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Great War Britain Swindon: Remembering 1914-18

Author : Mike Pringle
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750957689
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Great War Britain Swindon: Remembering 1914-18 written by Mike Pringle and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-08-04 with total page 222 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. Great War Britain: Swindon offers an intimate portrayal of the town and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'. A beautifully illustrated and highly accessible volume, it describes local reaction to the outbreak of war; charts the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry; the work of the many hospitals in the area; the effect of the conflict on local children; the women who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front; and concludes with a chapter dedicated to how the town and its people coped with the transition to life in peacetime once more. The Great War story of Swindon is told through the voices of those who were there and is vividly illustrated through evocative images, many from private collections.

Swindon

Author : Mike Pringle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780750956109
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (561 download)

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Download or read book Swindon written by Mike Pringle and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 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. Great War Britain: Swindon offers an intimate portrayal of the town and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'. A beautifully illustrated and highly accessible volume, it describes local reaction to the outbreak of war; charts the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry; the work of the many hospitals in the area; the effect of the conflict on local children; the women who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front; and concludes with a chapter dedicated to how the town and its people coped with the transition to life in peacetime once more. The Great War story of Swindon is told through the voices of those who were there and is vividly illustrated through evocative images, many from private collections.

Tell Them of Us

Author : Mark Sutton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780955372506
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Tell Them of Us written by Mark Sutton and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Great War Britain Oxfordshire: Remembering 1914-18

Author : Jane Cotter
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750957646
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Great War Britain Oxfordshire: Remembering 1914-18 written by Jane Cotter and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 229 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. Great War Britain: Oxfordshire offers an intimate portrayal of the county and its people living in the shadowof the 'war to end all wars'. A beautifully illustrated and highly accessible volume, it describes local reaction to the outbreak of war; charts the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry; the work of the many hospitals in the area; the effect of the conflict on local children; the women who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front; and concludes with a chapter dedicated to how the city and its people coped with the transition to life in peacetime once more. The Great War story of Oxfordshire is told through the voices of those who were there and is vividly illustrated through evocative images from the archives of Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

The Home Front 1914-1918

Author : Ian F.W. Beckett
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1472908899
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book The Home Front 1914-1918 written by Ian F.W. Beckett and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great War had a profound impact on Britain. Not only did families risk their sons in active combat; every member of society was required to make a contribution to the war effort. National initiatives like rationing affected all, and civilians were now regarded as a legitimate military target. Reminders of this turbulent time survive today, in rituals such as Summer Time and Remembrance, nationwide war memorials, and the powerful myth of a lost generation slaughtered in a futile war. Here Ian Beckett examines the mobilization of the British people for the war effort and reassesses its impact on state and society. As evidence, he presents 40 key documents, including the King's rallying cry to the nation to 'eat less wheat', reports on social phenomena from anti-German riots to the drinking habits of women and juveniles, and Kitchener's initiatives to raise his New Armies.

The Great Western Railway in the First World War

Author : Sandra Gittins
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750962569
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book The Great Western Railway in the First World War written by Sandra Gittins and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-08-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 1914 the GWR was plunged into war, the like of which this country had never experienced before. Over the years that followed life changed beyond measure, both for the men sent away to fight and the women who took on new roles at home. Not since 1922 has the history of the GWR in the First World War been recorded in a single volume. Using modern data-bases and enjoying greater access to archives, Sandra Gittins has been able to produce a complete history which traces the GWR from the early, optimistic days through the subsequent difficult years of the Great War, including Government demands for war manufacture, increased traffic and the tragic loss of staff. From GWR ships and ambulance trains to the employment of women, every part of the story is told, including the saddest of all, which is represented by a Roll of Honour.

The Great War, Memory and Ritual

Author : Mark Connelly
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 0861932536
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book The Great War, Memory and Ritual written by Mark Connelly and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2002 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work concentrates on the planning of, fund-raising for, and erection of war memorials and then goes on to show how those memorials became a focus for a continuing need to remember, particularly each year on Armistice Day."--BOOK JACKET.

The Last Great War

Author : Adrian Gregory
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521450373
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book The Last Great War written by Adrian Gregory and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-16 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking new history of the British home front during the First World War.

Great Britain and the War of 1914-1918

Author : Sir Woodward (Llewellyn.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9787070004978
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Great Britain and the War of 1914-1918 written by Sir Woodward (Llewellyn.) and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

British Military Service Tribunals, 1916–18

Author : James McDermott
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847797938
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book British Military Service Tribunals, 1916–18 written by James McDermott and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military Service Tribunals were formed following the introduction of conscription in January 1916, to consider applications for exemption from military service. Swiftly, they gained two opposing yet equally unflattering reputations. In the eyes of the military, they were soft, obstructionist ‘old duffers’. To most of the men who came before them, they were the unfeeling civilian arm of a remorseless grinding machine. This work, utilising a rare surviving set of Tribunal records, challenges both perspectives. Wielding unprecedented power yet acutely sensitive to the contradictions inherent in their task, the Tribunals were obliged, often at a conveyer belt’s pace, to make decisions that often determined the fate of men. That some of these decisions were capricious or even wrong is indisputable; the sparse historiography of the Tribunals has too often focused upon the idiosyncratic example while ignoring the wider, impact of imprecise legislation, government hand-washing and short-term military exigencies.

