This is a personal reflection from an Australian soldier which shows beautiful description of the horrors of the trenches.
It is written in an engaging style which immediately pulls you into his life and what he witnessed in graphic detail but not to the point where it becomes difficult to read.
This is a book that must be read by anyone wanting to know what the trenches were like by a normal soldier.
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Richard Domoney-Saunders
This is a personal reflection from an Australian soldier which shows beautiful description of the horrors of the trenches.
It is written in an engaging style which immediately pulls you into his life and what he witnessed in graphic detail but not to the point where it becomes difficult to read.
This is a book that must be read by anyone wanting to know what the trenches were like by a normal soldier.
See the full review [link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/ROM6CK2AA4N80?ref=pf_vv_at_pdctrvw_srp]here[/link]
Richard Domoney-Saunders
All in all, I consider myself quite fortunate to have encountered these books and recommend them highly. Along with leaving no factual stone unturned, Veranneman includes scores of archival photos and extensive notes in each book. Both were obviously a labor of love and should have a prominent place on the shelf of every history buff.
Read the full review [link=https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/19875900-belgium-during-the-two-world-wars--book-review]here[/link]
GoodReads, Kathryn J. Atwood
All in all, I consider myself quite fortunate to have encountered these books and recommend them highly. Along with leaving no factual stone unturned, Veranneman includes scores of archival photos and extensive notes in each book. Both were obviously a labor of love and should have a prominent place on the shelf of every history buff.
Read the full review [link=https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/19875900-belgium-during-the-two-world-wars--book-review]here[/link]
GoodReads, Kathryn J. Atwood
Horses and cavalry are often regarded as an old fashioned trait of the British army in World War 1. In a time of machine guns, what use could horses be?
David Kenyon explains wonderfully how adaptive the horsemen were from supplies to combining their efforts with other ranks of the Britsh Army. With some wonderful firsthand photographs and pages of bibliography, souces and notes this is a must for any sort of study into the first world war. Packed full of history and resources it is surprisingly a nice easy read.
Read the full review [link=https://tastesthroughtime.co.uk/book-reviews/]here[/link]
Tastes Through Time
Horses and cavalry are often regarded as an old fashioned trait of the British army in World War 1. In a time of machine guns, what use could horses be?
David Kenyon explains wonderfully how adaptive the horsemen were from supplies to combining their efforts with other ranks of the Britsh Army. With some wonderful firsthand photographs and pages of bibliography, souces and notes this is a must for any sort of study into the first world war. Packed full of history and resources it is surprisingly a nice easy read.
Read the full review [link=https://tastesthroughtime.co.uk/book-reviews/]here[/link]
Tastes Through Time
Featured 'On the bookshelf' with Neil Smith
Wargames Illustrated, February 2020
Featured 'On the bookshelf' with Neil Smith
Wargames Illustrated, February 2020
It’s a very good book, the research and detail is very good and must have taken a lot of effort on behalf of the author. The number of objects were great if a little limited in some cases but if you enjoy your history in little chunks this is an excellent book
UK Historian
It’s a very good book, the research and detail is very good and must have taken a lot of effort on behalf of the author. The number of objects were great if a little limited in some cases but if you enjoy your history in little chunks this is an excellent book
UK Historian
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British Battleships of World War One
This superb reference book achieved the status of 'classic' soon after its first publication in 1986; it was soon out of print and is now one of the most sought-after naval reference books on the secondhand market. It presents, in one superb volume, the complete technical history of British capital ship design and construction during the dreadnought… Read more...
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Nottingham in the Great War
The years 1914-1918 cost many lives in the trenches of France and Belgium. Those trenches and the battles that were fought from them are well documented. But back home in towns and cities up and down the United Kingdom death and desperation were also apparent. Those left behind to carry on suffered from harsh winters, lack of food and fuel and flu… Read more...
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Cardiff and the Valleys in the Great War
Looks at the Cardiff Pals and other local regiments who fought in the Great War and how the experience of war impacted on the area, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German Kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Cardiff were committed to as the war stretched out… Read more...
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Chelmsford in the Great War
By the end of the Great War in 1918, 1,791 Chelmsford men were serving in the army or navy. Three hundred and ninety two of them did not return. Chelmsford in the Great War is the touching story of the people these men left behind: the munitions workers, special constables, VADs, shopkeepers, magistrates, councillors, conscientious objectors, teachers… Read more...
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Great War 100 Years
*****DOWNLOAD FREE COPY BY CLICKING ABOVE***** With this year marking the centenary of the First World War, the heroic efforts of those who experienced it are brought to the fore. The lives of so many people were changed forever after Britain officially declared war on Germany at 11pm on 4 August 1914. Before the month was out, the British Expeditionary… Read more...
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Doncaster in the Great War
How the experience of war impacted on the town, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Doncaster were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years. A record of the growing disillusion of the people, their… Read more...
Neil Weir died in 1967, but it was not until 2009 that his grandson, Mike Burns, discovered his diary and letters among some packing trunks he had been left, and learnt that his grandfather had served as an officer in the 10th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders for much of the First World War. A captain and company commander at the tender… Read more...
Never before have so many resources been available to the family historian tracing Great War ancestors, both online and locally but the past dearth of easily accessible material has now been replaced by a blizzard of information that needs its own skills to navigate. This highly detailed DVD is split into three parts that deal with the various methods… Read more...
Drawing on the memories of the last surviving prisoners of the 1914-1918 war, this book tells the dramatic story of life as a POW in Germany. Stories include the shock of capture on the Western Front, to the grind of daily life in imprisonment in Germany. Veterans recall work in salt mines, punishments, and escape attempts, as well as the torture of… Read more...
