Irish Regiments In The Great War

Author : Timothy Bowman
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719062858
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Regiments in the Great War written by Timothy Bowman and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British army was almost unique among the European armies of the Great War in that it did not suffer from a serious breakdown of discipline or collapse of morale. It did, however, inevitably suffer from disciplinary problems. While attention has hitherto focused on the 312 notorious "shot at dawn" cases, many thousands of British soldiers were tried by court martial during the Great War. This book will be essential reading for military and Irish historians and their students, and will interest any general reader concerned with how units maintain discipline and morale under the most trying conditions.

Author : Gavin Hughes
Publisher : Merrion Press
ISBN 13 : 1785370499
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting Irish written by Gavin Hughes and published by Merrion Press. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fighting Irish is a meticulous and engaging account of the First World War from the perspective of the men of the Irish Regiments of the British Army, revealing the extent of the Irish military commitment to the Great War effort from 1914-1918. Startling and sympathetic matters, from campaign strategy to the soldiers’ intimate war experiences, are addressed with fascinating documentary evidence and poignant eye-witness accounts. Persisting humour and unexpected trials; mounting reputations and the mundane drudgery of routine military life – all is touched upon in the lives of these men, and undercut by the pervasive loss of life. Whether fighting at Ypres, the Somme, Gallipoli, Kostorino or Nablus, the story of the Irish Regiments is compelling and evocative, with reasons for enlistment as varied as the men themselves. Though entrenched in warfare, many minds were set on the increasing unrest at home, swaying their interests and shaping the communications they left to posterity. Fighting Irish defines the diverse backgrounds of all those who served with the Irish regiments in these years, recounting their deeds through exacting historical research within a gripping and affecting narrative.

Author : Timothy Bowman
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847795536
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Irish regiments in the Great War written by Timothy Bowman and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British army was almost unique among the European armies of the Great War in that it did not suffer from a serious breakdown of discipline or collapse of morale. It did, however, inevitably suffer from disciplinary problems. While attention has hitherto focused on the 312 notorious ‘shot at dawn’ cases, many thousands of British soldiers were tried by court martial during the Great War. This book provides the first comprehensive study of discipline and morale in the British Army during the Great War by using a case study of the Irish regular and Special Reserve batallions. In doing so, Timothy Bowman demonstrates that breaches of discipline did occur in the Irish regiments but in most cases these were of a minor nature. Controversially, he suggests that where executions did take place, they were militarily necessary and served the purpose of restoring discipline in failing units. Bowman also shows that there was very little support for the emerging Sinn Fein movement within the Irish regiments. This book will be essential reading for military and Irish historians and their students, and will interest any general reader concerned with how units maintain discipline and morale under the most trying conditions.

Author : Henry Edward David Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Irish Regiments in the First World War written by Henry Edward David Harris and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Adrian Gregory
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719059254
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ireland and the Great War written by Adrian Gregory and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-23 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together new research whilst re-evaluating older assumptions about the immediate and continuing impact of World War I on Ireland. It explores some lesser-known aspects of Ireland’s war years as well as including studies of more traditional areas. Individual articles cover military, social, cultural, political, and economic aspects of the Great War, as well as reflecting on continuity and change within Irish historiography. In doing so, they analyze how the experience and memory of the War have contributed to identity formation and the legitimization of political violence.

Author : Tom Johnstone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orange, Green and Khaki written by Tom Johnstone and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly a third of a million Irishmen fought in the Great War, 50,000 of these died. All were volunteers, as there was no conscription in Ireland. The Irish were mobilized in three divisions - the 10th, the 16th and the 36th as well as in the traditional Irish regiments. In all, 72 battalions were raised and saw active service. While the achievements of the 36th - especially on the Somme - are well known, this book looks at this regiment as well as other, less well-known regiments active during the 1914-1918 war. This book should be of interest to students of Irish history, military history or to a general readership.

Author : John Horne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our War written by John Horne and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book, written by some of our leading historians, tells the story of the Great War in Irish history which saw over 200,000 Irish soldiers fighting. It relays the experience of ordinary Irish people during the war and chronicles the effect this war had, and still has, on Irish society. Soldiers in the trenches, volunteer nurses, politicians, women and the workforce are all examined. Archival letters, diaries, wills and illustrations are reproduced which document the pride, fear, anxiety and sorrow felt by soldiers, nurses, sweethearts, families and friends."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Irish Guards in the Great War written by Rudyard Kipling and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Myles Dungan
Publisher : Four Courts PressLtd
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book They Shall Grow Not Old written by Myles Dungan and published by Four Courts PressLtd. This book was released on 1997 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Here are the voices of ordinary soldiers providing authentic, if often subjective, commentaries on a disillusioning war in which there were no winners [World War I, 1914-1918]."--Jacket.

Author : Richard S. Grayson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108684688
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dublin's Great Wars written by Richard S. Grayson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, Richard S. Grayson tells the story of the Dubliners who served in the British military and in republican forces during the First World War and the Irish Revolution as a series of interconnected 'Great Wars'. He charts the full scope of Dubliners' military service, far beyond the well-known Dublin 'Pals', with as many as 35,000 serving and over 6,500 dead, from the Irish Sea to the Middle East and beyond. Linking two conflicts usually narrated as separate stories, he shows how Irish nationalist support for Britain going to war in 1914 can only be understood in the context of the political fight for Home Rule and why so many Dubliners were hostile to the Easter Rising. He examines Dublin loyalism and how the War of Independence and the Civil War would be shaped by the militarisation of Irish society and the earlier experiences of veterans of the British army.