraordinary world of war into which its young men plunged as they entered the baptism of fire at Gallipoli. The end of innocence that the withdrawal from the Dardanelles implied led to a harder, more fatalistic approach in the theatre of mechanised death that was the Western Front. By war's end, hope and glory had faded, replaced by a new view of military heroism - in a country forever changed. *Major work on New Zealand in World War One*. New edition of earlier Wright work.
Download or read book The Anzacs written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Gallipoli campaign was one of New Zealand's darkest and most dramatic, one that resulted in a devastating loss of life and cultivated a lasting legacy of sacrifice and nationhood. This carefully chosen selection from the Auckland War Memorial Museum's extensive catalogue, with many images never published before, sheds new light on New Zealand's Anzac story. Through soldiers' amateur photography - candid, unassuming, revealing and, at times, haunting - The Anzacs charts life for those who served in Gallipoli: from leaving New Zealand and encountering an unexpected landscape to the realities of combat and dealing with death and loss. It is a book that casts an unstinting eye on the history - and the men who lived it - presenting events as they unfolded through the photographic lens. The Anzacs is a poignant, true-life account of Gallipoli, captured by those who experienced the war and not merely observed it"--Publisher information.
Book Synopsis Official History Of The Otago Regiment In The Great War 1914-1918 [Illustrated Edition] by : Lieutenant A. E. Byrne
Download or read book Official History Of The Otago Regiment In The Great War 1914-1918 [Illustrated Edition] written by Lieutenant A. E. Byrne and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-13 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains over 55 photos and 10 maps. “The record of a New Zealand infantry regiment in Egypt, at Gallipoli and on the Western Front, from formation to disbandment....When the force sailed on 14 October 1914, the embarkation strength of the Otago Battalion was 34 officers and 1,076 other ranks....In April 1915 the division sailed for Gallipoli via Mudros, and on the 25th of that month the Otago Battalion landed with the brigade near Anzac Cove. The battalion was eight months at Gallipoli, fighting in several actions, particularly the second battle of Krithia and the battle of Sari Bair. It was evacuated in December 1915 and returned to Egypt where a 2nd Battalion was formed for each of the four original battalions and the combined New Zealand and Australian Division was reorganized as an all New Zealand Division which crossed to France in April 1916...On the Western Front the New Zealand Division was an elite formation and the regiment was involved in most of the major operations - the Somme, Messines, Third Ypres and the battles of 1918. Two VCs were won including one of the most famous, that awarded to Sgt Travis (real name Savage) of the 2nd Battalion, known as the king of No Man’s Land, who was killed in Rossignol Wood in July 1918 and is buried in Couin New British Cemetery; the divisional commander attended his funeral. He gets a chapter to himself in the book. This is a good, authoritative history as the title suggests, in which personalities are identified in the narrative, casualty figures and reinforcements noted; minor actions are described as well as the bigger picture."—N&M Print ed.
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