Southampton In The Great War

Author : John J. Eddleston
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473844401
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southampton in the Great War written by John J. Eddleston and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many troops passed through Southampton on their way to the Western Front and it played a vital role as a staging post for departing troops and those returning badly injured.Many of men from Southampton also joined up and the enormity of human sacrifice that the families of Southampton were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years was immense. The Great War affected everyone. At home there were wounded soldiers in military hospitals, refugees from Belgium and later on German prisoners of war. There were food and fuel shortages and disruption to schooling. The role of women changed dramatically and they undertook a variety of work undreamed of in peacetime. Meanwhile, men serving in the armed forces were scattered far and wide. Extracts from contemporary letters reveal their heroism and give insights into what it was like under battle conditions.

Author : John J. Eddleston
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473870569
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southampton at War, 1939–45 written by John J. Eddleston and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Great War of 1914–1918, Southampton played a vital role in the war effort. Designated as Port Number One it saw hundreds of thousands of men and many tons of equipment sail for the fields of Belgium and France.The Second World War was a completely different type of war. Hitlers blitzkrieg tactics led to a more mobile war and, arguably for the first time, airpower played a crucial role. Whoever had superiority in the air had a massive advantage in any particular theater, or battle. This does not, however, mean that Southamptons role was relegated to a minor one.Southamptons men still enlisted in their hundreds. Her women took over roles in factories, on buses and trams, and many of them also served in the armed forces. Her citizens formed defense groups and helped to watch for the enemy invasion and those same citizens suffered greatly when the bombs fell. The Southampton Blitz claimed many lives and this, perhaps, was the greatest difference the town saw in this second global conflagration. It is true that her citizens had also served in the Great War but now, through the efforts of the Luftwaffe, these men, women and children were now also in the front line.Hitler once described Germanys plans as total war. The phrase is certainly apt when one considered how the towns and cities of Britain suffered during the Nazi supremacy. One of those towns was Southampton, a town that once again, just 20 short years after she had given so much, had to brace herself for long years of war in which every single person had their role to play.And once again, Southampton and her citizens were not found wanting.

Author : John J Eddleston
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783462965
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southampton in the Great War written by John J Eddleston and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many troops passed through Southampton on their way to the Western Front and it played a vital role as a staging post for departing troops and those returning badly injured.??Many of men from Southampton also joined up and the enormity of human sacrifice that the families of Southampton were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years was immense. ??The Great War affected everyone. At home there were wounded soldiers in military hospitals, refugees from Belgium and later on German prisoners of war. There were food and fuel shortages and disruption to schooling. The role of women changed dramatically and they undertook a variety of work undreamed of in peacetime. Meanwhile, men serving in the armed forces were scattered far and wide. Extracts from contemporary letters reveal their heroism and give insights into what it was like under battle conditions.

Author : Naval & Military Press, The
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781897632383
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The National Roll of the Great War, 1914-1918: Southampton written by Naval & Military Press, The and published by . This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edwin A. Pratt
Publisher : London : Selwyn and Blount
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Railways and the Great War written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by London : Selwyn and Blount. This book was released on 1921 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9781861507570
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918: (Southampton) written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jeroen Geurst
Publisher : 010 Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9064507155
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cemeteries of the Great War by Sir Edwin Lutyens written by Jeroen Geurst and published by 010 Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) designed 140 cemeteries in the countryside of Flanders and Northern France for soldiers killed in the First World War. The cemeteries can be regarded as an imprint, as it were, of the former battlefront on the map of Europe. All are designed to principles established beforehand, including uniform gravestones, a large Stone of Remembrance and a large cross. Yet the difference in size, alignment and provenance make them all unique variations on the themes in question. The most memorable aspects are their meticulously chosen position in the landscape, the varied selection of trees and other greenery and the architecture of the entrance and shelter buildings. This illustrated book charts the history of the designs and exposes the underlying principle of order and variation in the architecture in an exhaustive landscape-architectural analysis. All 140 cemeteries are fully documented with references to the places where they are to be found.

