Download or read book Popular War Memorials of India written by Hseham Atina and published by Mahesh Dutt Sharma. This book was released on 2023-12-06 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brave soldiers of this country sacrifice their lives with courage in the defense of the country. The War Memorial is not a building, monument, or statue but is the abode of their souls, so this place is the center of reverence and respect for all. In memory of the thousands of soldiers who were sacrificed in various wars, war memorials big and small have been built across India. The main purpose of war memorials is not to glorify war but to honor the sacrifices. War memorials can vary greatly in type and structure. Many war memorials are often in the form of a traditional monument or statue, while others consist of entire buildings, often containing a museum, while others are simple plaques. War memorials can take many other forms, including memorial gardens, stadiums, perpetual flames, gateways, military equipment, and parks. War memorials often serve as gathering places as well. This book contains interesting and informative information about some of the major war memorials in India.

Download or read book Into Touch written by Nigel McCrery and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-01-29 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many thousands of men died during the Great War. They came from every place and class. The very cream of the Nation joined up thinking it a great adventure but, all too often, never returned. This book is dedicated to the memory of an elite few of such men – the Rugby Internationals who fell in The Great War. Among the hundreds of thousands who served and died for their country were one hundred and thirty Rugby Internationals.??To place the loss of these men in perspective, it is important to appreciate that Rugby Union was, arguably, bigger in its day than soccer is today. It attracted men from every walk of life. Many became national icons just as David Beckham and Wayne Rooney are now. These were men whose names were common currency in almost every household in Britain; men who were widely admired and emulated.??Yet their physical strength, fitness, prowess and courage made these heroes no less vulnerable to enemy bullets, shells and mines than their less celebrated comrades-in-arms. One hundred years on, the Author decided that any player who perished, whether he had won a single cap for his country or a hundred, would be included within this book.??Into Touch encapsulated the magnitude of a generation's sacrifice. Thanks to the Author's research into these players' service for their country, both on the playing field and battlefield, it will fascinate all with an interest in The Great War and, most particularly, those with a love for The Glorious Game and its history.??As featured in the Cardiff Times and Derby Telegraph.

Download or read book The Cross of Sacrifice Officers Who Died in the Service of British Indian and East African Regiments and Corps 1914 1919 written by S. D. & D. B. Jarvis and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tremendous piece of research, conducted over ten years, in which are listed, in alphabetical order, the names of over 60,000 officers of the British Empire who died during the Great War, including nurses and female aid workers. Based on the CWGC Registers, the information provided includes not only that shown in ‘Officers Died' but also the place of burial or commemoration. The alphabetical listing means that looking up a name does not require prior knowledge of the regiment (as in ‘Officers Died') though this information is given, as well as cross-reference to the relevant page number in ‘Officers Died’.

Download or read book The graves of the Bellators Colonial Legacy in Holker Bridge Cemetery and Caldecott Cemetery of Bombay Presidency written by Mahesh Chandra Bhoi and published by Blue Rose Publishers. This book was released on 2024-04-24 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the history of the British Raj, of kirkee which people lived here and ruled, how they settled here, or what was the purpose of their stay here or their family. how they lived here with a struggle. ruled the land of Maratha or what was the reason for the death of military personnel? The history of the holkar bridge cemetery kirkee is more important than ours. After reading this book, everyone will know what is the history or what is the real scenario of the time. The kirkee 18th century British colonial who wrote and marked their history through their great lives is visibly seen in the cemetery. This book depicts the life of the real heroes..

Download or read book The Indian Army in World War I 1914 1918 written by Ian Cardozo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-19 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume recounts India’s contribution to World War I. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Download or read book An Anthology of World War One 1914 1918 written by Pen & Sword and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-09-26 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected complete chapter extracts from some ofPen & Swordsmost exciting, brand new,First World War titles, books included are;Slaughter on the Somme, by John Grehan and Martin MaceTeenage Tommy, by Richard Van EmdenLondoners on the Western Front, by David MartinVeteran Volunteer, edited by Jamie Vans and Peter WiddowsonCommand and Morale, by Gary SheffieldInto Touch, by Nigel McCreryConscientious Objectors of the Second World War, by Ann KramerHome Front in the Great War, by David Bilton

Download or read book The Foreign Burial of American War Dead written by Chris Dickon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Normandy, Flanders Field and other overseas cemeteries of the American Battle Monument Commission (ABMC) are well known. However, lesser-known burial sites of American war dead exist all over the world—in Australia and across the Pacific Rim, in Canada and Mexico, Libya and Spain, most of Europe and as far north as the Russian Arctic. This is the history of American soldiers buried abroad since the American Revolution. It traces the evolution of American attitudes and practices about war dead and provides the names and locations of those still buried abroad in non–ABMC locations.

