The Raising of the New Armies 1914 – 1916
by
Peter Simkins
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2007
Numbering over five million men, Britain's army in the First World War was the biggest in the country's history. Remarkably, nearly half those men who served in it were volunteers. 2,466,719 men enlisted between August 1914 and December 1915, many in response to the appeals of the Field-Marshal Lord...