Author : Naval & Military Press
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781847340375
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Roll of the Great War written by Naval & Military Press and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the National Roll of the Great War is in such great demand, Naval & Military Press have decided to reprint the complete work of fourteen volumes. They are available in individual softback volumes or , as a complete set. Two sample entries Lynch, D., Corporal, K.O. (Royal Lancaster Regt.) He enlisted in 1908, and was serving in India at the outbreak of war in August 1914. He embarked for France shortly afterwards and took a prominent part in numerous engagements, including the Battle of Neuve Chapelle and Ypres II, and was invalided home in May 1915, through wounds. He proceeded to the Dardanelles in August of that year, and was in action at the Landing at Sulva Bay, and the engagement at Chunuk Bair. In February 1916 he was transferred to Mesopotamia, and rendered valuable services during the attempted Relief of Kut, and the later fighting. He made the supreme sacrifice, being killed in action in February 1917, and was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. Great deeds cannot die. 25, Boundary Street, Newton, Manchester. KEY, E. (Mrs.), Special War Worker For more than two years this lady rendered valuable services in the Cartridge Filling Department of Woolwich Arsenal. She worked through a number of air raids, and was on duty at the time of the Silvertown explosion. She gave entire satisfaction throughout, and after relinquishing her duties, still suffered from the effects of T.N.T. poisening. 8, Cardigan Place, Portsea.

Author : Simon Robbins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317171969
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Generalship during the Great War written by Simon Robbins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the career of one relatively unknown First World War general, Lord Horne, this book adds to the growing literature that challenges long-held assumptions that the First World War was a senseless bloodbath conducted by unimaginative and incompetent generals. Instead it demonstrates that men like Horne developed new tactics and techniques to deal with the novel problems of trench warfare and in so doing seeks to re-establish the image of the British generals and explain the reasons for the failures of 1915-16 and the successes of 1917-18 and how this remarkable change in performance was achieved by a much maligned group of senior officers. Horne's important career and remarkable character sheds light not only on the major battles in which he was involved; the progress of the war; his relationships with his staff and other senior officers; the novel problems of trench warfare; the assimilation of new weapons, tactics and training methods; and the difficulties posed by the German defences, but also on the attitudes and professionalism of a senior British commander serving on the Western Front. Horne's career thus provides a vehicle for studying the performance of the British Army in the first quarter of the Twentieth Century. It also gives an important insight into the attitudes, ethos and professionalism of the officer corps which led that army to victory on the Western Front, exposing not only its flaws but also its many strengths. This study consequently provides a judgment not only on Horne as a personality, innovator and general of great importance but also on his contemporaries who served with the British Armies in South Africa and France during an era which saw a revolution in military affairs giving birth to a Modern Style of Warfare which still prevails to this day.

Author : Jeremy Higgins
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1910500097
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great War Railwaymen written by Jeremy Higgins and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The railways were intrinsic to fighting the First World War, whether at home or abroad. On the Western Front and beyond trains ferried men and supplies to and from the front on a staggering scale, ensuring that the war machine functioned without pause. Back in Britain, the railway network shipped millions of tonnes of war material from the factories to the ports, becoming the lifeblood of the war effort. Great War Railwaymen details this incredible achievement, exploring not only the vast infrastructure, but also those who operated it. Despite the importance of the railways, many of those involved in the industry went off to fight in the mud and trenches, on the world’s oceans, or in the skies above war torn Europe. Between them, they were awarded 2500 Military medals, 44 Distinguished Conduct Medals, 27 Military Crosses and 6 Victoria Crosses. This is their story. Meticulously researched and lovingly produced, Jeremy Higgins narrates the fascinating stories of over a thousand of these men, vividly capturing their wartime experiences and pressing home the vital importance of the railways, and those that ran them, to the Allied victory in the First World War.