Download or read book Wisden on the Great War written by Andrew Renshaw and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers of the 1917 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack were advised by the editor, Sydney Pardon: “Its chief feature is a record of the cricketers who have fallen in the War – the Roll of Honour, so far as the national game is concerned.” By the time the conflict was over, Wisden had carried almost 1,800 obituaries. Test players like Colin Blythe were far outnumbered by men with a lesser claim to fame, as schoolboy cricketers were sent out to the battlefields fresh from their playing fields. Amid the carnage and confusion, errors inevitably crept in: names were wrong and there were cases of mistaken identity. Some mistakes have lain buried in Wisden's pages for a century: as this book discloses, three men outlived their obituary by many years. All the obituaries have been updated in Wisden on the Great War with new information about the subjects' lives and deaths, their families and memorials, and ordered by the year of death. There is a listing of the 289 men who had played first-class cricket, while the 89 who did not get an obituary in Wisden are now recognised. The book also lists for the first time the 407 first-class cricketers who were decorated for gallantry, of whom 381 survived. Among the men included is an officer who as a boy was an inspiration for J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, and one whose agonising death on the battlefield is movingly described in Robert Graves' Goodbye to All That. These men now receive proper tribute, along with literary names that are already well-known, such as Rupert Brooke, who headed his school's bowling averages in 1906 and received an obituary in Wisden that mentioned that, at the time of his death, he 'had gained considerable reputation as a poet'. The wartime Wisdens have long been cherished by families whose relatives are commemorated in them, but the originals are scarce and command a high price. Now the lives of the men are properly celebrated, enhanced by many remarkable stories of courage and coincidence. The result is a poignant insight into the cohorts of cricketers who played the ultimate game for their country.

Download or read book Women in the Great War written by Stephen Wynn and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “superlative social history” of British women’s efforts in WWI and how they led to the women’s suffrage movement—includes photos (Books Monthly). In this fascinating history, husband and wife coauthors Stephen and Tanya Wynn chronicle the effects of the Great War on the lives of women, and how those experiences shaped the women’s suffrage movement. Before the war, women were employed as domestic servants, clerical workers, shop assistants, teachers, or barmaids. But after the outbreak of World War I, women began working in munitions factories, as nurses in military hospitals, bus drivers, mechanics, and taxi drivers. They began filling jobs and social roles that had previously been reserved only for men. When the war finally came to a close, there was no going back for these determined women. Many were experiencing financial freedom for the first time and were reluctant to give up their independence. At the same time, tens of thousands of women were widowed with young children and already navigating new lives as heads of household. Chronicling the collective and individual stories of British women during the war, Women in the GreatWar demonstrates the profound and lasting impact the female war effort had on women’s social history.

Download or read book Tyne Cot Cemetery Memorial written by Paul Chapman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive and highly emotive volume, borne of years of intensive research and many trips to the battlefields of the Great War. It seeks to humanise Tyne Cot cemetery, to offer the reader a chance to engage with the personal stories of the soldiers whose names have been chiseled there in stone. Poignant stories of camaraderie, tragic twists of fate and noble sacrifice have been collated in an attempt to bring home the reality of war and the true extent of its tragic cost. It is hoped that visitors to the battlefields, whether their relatives are listed within or not, will find their experience enriched by having access to this treasure trove of stories.

