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Same Sex Love 1700-1957
A History and Research Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Family history is often seen as the stories of people who were part of a traditional family unit, married to someone of the opposite gender, had children and lived their lives as 'normally' as possible. But what of the relatives who could not accept that this was the life for them, and were attracted...
Into Touch
Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2014
Many thousands of men died during the Great War. They came from every place and class. The very cream of the Nation joined up thinking it a great adventure but, all too often, never returned. This book is dedicated to the memory of an elite few of such men – the Rugby Internationals who fell in...
Tracing Your Northern Ancestors
A Guide to the North East & Cumbria for the Family Historian
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2007
The far north of England is a key site for family historians. Many researchers, seeking to trace their ancestry back through the generations, will find their trail leads to the north or through it. And yet, despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy and the importance of the region in so many life...
by Jonathan Swan
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Almost 400 men from the Chelmsford were lost in the Great War. This book explores 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...
Second Baron’s War
Simon de Montfort and the Battles of Lewes and Evesham
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
For two years in the mid-thirteenth century England was torn by a bloody civil war between the king and his nobles. For a short time, the country came close to unseating the monarchy, and the outcome changed the course of English history. Yet this critical episode receives far less attention than...
Waterloo Commanders
Napoleon, Wellington and Blucher
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
The three commanders-in-chief during the Waterloo campaign rank among the most famous soldiers in history.
Rarely have three such remarkable men as Napoleon, Wellington and Blücher confronted each other on a field of battle or had such an impact on the history of their time. Andrew Uffindell,...
Chinese Hordes and Human Waves
A Personal Perspective of the Korean War 1950-1953
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
The North Koreans’ attack on their Southern neighbors shocked and surprised the World. The conflict rapidly escalated with China soon heavily involved on one side and the United States and United Nations on the other.
The author, then a young Gunner officer, found himself in the midst of...
by Terry Carter
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
In the summer of 1914, our finest young men flocked to the colors in Northern towns and cities to answer Lord Kitchener’s ‘Call to Arms’ in a spontaneous burst of enthusiasm and patriotism. The Call appealed to their sense of adventure and offered an escape from the humdrum life of office, factory...
by John Harley
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
The 6th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, was a prewar Territorial unit. Many of its members held “white collar” positions employed by the City’s legal, financial and stockbroking practices or worked for the major commercial organizations trading and manufacturing cotton goods. It went overseas...
by James Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2008
In Liverpool local heroes tend to be drawn from football or the music business or from the period when the city was one of Britain’s greatest ports. Although it has produced many military heroes, only double VC winner Noel Chavasse has had the recognition he deserves. James Murphy, in this meticulously...
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...