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Book Synopsis The Dead of Mametz by : Jonathan Phillip Hicks
Download or read book The Dead of Mametz written by Jonathan Phillip Hicks and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reflection on the greed of men and women, even in a time of war. Early July 1916, the third year of the First World War. The soldiers of the Welsh Division are poised to begin their assault on the German-held Mametz Wood. But there is a murderer in their ranks. Captain Thomas Oscendale of the Military Police is in a race against time to apprehend the murderer and to find what lies buried in Mametz Wood. He is not alone. Sinister forces on both sides have taken an interest in his investigation and are closing in.
Book Synopsis The Dead of Mametz by : Jonathan Hicks
Download or read book The Dead of Mametz written by Jonathan Hicks and published by Ylolfa. This book was released on 2011 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an Allies' barracks near Mametz Wood, France, in 1916, military policman Det. Thomas Oscendale investigates the connection between the murder of two soldiers and a suicide, followed by the murder of a French widow in town.
Download or read book Dead of Mametz written by Jonathan Hicks and published by Y Lolfa. This book was released on 2013-07-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Oscendale, a military policeman based in France, investigates the suicide of a corporal of the Welsh Regiment and two related murders in June 1916. His investigation reveals a map marking a spot in Mametz Wood which is also of interest to British and German Intelligence. Oscendale is determined to pursue his investigation despite being warned off by the authorities.
Book Synopsis The Welsh at Mametz Wood by : Jonathan Phillip Hicks
Download or read book The Welsh at Mametz Wood written by Jonathan Phillip Hicks and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a new interpretation of the First World War battle for Mametz Wood in July 1916, telling the story of those terrible days from the viewpoint of soldiers on both sides. It uses primary sources, including personal accounts and photographs which are published for the first time.
Download or read book Somme 1916 written by Gerald Gliddon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2009-11-20 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gerald Gliddon's classic survery of the Somme battlefield in 1916, first published in 1987 to great acclaim, has been greatly expanded and updated to include the latest research and analysis. Supported by a wide selection of archive photographs and drawing on the testimony of those who took part, this new edition covers both the famous battle sites, such as High Wood and Mametz Wood and lesser known villages on the outlying flanks. It includes a day-by-day account of the British build-up on the Somme and the ensuing struggle, British and German orders of battle and a full history of the cemeteries and memorials, both 'lost' and current, that sprang up in the years following the First World War. The author also provides thumbnail biographies of all the senior officers to fall, as well as the winners of the Victoria Cross and those who were 'shot at dawn'. In addition, Somme 'personalities' such as George Butterworth are covered in far greater detail than before.
Download or read book Bazentin Ridge written by Edward Hancock and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2000-09-13 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book covers in detail the attacks of 14–18 July 1916 against the Bazentin Woods and villages and beyond. Walks and tours of the surroundings areas are included with detailed action maps.
Book Synopsis Zero Hour Z Day by : Jonathan Porter
Download or read book Zero Hour Z Day written by Jonathan Porter and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Clues: A Journal of Detection, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Spring 2022) by : Elizabeth Foxwell
Download or read book Clues: A Journal of Detection, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Spring 2022) written by Elizabeth Foxwell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over two decades, Clues has included the best scholarship on mystery and detective fiction. With a combination of academic essays and nonfiction book reviews, it covers all aspects of mystery and detective fiction material in print, television and movies. As the only American scholarly journal on mystery fiction, Clues is essential reading for literature and film students and researchers; popular culture aficionados; librarians; and mystery authors, fans and critics around the globe.
