Liverpool Vcs

Author : James Murphy
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1844686426
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liverpool VCs written by James Murphy and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2008-10-31 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Liverpool local heroes tend to be drawn from football or the music business or from the period when the city was one of Britains 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 researched and sympathetically written book, sets the record straight. His biographies of twenty-three Liverpool VC winners show what extraordinary sacrifices the men of the city made when they were called on to fight for their country. He gives graphic accounts of the exploits that won them the VC, and he recalls other actions in which they were involved. His main purpose is to show these men at war, but he also provides an insight into their civilian lives, and he records the times they lived in. And he dispels the myths and corrects the errors of fact that have grown up around them.

Author : Gerald Gliddon
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752492349
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book VCs of the First World War: Spring Offensive 1918 written by Gerald Gliddon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of 1917, after three years of trench warfare on the Western Front, the Allied armies of Britain and France, and those of their main opponent, Germany, had reached a point of exhaustion and hibernation. On March 21 1918, the German Army launched a massive assault on the Western Front, hurling fifty-nine divisions into battle against the British Fifth Army, smashing through British lines and advancing 40 miles per week. More offensives were to follow throughout the spring, including at Aisne and Marne, with the aim of ending the war before American forces could reach the Continent and reinforce the Allied lines. Nevertheless, although the German Army left the British Army reeling, the Tommies retreated in good order and fought all the way. It was during these bloody battles, which lasted until July 1918, that fifty-seven men stood out for acts of extraordinary daring and bravery. To these men the highest military honour was awarded – the Victoria Cross. This book reveals the true extent of their bravery, their backgrounds and their lives after the war.

Author : Ken Pye
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445688638
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liverpool's Military Heritage written by Ken Pye and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly illustrated look at the military heritage of Liverpool from medieval times to the present day.

Author : Gerald Gliddon
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752487507
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book VCs of the First World War: 1914 written by Gerald Gliddon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the opening four months of the First World War no fewer than forty-six soldiers from the British and Commonwealth armies were awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest award for gallantry. In a series of biographies, Gerald Gliddon examines the men and the dramatic events that led to the award of this most coveted of medals and explores the post-war experiences of those who survived. These men, ordinary soldiers from widely differing social backgrounds, acted with valour above and beyond the call of duty. Their stories and experiences offer a fresh perspective on the opening stages of the 'war to end wars'.

Author : Gerald Gliddon
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752483773
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book VCs Cambrai 1917 written by Gerald Gliddon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring the careers of forty-three men, this volume tells the story of the Battle of Cambrai, famous for being the first occasion when tanks were used en masse in battle. Its first day was so successful that church bells in Britain were rung in anticipation of a great victory. A tank crewman numbers among the recipients of the VC.Containing biographies of a broad cross-section of men from Britain and the Dominions including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and even the Ukraine. It includes a sapper, a former miner, who chose to stay with his seriously wounded colleague underground and die with him, rather than obey an order to leave him and save his own life; a maverick lieutenant-colonel who was relieved of his command and a padre who worked tirelessly over a period of three nights bringing at least twenty-five men to safety from No Man’s Land, who otherwise would have been left to die.

Author : Paul Oldfield
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473884853
Total Pages : 1303 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victoria Crosses on the Western Front, 31st July 1917–6th November 1917 written by Paul Oldfield and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-07-30 with total page 1303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted.Victoria Crosses on the Western Front Third Ypres 1917 is designed for the battlefield visitor as much as the armchair reader. A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context. Detailed sketch maps show the area today, together with the battle-lines and movements of the combatants. It will allow visitors to stand upon the spot, or very close to, where each VC was won. Photographs of the battle sites richly illustrate the accounts. There is also a comprehensive biography for each recipient, covering every aspect of their lives warts and all parents and siblings, education, civilian employment, military career, wife and children, death and burial/commemoration. A host of other information, much of it published for the first time, reveals some fascinating characters, with numerous links to many famous people and events.

Author : Gerald Gliddon
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750954825
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The VCs Road to Victory 1918 written by Gerald Gliddon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By August 1918 fortune was on the side of the Allies: America was increasing its contribution of troops and equipment substantially; the morale of the German Army was sinking as it failed to deliver the desired ‘knock out blow’; and Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig found a new confidence, firmly believing that the Allies could at last push the Germans out of France and Belgium.This volume of the best-selling VCs of the First World War series covers the fifty days of the Allied advance from 8 August to 26 September 1918. Arranged chronologically, it tells the story of the sixty-four VC winners during this period. The recipients came from many countries, including Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; some never lived to know that they had been awarded for their extraordinary bravery, while others returned home to face an uncertain future. This is their story.

Author : Alan Whitworth
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1781599025
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yorkshire VCs written by Alan Whitworth and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today the Victoria Cross remains the supreme British award for bravery. It takes precedence over all other awards and decorations. During its 160-year history, since the first of these medals were given for gallantry during the Crimean War in the 1850's, 1,357 have been won, and no less than 69 of them have gone to Yorkshiremen. Alan Whitworth, in this carefully researched and revealing account, describes in graphic detail the exploits and the lives of this elite group of heroes.

Author : Michael Calvin
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1785319256
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whose Game Is It Anyway? written by Michael Calvin and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-04-19 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Football has never seemed so distant from its fans. Many have been alienated by the greed and shameless self-interest of the Premier League, and no one can predict how the global game will look post-pandemic. In Whose Game Is It Anyway?, Sunday Times best-selling author Michael Calvin searches for a reason to believe. Written at the height of the Covid-19 crisis, the book is a thought-provoking, deeply personal account of the role sport - and particularly football - plays in everyday life. Part memoir, part manifesto, it takes the reader on a tour of the world's greatest sporting occasions and into its outposts in sub-Saharan Africa, the Amazon Basin and the Southern Ocean. Drawn from Calvin's experience as an award-winning sportswriter, covering every major sports event over 40 years in more than 80 countries, it offers first-hand insight into such icons as Muhammad Ali, Maradona and Sir Bobby Charlton. With settings ranging from a jungle clearing to a township in apartheid South Africa, this is sport as you've never seen it before.

Author : Paul Oldfield
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473884888
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victoria Crosses on the Western Front, 31st July 1917–6th November 1917, Second Edition written by Paul Oldfield and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted. Victoria Crosses on the Western Front 1917 to Third Ypres is designed for the battlefield visitor as much as the armchair reader. A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context. Detailed sketch maps show the area today, together with the battle-lines and movements of the combatants. It will allow visitors to stand upon the spot, or very close to, where each VC was won. Photographs of the battle sites richly illustrate the accounts. There is also a comprehensive biography for each recipient, covering every aspect of their lives warts and all parents and siblings, education, civilian employment, military career, wife and children, death and burial/commemoration. A host of other information, much of it published for the first time, reveals some fascinating characters, with numerous links to many famous people and events.