Conflict Landscapes

Author : Nicholas J. Saunders
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000391280
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Conflict Landscapes written by Nicholas J. Saunders and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conflict Landscapes explores the long under-acknowledged and under-investigated aspects of where and how modern conflict landscapes interact and conjoin with pre-twentieth-century places, activities, and beliefs, as well as with individuals and groups. Investigating and understanding the often unpredictable power and legacies of landscapes that have seen (and often still viscerally embody) the consequences of mass death and destruction, the book shows, through these landscapes, the power of destruction to preserve, refocus, and often reconfigure the past. Responding to the complexity of modern conflict, the book offers a coherent, integrated, and sensitized hybrid approach, which calls on different disciplines where they overlap in a shared common terrain. Dealing with issues such as memory, identity, emotion, and wellbeing, the chapters tease out the human experience of modern conflict and its relationship to landscape. Conflict Landscapes will appeal to a wide range of disciplines involved in studying conflict, such as archaeology, anthropology, material culture studies, art history, cultural history, cultural geography, military history, and heritage and museum studies.

Great War Railwaymen

Author : Jeremy Higgins
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1910500097
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Great War Railwaymen written by Jeremy Higgins and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The railways were intrinsic to fighting the First World War, whether at home or abroad. On the Western Front and beyond trains ferried men and supplies to and from the front on a staggering scale, ensuring that the war machine functioned without pause. Back in Britain, the railway network shipped millions of tonnes of war material from the factories to the ports, becoming the lifeblood of the war effort. Great War Railwaymen details this incredible achievement, exploring not only the vast infrastructure, but also those who operated it. Despite the importance of the railways, many of those involved in the industry went off to fight in the mud and trenches, on the world's oceans, or in the skies above war torn Europe. Between them, they were awarded 2500 Military medals, 44 Distinguished Conduct Medals, 27 Military Crosses and 6 Victoria Crosses. This is their story. Meticulously researched and lovingly produced, Jeremy Higgins narrates the fascinating stories of over a thousand of these men, vividly capturing their wartime experiences and pressing home the vital importance of the railways, and those that ran them, to the Allied victory in the First World War.

The Myriad Faces of War

Author : Trevor Wilson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571287638
Total Pages : 971 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book The Myriad Faces of War written by Trevor Wilson and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 971 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'By far the best study of Britain and the First World War that has yet been written.' London Review of Books The Myriad Faces of War, first published in 1987, is a unique and compelling study of the First World War from the standpoint of British involvement. It explores the reasons for Britain's entry into the war, the nature and course of Britain's participation, and the far-reaching repercussions of the war on British society. The result is a rich and comprehensive chronicle of the social, political, diplomatic and military aspects of the 'Great War.' 'Professor Trevor Wilson's mighty work on the first world war... is a truly significant contribution to our understanding of what the war meant to the British people... a disciplined, unsentimental and thoughtful book - and it also retains strongly the human touch.' Spectator 'Wilson ranges impressively over all major aspects of the conflict... a judicious, readable overview of a monster subject.' New York Times

Posthumous Lives

Author : Bette London
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501762362
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Posthumous Lives written by Bette London and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Posthumous Lives explores the shifting significance of public and private efforts to commemorate British soldiers killed in World War I—as well as the less well-remembered casualties of the war, including Voluntary Aid Detachments, nurses, conscientious objectors, civilians, and soldiers executed for desertion or cowardice—and the compelling hold the First World War has had on the British imagination for more than a century. By using the concept of the posthumous life—the attempt to extend the presence of the dead into the lives of the living—Bette London demonstrates how this idea came to shape Britain's First World War memory practices and rituals. London draws on a diverse range of source materials—from sentimental memorabilia books commissioned by bereaved families and canonical works of literature and art by Virginia Woolf, Wilfred Owen, and Sir Edwin Lutyens to centenary memorials and commemorative art installations—to uncover the surprising connections between memorialization practices, war writing, and modernism. Spanning the century from the middle of World War I to its centenary celebrations, Posthumous Lives illuminates, in a deeply moving narrative, how the dead are remembered to meet the shifting needs of the living.

Remembering Our Contribution

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Remembering Our Contribution written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Myriad Faces of War

Author : Trevor Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book The Myriad Faces of War written by Trevor Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Great Western Eight Coupled Heavy Freight Locomotives

Author : David Maidment
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 178383109X
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (838 download)

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Download or read book The Great Western Eight Coupled Heavy Freight Locomotives written by David Maidment and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Western Eight-Coupled Heavy Freight Locomotives' is the first of a series of 'Locomotive Profiles' to be published by Pen & Sword. It will describe the conception, design, building and operation of the fleet of powerful locomotives built in the first half of the twentieth century to meet the demands of the growing South Wales coal and steel industries and the West Midlands area served by the Great Western Railway. Whilst concentrating mainly on the standard designs of the great locomotive engineer, George Jackson Churchward, the 28XX and 47XX 2-8-0 locomotives, it will also cover the 2-8-0 and 2-8-2 tank engines designed for the South Wales Valleys mining areas and coal exports through Newport, Cardiff, Barry and Swansea Docks, and other 2-8-0 locomotives acquired by the Great Western to cope with the increased industrial needs during both world wars - the RODs, Swindon built 8Fs, WDs and American S160s. It will also cover the earliest designs of the Barry and Port Talbot Railways intended to cope with the valley coal traffic. The book will be copiously illustrated with 150 black and white and 50 coloured photographs and is a comprehensive record of some outstanding freight locomotives, many of the oldest engines still operating to the end of steam on British Railways in the mid 1960s, sixty years after they were designed."