Book Synopsis My Father's and Mother's Century by : Angela South
Download or read book My Father's and Mother's Century written by Angela South and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I had intended this to be the story of my father, an ordinary man living in an extraordinary turbulent half century, which shaped his life and subsequently mine. However, when researching my father’s life, I realise what an extraordinary life my mother had also lived and I want to incorporate her own tale. This is a story that also belongs to my sister and me and tells how we came to be the adults we now are.” This book chronicles the family history of Angela South’s father, John Louis Salter. It starts with his army career, at 14 years old, and how he was posted at 15 to Hong Kong and Mauritius. In WW1, he received the DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal – and returned home in 1918, with a French bride, Albertine Marie. John left the army in 1925, qualifying as a civil servant despite his lack of education. He settled with his wife in southern England, during the 1920s and 30s. In 1937, Albertine Marie was admitted to a mental asylum for the remainder of her life, due to mental instability. During WW2, he worked in Whitehall and in 1945 was posted to Berlin, where he met Angela’s mother, Christa, who was 20 years old at the time. They returned to England together in 1947, where she studied English and secretarial skills so she could take over as the family bread-winner. John and Christa married in 1951, after the birth of Angela and her younger sister, Karin. My Father's and Mother's Century delves into Angela’s childhood, through the 1950s and 60s, in her somewhat unusual family, and reveals how it impacted on herself and Karin. The book will appeal to fans of family history, biographies and family history.
Book Synopsis Expeditionary Forces in the First World War by : Alan Beyerchen
Download or read book Expeditionary Forces in the First World War written by Alan Beyerchen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When war engulfed Europe in 1914, the conflict quickly took on global dimensions. Although fighting erupted in Africa and Asia, the Great War primarily pulled troops from around the world into Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Amid the fighting were large numbers of expeditionary forces—and yet they have remained largely unstudied as a collective phenomenon, along with the term “expeditionary force” itself. This collection examines the expeditionary experience through a wide range of case studies. They cover major themes such as the recruitment, transport, and supply of far-flung troops; the cultural and linguistic dissonance, as well as gender relations, navigated by soldiers in foreign lands; the political challenge of providing a rationale to justify their dislocation and sacrifice; and the role of memory and memorialization. Together, these essays open up new avenues for understanding the experiences of soldiers who fought the First World War far from home.
Download or read book Last Post written by Max Arthur and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Forgotten Voices' of the First World War speak for the final time. LAST POST is very consciously the last word from the handful of First World War survivors who were left alive in 2004. Now they have passed away, our final human connection with the First World War has been broken. Max Arthur, a skilled interviewer, took the very last chance we had to ask questions of those who were there. Now updated to include a new introduction by the author for the centenary of the First World War.
Book Synopsis The Boys of Shakespeare's School by : Richard Pearson
Download or read book The Boys of Shakespeare's School written by Richard Pearson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like many young men of the time, the boys of King Edward VI School saw the outbreak of the First World War as an opportunity for bravery and excitement. By the time the Armistice was signed in late 1918, thirty-one old boys and one Master had been killed.For such a small grammar school the cost was significant, as too were the number of awards for gallantry, including a Victoria Cross. Set against Stratford-upon-Avon and the boys’ schooldays, this intriguing book details the boys’ war and their involvement in the major battles on the Western Front, in Italy, Salonika, Macedonia, Gallipoli, Bulgaria and Russia. Ultimately a tragic and moving account, it captures the heart of a small community and represents the sense of adventure with which young men went to war.
Book Synopsis West Country Regiments on the Somme by : Tim Saunders
Download or read book West Country Regiments on the Somme written by Tim Saunders and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous works have concentrated on the 'Pal' in Britain's northern towns and cities. This book seeks to explore the little appreciated part in the Battle of the Somme played by the Regular and Volunteer Service battalions of two small West Country regiments; the Devonshire Regiment and the Dorset Regiment. These two regiments had five battalions in action on the first day of the battle and were represented in most of the significant attacks during the three and half months of the 1916. The reader will be able to form a clear picture of the battle's development as a whole through the eyes of Westcountry soldiers who fought on the Somme.
