Pen: 3888 books
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...
by Tony Bridgland
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2002
This, the follow-up to Naval Atrocities in World War 2, is an anthology of shameful incidents at sea, causing outrage on both sides. The sinking of the Lusitania was the trigger of these events, which were played out, at least initially, while an anguished and undecided America looked on. Later in...
River Ouse Bargeman
A Lifetime on the Yorkshire Ouse
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
The Ouse reaches into the heart of Yorkshire from the Humber Estuary. Until the 1980s, loaded barges made the challenging journey from Hull to Selby, bearing bulk cargoes for the mills of the town. The bargees had to be tough and resourceful; physically strong enough to handle their craft, wise enough...
Major and Mrs Holts Pocket Battlefield Guide to Ypres and Passchendaele
1st Ypres; 2nd Ypres (Gas Attack); 3rd Ypres (Passchendaele) 4th Ypres (The Lys)
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2006
Covering the important WW1 Battles of Ypres, including the notorious Passchendaele, this guidebook takes readers on a historic trip through some of the well-known and most important sites of the area.This book, part of a new series of guides, is designed conveniently in a small size, for those who...
Man Who Ran London During the Great War
The Diaries and Letters of Lieutenant General Sir Francis Lloyd, GCVO, KCB, DSO, (1853-1926)
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
In 1913 Lieutenant General Sir Francis Lloyd was appointed to the supreme position reserved for Guardsmen, the command of the London Districts. The war saw an extension of his responsibilities to include the hospitals and main railway termini in the metropolis. He was also put in charge of the construction...