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Somme 1916
And Other Experiences of the Salford Pals
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2006
Salford was late in recruiting for its Pals battalions, with many of its men already joining Territorial units and a new Pals battalion in Manchester. Yet within a year it had raised four Pals battalions and a reserve battalion. Raised mainly from Lancashire’s most notorious slums, the men trained...
The Kensington Battalion
‘Never Lost a Yard of Trench’
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Raised by the Mayor of Kensington, the 22nd Royal Fusiliers (the Kensington Battalion) were a strange mixture of social classes (bankers and stevedores, writers and laborers) with a strong sprinkling of irreverent colonials thrown in. Such a disparate group needed a strong leader and, luckily, in...
Accrington's Pals: The Full Story
The 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment and the 158th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Andrew Jackson's new history tells the story of the Great War as it was experienced by the men of the 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment (Accrington Pals), the 158th (Accrington and Burnley) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Howitzers) and their families. Using information gathered from years...
by David Raw
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2006
In the early days of the First World War two volunteer Pals Battalions were raised in Bradford and this is their remarkable story. David Raw's account is based on memoirs, letters, diaries, contemporary newspaper reports, official records and archives, and it is illustrated with many maps and previously...
by Steven John
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2009
The Carmarthenshire Battalion was one of the early units raised in 1914 as a result of Lord Kitchener’s expansion of the regular army by 500,000 men for the duration of the Great War. Lloyd George, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, had a vision of a Welsh Army Group and massive efforts were made...
Tracing the Rifle Volunteers
A Guide for Military and Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
From 1859 to 1908 the Rifle Volunteers played an essential role in Britain’s national defense, yet their history has been sadly neglected. Little information is available on these dedicated, amateur soldiers who were recruited into the ranks of a military organization that flourished across the...
by Laurie Milner
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1990
15th (Service) BattalionThe Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment.
by Bernard Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2005
The Swansea Battalion was formed from local men by the Mayor of Swansea in the response to Lord Kitchener’s famous appeal for volunteers. This, the first full history of the Battalion, covers early recruiting for the battalion in the Swansea area and its subsequent training in Swansea, Rhyl and...
Scattered Under the Rising Sun
The Gordon Highlanders in the Far East 1941-1945
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders was posted to Singapore in 1937 with their families. When the Japanese invaded Malaya in December 1941, the Battalion fought bravely until the surrender of Singapore on 14 February 1942. Those who were not killed became POWs. Of the 1000 men involved initially, over...
Great War Lives
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2010
The Great War was a key event of the twentieth century and it is one of the most popular and rewarding areas for historical research - and for family historians. More records than ever are available to researchers whose relatives served during the war, and Paul Reeds new book is the perfect guide...
Missing But Not Forgotten
Men of the Thiepval Memorial-Somme
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
The Thiepval Memorial commemorates over 72,000 men who have no known grave; all went missing in the Somme sector during the three years of conflict that finally ended on 20 March 1918.
The book is not a military history of the Battle of the Somme, it is about personal remembrance, and features...
Accrington Pals
The 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment A History of the Battalion Raised from Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley and Chorley in World War One
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2008
Accrington Pals is being re-released due to popular demand after being out of stock for sometime. The first book to be published in the now highly acclaimed Pals series. The Accrington Pals were the most famous of all the battalions, based upon research in local and national archives, and interviews...
Scott of the Antarctic
We Shall Die Like Gentlemen
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Captain Robert Falcon Scott CVO (6 June 1868 29 March 1912) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions. During the second venture, Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find that they had been preceded by Roald...
The Sinking of RMS Tayleur
The Lost Story of the Victorian Titanic
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
'The moment they fell into the water the waves caught them and dashed them violently against the rocks, and the survivors on shore could perceive the unfortunate creatures...struggling amidst the waves, and one by one sinking under them.' (Hereford Times, 28 January 1854)
The wrecking of the...