Article: '[i]Henry Hook to feature in new Zulu Wars book[/i]' as featured by
The Forester, 26th September 2018
Article: '[i]Henry Hook to feature in new Zulu Wars book[/i]' as featured by
The Forester, 26th September 2018
John Kelly’s life and military career were deeply intertwined, pretty much one and the same. This history book pulls back the curtain on the lives of English soldiers just after the dawn of the 20th century. I cannot let the outstanding photography and graphic design of the front and rear covers go unacknowledged, either.
Read the complete review online [link=http://johnkoenig.squarespace.com/books-and-music/2018/9/11/recently-published-military-history-roundup.html]here.[/link]
Stuff I Like Blog, John Koenig
John Kelly’s life and military career were deeply intertwined, pretty much one and the same. This history book pulls back the curtain on the lives of English soldiers just after the dawn of the 20th century. I cannot let the outstanding photography and graphic design of the front and rear covers go unacknowledged, either.
Read the complete review online [link=http://johnkoenig.squarespace.com/books-and-music/2018/9/11/recently-published-military-history-roundup.html]here.[/link]
Stuff I Like Blog, John Koenig
James W Bancroft is to be congratulated on such a painstaking and meticulously researched book which is bound to be the definitive book on this campaign.
Click [link=http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=4439]here[/link] to read the full review.
Salford Star, 7th April 2018 - reviewed by Tony Flynn
James W Bancroft is to be congratulated on such a painstaking and meticulously researched book which is bound to be the definitive book on this campaign.
Click [link=http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=4439]here[/link] to read the full review.
Salford Star, 7th April 2018 - reviewed by Tony Flynn
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WDYTYA?, April 2018
As featured in 'Reviews in Brief'
WDYTYA?, April 2018
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Wargames Illustrated, February 2018
As featured 'ON THE BOOK SHELF'
Wargames Illustrated, February 2018
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Daring Raids of World War Two: Heroic Land, Sea and Air Attacks
The Second World War saw a host of heroic raids enacted across the various theatres, all delivered valiantly in a variety of ways by British combatants; on land, by sea and from the air. Daring exploits such as the raid on Rommel, the endeavours of the Cockleshell Heroes and the Dam Busters have become legendary in the annals of warfare. All feature… Read more...
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Herbert Columbine VC
'Save Yourselves, I'll carry on'. These were the last known words of Herbert Columbine, shouted at his two companions on the afternoon of 22nd March 1918. At 9am that morning, in Hervilly Woods, France, 9 Squadron Machine Gun Corps had come under intense attack from a heavy force of German infantry. Private Columbine took command of an isolated gun,… Read more...
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Valour in the Trenches
Alfred Pollard joined the Honourable Artillery Company at Armoury House in the City of London in 1914 aged 21. The HAC is a unique Territorial unit composed entirely of middle class volunteers, who recruit all their officers from the ranks. Pollard was a natural soldier who believed himself (correctly as it turned out) to be invulnerable. He revelled… Read more...
