The memoirs of the children give a detailed insight into their lives during the First World War. I found some of the stories so sad... This book gives a different view of what war was like on both sides, and would make a good addition to any book collection.
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Armorama
The memoirs of the children give a detailed insight into their lives during the First World War. I found some of the stories so sad... This book gives a different view of what war was like on both sides, and would make a good addition to any book collection.
Read the full review [link=https://armorama.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=14844]here[/link]
Armorama
This is a fascinating look at the two neighbouring hamlets of Barking and Dagenham in Essex, bt now considered to be part of outer London. My Mum was born and raised in Dagenham and would have loved to read this book, which is why I ased for a review copy. Like the book about Liverpool's women, this book celebrates the great and the good of Barking and Dagenham and looks at the impact on the two inseparable locations of the first world war. Beautifully written and illustrated, this is a great slice of social history.
Books Monthly
This is a fascinating look at the two neighbouring hamlets of Barking and Dagenham in Essex, bt now considered to be part of outer London. My Mum was born and raised in Dagenham and would have loved to read this book, which is why I ased for a review copy. Like the book about Liverpool's women, this book celebrates the great and the good of Barking and Dagenham and looks at the impact on the two inseparable locations of the first world war. Beautifully written and illustrated, this is a great slice of social history.
Books Monthly
This book undoubtedly offers the ideal starting point for an analysis of Victoria Cross and of reference of the British military history of the last 150 years.
Read the full Italian review [link=https://oldbarbedwire.blogspot.com/2019/08/uncommon-valour-story-of-victoria-cross.html]here[/link]
Old Barbed Wire Blog
This book undoubtedly offers the ideal starting point for an analysis of Victoria Cross and of reference of the British military history of the last 150 years.
Read the full Italian review [link=https://oldbarbedwire.blogspot.com/2019/08/uncommon-valour-story-of-victoria-cross.html]here[/link]
Old Barbed Wire Blog
I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the Indian mutiny and the Victoria cross, but also to those interesting in the life of a man whose life was altered by his military experience.
Sergio Zampatti, RUSI NSW, 2019
I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the Indian mutiny and the Victoria cross, but also to those interesting in the life of a man whose life was altered by his military experience.
Sergio Zampatti, RUSI NSW, 2019
Peter Hawthorne's book, [i]The Animal Victoria Cross: The Dickin Medal[/i]tell the animal's stories including an Alsatian that dragged its drowning handler to safety under gunfire in WWII.
Mail Online
Peter Hawthorne's book, [i]The Animal Victoria Cross: The Dickin Medal[/i]tell the animal's stories including an Alsatian that dragged its drowning handler to safety under gunfire in WWII.
Mail Online
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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...
