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ISBN 13 : 9781847275721
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Book Rating : 4.2/5 (757 download)
Download or read book The Stroud District and Its Part in the Great War written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Camilla Boon
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750981857
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book The Stroud Valleys in the Great War written by Camilla Boon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Stroud's Five Valleys in the Great War offers an intimate portrayal of the region and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'. This highly accessible volume explores themes of local reaction to the outbreak of war; the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry and related unrest; the work of the hospitals in the area; the effect of the conflict on children; the women who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front and how people coped with the transition to life in peacetime once more. The Great War story of the Stroud Valleys – including Stroud, Brimscombe, Chalford, Bussage, Woodchester, Stonehouse, Minchinhampton and Rodborough – is recalled by those who were there and is vividly illustrated with photographs, postcards, documents and other First World War ephemera.
Author : Peter Grant
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134500319
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)
Download or read book Philanthropy and Voluntary Action in the First World War written by Peter Grant and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges scholarship which presents charity and voluntary activity during World War I as marking a downturn from the high point of the late Victorian period. Charitable donations rose to an all-time peak, and the scope and nature of charitable work shifted decisively. Far more working class activists, especially women, became involved, although there were significant differences between the suburban south and industrial north of England and Scotland. The book also corrects the idea that charitably-minded civilians’ efforts alienated the men at the front, in contrast to the degree of negativity that surrounds much previous work on voluntary action in this period. Far from there being an unbridgeable gap in understanding or empathy between soldiers and civilians, the links were strong, and charitable contributions were enormously important in maintaining troop morale. This bond significantly contributed to the development and maintenance of social capital in Britain, which, in turn, strongly supported the war effort. This work draws on previously unused primary sources, notably those regarding the developing role of the UK’s Director General of Voluntary Organizations and the regulatory legislation of the period.
Author : Camilla Boon
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750981857
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Stroud Valleys in the Great War written by Camilla Boon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Stroud’s Five Valleys in the Great War offers an intimate portrayal of the region and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'. This highly accessible volume explores themes of local reaction to the outbreak of war; the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry and related unrest; the work of the hospitals in the area; the effect of the conflict on children; the women who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front and how people coped with the transition to life in peacetime once more. The Great War story of the Stroud Valleys – including Stroud, Brimscombe, Chalford, Bussage, Woodchester, Stonehouse, Minchinhampton and Rodborough – is recalled by those who were there and is vividly illustrated with photographs, postcards, documents and other First World War ephemera.
Author : Norman H. Holding
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Location of British Army Records written by Norman H. Holding and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Library written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 990 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles (Chas) H. J. Townley
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ISBN 13 : 9780956331328
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (313 download)
Download or read book Lest Ye Forget written by Charles (Chas) H. J. Townley and published by . This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are inspired by valiant soldiers like Paul Bennett - the only Great War VC born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England - or by passionate pacifists like Arthur Trussler - imprisoned for refusing to fight - Stroud has a story to tell about the Great War. The Stroud News reported the war week by week with vigour and enthusiasm. Alongside reports of recruitment activity, death, destruction, memorial services, a smattering of military funerals for those dying in the valleys and gossip from soldiers at the front or at home the paper provides a key source of information about the local fight against the "Hun." Following the end of the war the Stroud News published a book which uses those reports to provide a weekly summary of the progress of the war alongside a listing by parish of those who volunteered for service before conscription and those who paid the "supreme sacrifice." It is a fascinating record which helps us to understand the local impact of the First World War. In "Lest Ye Forget" Chas Townley reprints "The Stroud District and its part in the Great War" with a modern introduction and information on a small selection of people who are remembered from the time.
Author : Stephen Wade
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473873657
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Grimsby in the Great War written by Stephen Wade and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grimsby in the Great War is a detailed account of how the experience of war impacted on the seaside town of Grimsby from the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, to the long-awaited peace of 1918.Grimsby and Cleethorpes were among the most vulnerable and exposed British towns in August 1914 when the Great War broke out. Situated on the North Sea, and facing the German Baltic fleet, their vessels were to face the mines and the U-boat torpedoes as the war progressed. But this is merely one of the incredibly dramatic and testing developments in the wartime saga of 1914-18, which impacted on the the town of Grimsby. Written into the greater story are the achievements of the Grimsby Chums and the other regiments containing Grimsby men, and the amazing story of the Home Front experience, from the local shell factory staffed largely by women, to the War Hospital Supply Depot and the Womens Emergency Corps.Throughout this compelling book, Stephen Wade documents the town's remarkable stories of heroism, determination and resolution in the face of the immensity of the war and its seemingly endless tests and trials of Grimsby's mettle.
