"This is an excellent work that demonstrates how active the naval war was after Jutland, and how much effort went into solving the problems posed by new technology that was changing the nature of naval warfare."
Read the full review [link=https://www.historyofwar.org/bookpage/goldrick_after_jutland.html]here[/link]
History of War
"This is an excellent work that demonstrates how active the naval war was after Jutland, and how much effort went into solving the problems posed by new technology that was changing the nature of naval warfare."
Read the full review [link=https://www.historyofwar.org/bookpage/goldrick_after_jutland.html]here[/link]
History of War
This is another splendid book in the Paul Oldfield VC Research from the Great War. The author pays the ultimate tribute to these special Generation by seeking to include memorials to each VC and their biographies. A solid mixture of military history, genealogy and indeed local history, which is presented to the reader in a format that ready for the reader both on a battlefield tour, and equally at home on a winter's evening. All stories included zone in on that action that was taking place in Belgium during the latter stages of the war on the Western Front. Map on the opening pages provide an instant point of reference to where each V.C. action took place, thus given any reader and battlefield visitor a crucial point of reference to work with, alongside the incorporated stories. Again, what makes this series so special is that they don't just tell the story as it took place on the battlefield, but provide a fully researched and comprehensive overview of each individual. Just one fascinating.. Read more
Jon Sandison - Teacher of History
This is another splendid book in the Paul Oldfield VC Research from the Great War. The author pays the ultimate tribute to these special Generation by seeking to include memorials to each VC and their biographies. A solid mixture of military history, genealogy and indeed local history, which is presented to the reader in a format that ready for the reader both on a battlefield tour, and equally at home on a winter's evening. All stories included zone in on that action that was taking place in Belgium during the latter stages of the war on the Western Front. Map on the opening pages provide an instant point of reference to where each V.C. action took place, thus given any reader and battlefield visitor a crucial point of reference to work with, alongside the incorporated stories. Again, what makes this series so special is that they don't just tell the story as it took place on the battlefield, but provide a fully researched and comprehensive overview of each individual. Just one fascinating.. Read more
Jon Sandison - Teacher of History
This is another wonderful addition to this series detailing the engrossing and inspiring stories of VC recipients during the Great War. IT is the thirteenth in this series. Alongside the narrative of each story, this edition - like all of the others - gives the reader a valuable insight into the battlefields, and the authors commanding expertise in the topography and the stories. As stated in the introduction, the book is as much for the battlefield visitor as it is for the armchair reader. Each story is illustrated with excellent maps, and photographs of the ground. At the same detailed and informative biographies are given of the VC recipients which in turn enable the readers to obtain a feel if the individuals in focus. Just one example of this is how the author incorporates the story of Lieutenant Milton Fowler Gregg of the Royal Canadian Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Milton was awarded the Victoria Cross for operations near Cambrai between the 27th and 1st of October when.. Read more
Jon Sandison - Teacher of History
This is another wonderful addition to this series detailing the engrossing and inspiring stories of VC recipients during the Great War. IT is the thirteenth in this series. Alongside the narrative of each story, this edition - like all of the others - gives the reader a valuable insight into the battlefields, and the authors commanding expertise in the topography and the stories. As stated in the introduction, the book is as much for the battlefield visitor as it is for the armchair reader. Each story is illustrated with excellent maps, and photographs of the ground. At the same detailed and informative biographies are given of the VC recipients which in turn enable the readers to obtain a feel if the individuals in focus. Just one example of this is how the author incorporates the story of Lieutenant Milton Fowler Gregg of the Royal Canadian Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Milton was awarded the Victoria Cross for operations near Cambrai between the 27th and 1st of October when.. Read more
Jon Sandison - Teacher of History
[link=https://historybookchat.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-airmans-war-1914-1918.html]Book review: The Airman's War 1914-1918 [/link]
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[link=https://historybookchat.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-airmans-war-1914-1918.html]Book review: The Airman's War 1914-1918 [/link]
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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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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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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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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...
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Mud and Bodies
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...
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A Doctor on the Western Front
Henry Owens's Great War diary provides a vivid and complete narrative, seen from the perspective of an army doctor, of what it was like to live and fight in the trenches of the Western Front. Owens, a member of the original British Expeditionary Force, the 'Old Contemptibles', was among the first British soldiers to set foot in France. He spent the… 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...
In Kitchener's Men John Hutton provides a absorbing account of the raising, training and fighting experiences of the Service and Territorial battalions of the King's Own Royal Lancasters in France during the Great War. His book gives a graphic insight into the daily routine and grim reality of warfare on the Western Front for men who were mostly recruited… Read more...