Book Synopsis Philip Allan Literature Guide (for GCSE): AQA Anthology: Moon on the Tides (Conflict and Relationships) by : Margaret Newman
Download or read book Philip Allan Literature Guide (for GCSE): AQA Anthology: Moon on the Tides (Conflict and Relationships) written by Margaret Newman and published by Philip Allan. This book was released on 2010-03-26 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip Allan Literature Guides (for GCSE) provide exam-focused analysis of popular set texts to give students the very best chance of achieving the highest grades possible. Designed to be used throughout the course or as revision before the exam, this text provides: a thorough commentary, exploring the themes, style, characters and context of the text ; exemplar A*- and C-grade answers to exam-style questions, with examiner's comments, exam and essay-writing advice; the assessment objectives, highlighting the specific skills that students need to develop; 'Grade booster' boxes with tips on how to move between grades; 'Pause for thought' boxes to make students consider their own opinions on the text.
Book Synopsis Sniper on the Ypres Salient by : Sue Boase
Download or read book Sniper on the Ypres Salient written by Sue Boase and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just after midnight on 22 April 1916 on the Western Front, a sergeant from the 15th (1st London) Royal Welsh Fusiliers came sliding and stumbling along the dark, mud-filled trench towards the four men, huddled together and soaked-through, in the shallow dugout. He was clutching his postbag in which there were four parcels for one of them, William McCrae, whose twentieth birthday fell on this day. A hand-written account by William, my grandfather, was found in my mother’s papers, long after his death. This book describes a year of his time fighting in the First World War, from December 1915 to December 1916. Two months after his birthday, he was marching towards the Somme, where he was to act as a runner during the key Welsh engagement in the Battle of Mametz Wood. Later, he went on to volunteer and train as a sniper. He continued in this role for over a year, becoming a lance corporal in the 38th Divisional Sniping Company while fighting on the Ypres Salient. His words emphasise the key role snipers played in the collecting of intelligence about the enemy, through close observation and careful reporting. His account stops abruptly in mid-sentence, just at the point where he indicates he is about to reveal more to us about ‘a new, interesting part of the line to be manned by us Snipers’. Piecing together clues from his sketches, maps and photos, and this book paints a picture of Williams’ time during the rest of the war. In 1917 he returned to England to train as a temporary officer in the 18th Officer Cadet Battalion at Prior Park, Bath. He came back to the Western Front as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, where he was seconded to the 1/5 Lancashire Fusiliers until the end of the war. During this time, it is likely that his interest and experience as a sniper continued, with evidence that he may have taught at one of the Sniping Schools set up across France.
Book Synopsis The Fourth Battalion, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) and the Great War by : J. Crossley
Download or read book The Fourth Battalion, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) and the Great War written by J. Crossley and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2022-08-21 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Fourth Battalion, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) and the Great War" by J. Crossley|W. F. A. Wadham. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book Carmarthen Pals written by Steven John and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-11-19 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the Welsh Battalion and its service during World War I in France. The Carmarthenshire Battalion was one of the early units raised in 1914 as a result of Lord Kitchener’s expansion of the regular army by 500,000 men for the duration of the Great War. Lloyd George, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, had a vision of a Welsh Army Group and massive efforts were made to recruit and form Welsh fighting units. The first 200 recruits for the Carmarthen Pals came from Bolton, strangely enough, but later they were mainly drawn from the County and wider Wales. Initial training was at Rhyl. In April 1915 the Battalion became part of 114 Brigade, 38 (Welsh) Division and after completing training and equipping it crossed to France in December 1915. From early 1916 until the Armistice, the Carmarthen Pals fought with distinction. Initially at Givenchy, it moved to the Somme in May 1916 and attacked Mametz Wood in the early days of that most terrible July offensive. Thereafter the Battalion moved to the Ypres Salient and in July 1917 attacked Pilckem Ridge. Moves south to Armentieres district, then the Albert Sector followed. In the closing months of the War alone, the Pals suffered 40 officer and 900 other rank killed and wounded as they pushed the Germans back capturing Ancre and crossing the Canal du Nord and Selle rivers.