Author : Ashley Jackson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317374657
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book The British Empire and the First World War written by Ashley Jackson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Empire played a crucial part in the First World War, supplying hundreds of thousands of soldiers and labourers as well as a range of essential resources, from foodstuffs to minerals, mules, and munitions. In turn, many imperial territories were deeply affected by wartime phenomena, such as inflation, food shortages, combat, and the presence of large numbers of foreign troops. This collection offers a comprehensive selection of essays illuminating the extent of the Empire’s war contribution and experience, and the richness of scholarly research on the subject. Whether supporting British military operations, aiding the British imperial economy, or experiencing significant wartime effects on the home fronts of the Empire, the war had a profound impact on the colonies and their people. The chapters in this volume were originally published in Australian Historical Studies, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, First World War Studies or The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs.
Author : Anne Buckley
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1526765322
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book German Prisoners of the Great War written by Anne Buckley and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Munich in 1920, just after the end of the First World War, German officers who had been prisoners of war in England published a book they had written and smuggled back to Germany. Through vivid text and illustrations they describe in detail their experience of life in captivity in a camp at Skipton in Yorkshire. Their work, now translated into English for the first time, gives us a unique insight into their feelings about the war, their captors and their longing to go home. In their own words they record the conditions, the daily routines, the food, their relationship with the prison authorities, their activities and entertainment, and their thoughts of their homeland. The challenges and privations they faced are part of their story, as is the community they created within the confines of the camp. The whole gamut of their existence is portrayed here, in particular through their drawings and cartoons which are reproduced alongside the translation. German Prisoners of the Great War offers us a direct inside of view a hitherto neglected aspect of the wartime experience a century ago.
Author : Murray Rowlands
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783832029
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (838 download)
Download or read book Aldershot in the Great War written by Murray Rowlands and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book written about Britain's premier army base in the First World War.??The book contains and explores the following:?? The first published record of the troops in Aldershot on 4 August 1914.? The first published list of officers and men from Aldershot killed in the war.? Lists the dead from WWI in Aldershot Cemetery.? Outlines the activities of crucial figures in the War such as Smith-Dorrien, Haig and French in Aldershot in the period before the War.? Traces the growth development of aircraft manufacture at Farnborough under the guidance of Mervyn O'Gorman from a balloon factory to major aircraft manufacture.? Highlights the changes in the social fabric of Aldershot during the war.? Records the experience of Aldershot as a premier training base through the eyes of Anthony Eden, Wilfred Owen and men of all ranks.
Author : Stephen Wade
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 147385556X
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Harrogate & Ripon in the Great War written by Stephen Wade and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harrogate and Ripon, just a few miles apart in one of the most beautiful localities in Yorkshire, have rarely had their contributions to the Great War told all together, in one volume. Stephen Wade has written an account of their importance, from the Ripon camps, where thousands of infantrymen for Kitcheners new Pals Battalions were trained, to the many Harrogate hospitals where casualties were cared for. Added to this are stories of local individuals, at home and in the European theatre of war, who played their part in this massive conflict. Harrogate and Ripon,made the usual contributions to the war effort, raising money and making food, but the local people experienced many of the significant Yorkshire events of the war, such as the explosion at Barnbow munitions factory and the housing of Belgian refugees. The book tells the stories of not only the heroes, such as Betty Stevenson and Donald Bell VC, but of the ordinary Yorkshire folk who endured the hardships and made great sacrifices. The book provides ample evidence that Harrogate and Ripon, along with their surrounding areas, have a fine record for courage and determination during the First World War.
Author : Mathew Richardson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783032898
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Leicester in the Great War written by Mathew Richardson and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leicester had a strong radical tradition, and was represented in Parliament during the Great War by the outspoken Labour MP Ramsay MacDonald. MacDonald's anti-war views divided opinion in Leicester sharply, but whilst it was slow to provide troops for Kitchener's Army, this was not through lack of patriotism. Instead, Leicester's three main industries footwear, hosiery and engineering all had bulging order books as a result of government war contracts.??Bravery on the battlefield, strikes at home, conscientious objectors and the great flu pandemic were all part of Leicester's story in the Great War, and all are covered here. The author allows Leicester citizens, who lived through these momentous events, to tell their stories in their own words, and powerful eyewitness accounts from men, women and children run through this book. Many of these accounts are previously unpublished, and lend a sense of freshness and immediacy to the narrative, making this an ideal purchase for First World War enthusiasts and social historians alike.
Author : Adrian Wentworth Keith-Falconer
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Oxfordshire Hussars in the Great War (1914-1918) written by Adrian Wentworth Keith-Falconer and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 432 pages
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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 1963 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : British museum. Dept. of printed books
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Total Pages : 432 pages
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Download or read book General catalogue of printed books written by British museum. Dept. of printed books and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