Download or read book The Channel Islands in the Great War written by Stephen Wynn and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-03-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of the residents of Jersey, Guernsey, and other Channel Islands and their service and sacrifice during the First World War. Before the outbreak of the First World War, the Channel Islands were scenic, sunny holiday destinations, where it was possible to briefly escape the hustle and bustle of life. But as soon as the fighting began, worries arose about the threat of a German invasion to the islands, which are much closer to the coast of France than the southern coast of Great Britain. Both men and women alike played their part. Men joined one of the islands’ militia or enlisted in one of the numerous regiments of the British Army, including the ‘Jersey Pals’ and the Royal Irish Fusiliers, Royal Irish Rifles, and Royal Irish Regiment. This book looks at the commitment and achievements of the Channel Islands’ very own Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, formed in December 1916. The Islands’ women volunteered in droves to serve with the British Red Cross’ Voluntary Aid Detachments, not just throughout the Channel Islands, but in mainland Great Britain and further afield in Belgium, France, and beyond. Ultimately, German soldiers didn’t set foot on the islands—except for about two thousand held captive there as prisoners of war. This book tells the story of the people of the Channel Islands and what they did during the First World War—including those who paid the ultimate price. Includes photos

Download or read book Women Are Now Doing Men s Work written by Lawrence Taylor and published by CaroleMcT Books. This book was released on 2022-05-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They stare back at us from the pages of books and photographs; their stories are known to historians, but to many they represent a relative who, to quote one old Veteran, ‘saw the Great War in colour.’ While the photographs of male relatives, staring out from history in the uniforms of their country's armed forces, are well known and rightly treasured, there are fewer photographs, and much less known, about the women who also donned uniforms and work clothes and also ‘saw the Great War in colour.’ An equal number of women answered the call and volunteered to serve both at home and abroad. The women of Great Britain and her Empire served in organisations such as The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY), Dr Munro’s Flying Ambulance Corps, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC), and the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD). All provided ambulance drivers, nurses, clerical staff, and Imperial War Graves Commission gardeners and all served with distinction on the Western Front, Mesopotamia and Gallipoli,. On the home front women proved they were more than capable of carrying out work once thought only suitable for men. These jobs varied from bus conducting, policing, mining, construction, and farming. One occupation stands out, that of the munition worker, or munitionette. Without women filling hand grenades, sea mines, and artillery shells with explosives it is likely Britain would have found itself on the losing side of the Armistice in 1918. This book will only follow a few characters and stories, but will provide names of places to help those looking to follow the exploits of these and other women, and pinpoint some of the munition factories that have now disappeared under Tesco car parks or business centres.

Download or read book Courage Remembered written by Edwin Gibson and published by Stationery Office Books (TSO). This book was released on 1995 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to the cemeteries and memorials of the British soldiers who gave their lives during WWI and WWII, managed by the British government all across Europe.

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Download or read book An Expendable Squadron written by Roy Conyers Nesbit and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-08-30 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roy Nesbit's highly illustrated history of Coastal Command's 217 Squadron the squadron in which he served gives a first-hand insight into the hazardous low-level missions the squadron flew against enemy shipping and ports during the Second World War. He chronicles the squadron's operations from the outbreak of war when it patrolled in Avro Ansons over the Western Approaches to the English Channel. Then came the most intense period of its wartime career when, flying Beauforts, it concentrated on minelaying and attacks on shipping along the west coast of German-occupied France. It also mounted daring raids on huge U-boat bunkers and other enemy installations. The story of these dangerous operations, in which many aircraft were lost and airmen were killed, makes up the most memorable section of the narrative. But Roy Nesbit takes the squadron's story right through to the later years of the war when, after a short and even more dangerous period flying from Malta in order to sink enemy shipping in the Mediterranean, it was based in Ceylon and was re-equipped with Beaufighters for the battle against the Japanese. In addition to telling the story of the squadron and the men who served in it, the narrative describes the conditions endured by the French people in the ports 217 attacked, and it covers the raids launched against German coastal bases after the squadron had moved to the Far East. An Expendable Squadron will be absorbing reading for anyone who has a special interest in the history of Coastal Command, in the aircraft 217 Squadron flew, and in the experience of combat flying seventy years ago.

Download or read book History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in South Asia Indian Subcontinent 1656 2010 written by William Shurtleff and published by Soyinfo Center. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 1128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sikkim, and Sri Lanka.

Download or read book Journal of the United Service Institution of India written by United Service Institution of India and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: