Download or read book Harrogate Terriers written by John Sheehan and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using original personal and military diaries, with hundreds of carefully selected newspaper extracts, letters and photographs, this book traces individual stories of tragedy and heroism, involving tradesmen, apprentices, lawyers, musicians, sportsmen, brothers, husbands and fathers from Harrogate and the West Riding. As such, it characterises the experience of the British Infantryman in the Great War.The Territorials of the 1/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment were the unsung heroes of the Great War. These Saturday Night Soldiers from York and the northern West Riding of Yorkshire went out to face the might of the German Army in April 1915. Through the hot summer and dark winter that followed, they stopped bullets at the Battle of Aubers Ridge and choked on Phosgene gas at Ypres. Caught in the carnage of the notorious first day on the Somme, the West Yorkshire Territorials were held up by General Haig as convenient scapegoats for his tactical failure, only for the 1/5th Battalion to prove him wrong and redeem itself as an attacking force at the Battle of Thiepval Ridge, and then again at Passchendaele in 1917. In the last year of the war, the battalion helped fight a rear-guard action on the Menin Road, and was effectively wiped out at the Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge, only to be re-constituted in time to take part in the bloody advances at Cambrai and Valenciennes, which helped bring the conflict to an end.
Download or read book Harrogate Terriers written by John Sheehan and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Moth and the Mountain written by Ed Caesar and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit--all utterly alone. Wilson doesn't know how to climb. He barely knows how to fly. But he has the right plane, the right equipment, and a deep yearning to achieve his goal. In 1933, he takes off from London in a Gipsy Moth biplane with his course set for the highest mountain on earth. Wilson's eleven-month journey to Everest is wild: full of twists, turns, and daring. Eventually, in disguise, he sneaks into Tibet. His icy ordeal is just beginning."--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Harrogate Past written by William Reginald Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first English 'watering place' to be distinguished by the name of 'spa', Harrogate rose to prominence, from a small hamlet to a fashionable retreat for the gentry. The number arriving to take the cure reached 20,000 by 1848, rising to 60,000 by the end of the century. " Local history lovers will be delighted ... a fascinating insight into the town's history ... all vividly brought to life by author Bill Mitchell's narrative and superb collection of illustrations." Harrogate Advertiser
Download or read book Leeds s Military Legacy written by Paul Chrystal and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-09-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leedss Military Legacy is the first fully illustrated book to give a comprehensive description of the military history of Leeds from Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Norman times to the present as home to various garrisons and military museums, not least the renowned Leeds Armouries Museum. Along the way it describes Royalist Leeds and the Civil War, the formation of various regiments in the city between the seventeenth and twenty-first centuries, the impact of two World Wars and how the city rose to the challenges of recruitment, defense and industrial war effort. The battle honors of each of the Leeds regiments are detailed as are the VCs. The book also covers the work of the Leeds military hospitals, the Barnbow Munitions disaster, RAF Yeadon (LeedsBradford Airport), the blitz of 1941, 609 Squadron, Yeadon Lancaster factory, Leeds as a garrison city and current military research in Leeds.
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Download or read book Yorkshire Terriers written by Stuart A. Kallen and published by ABDO. This book was released on 1998 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the physical characteristics and habits of "Yorkies" and the care they require as a pet.
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Download or read book The Fell Terrier written by Brian Plummer and published by COCH Y BONDDU BOOKS. This book was released on 1998-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes pen-portraits and interviews with fifty terrier-men.
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Download or read book The Sealyham Terrier His Origin History Show Points and Uses as a Sporting Dog How to Breed Select Rear and Prepare for Exhibition written by Theo Marples and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sealyham Terrier - His Origin, History, Show Points and Uses As A Sporting Dog - How to Breed, Select, Rear, And Prepare For Exhibition.
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Download or read book Bull Terriers A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic Bull Terrier written by Major Count V. C. Hollender and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bull Terriers (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic - Bull Terrier) Originally published in the early 50s this scarce book on the Bull Terrier is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS have republished it using the original text and photographs, as part of their CLASSIC BREED BOOKS series. The one hundred and ten pages contain twenty one articles by an assortment of well known contributors. All have been heavily involved in Bull Terrier circles for many years, and write with the benefit of much practical experience with the breed. Contents include: - The Appeal of the Bull Terrier. - Here and There in 50 Years. - Bull Terriers Abroad. - Care of the In-Whelp Bitch and Weaning of a Litter. - How Heavy? How Large? - Bull Terrier Pedigrees in 1950. - Experts Opinions on the Breed. - Judges and Judging. - Stewarding. - Miniature Bull Terriers. - etc. The book is illustrated with black and white photos of famous dogs and their owners. This is a fascinating read for any Bull Terrier enthusiast or historian of the breed, but also contains much information that is still useful and practical today. Many of the earliest dog breed books are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Download or read book Guiseley Terriers A Small Part in the Great War written by Stephen Barber and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2018-11-19 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Battle of the Lys in April 1918, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig said of the 147th (Territorial) Brigade:'I desire to express my appreciation of the very valuable and gallant services performed by troops of the 49th (West Riding) Division since the entry of the 147th Brigade into the Battle of Armentires. The courage and determination showed by this division has played no small part in checking the enemys advance and I wish to convey to General Cameron and all the officers and men under his command my thanks for all they have done.'In April 1918, the Saturday night soldiers from Bingley, Guiseley, Haworth, Keighley, Settle and Skipton halted the German advance at a critical time in the war during the German spring offensive. Haigs Backs to the Wall order had just been issued when the 1/6th Duke of Wellingtons Regiment was sent to the front-line at Armentires. After nearly four years at the front, they had been transformed from part-time enthusiastic amateurs to battle hardened veterans, having fought in some of the Great War's major battles, including suffering the effects of mustard gas at Nieuport. It was a source of pride to the men of the battalion that they had never given up ground to the enemy, unless ordered to by a higher authority, and only then reluctantly.Using newspaper archives, war diary extracts, personal accounts and previously unpublished photographs, Stephen Barber retraces the formation and history of the 1/6th Duke of Wellingtons Regiment from the creation of the Volunteer Rifle Corps in 1860, to its mobilisation in the Great War. A day-by-day account of their movements and actions over the four-year period culminates in the pursuit of the retreating German Army at Famars, on 1 November 1918.
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