Download or read book Northampton in the Great War written by Kevin Turton and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-30 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When war was declared in August 1914, Northampton was swept by a wave of patriotism. Men clamoured to join the ranks and fight in a war they believed would be short lived. There was a sense of excitement, with everyone wanting to do their bit for the country. They believed it was to be a glorious war and thousands, eager to be a part of it, queued outside the recruitment stations to enlist. As that excitement subsided and the town settled into life at war, what really happened in Northampton? How did people react? What did they do and how did it affect their lives? This book describes in meticulous detail exactly what happened in those five years of the Great War and its impact on the town. From the fevered excitement of the early months of war, through to the hope and expectation at its end, this is the story of Northampton's remarkable people and how they helped Belgian refugees who had fled the German invasion, organized fundraising events for the troops and local hospitals, accepted soldiers of the Welsh Fusiliers into their homes and worked long hours producing boots for the army. Against a background of key military events, the book celebrates the huge contribution Northampton and all its people made towards the country's war effort. It documents a war the like of which no one had ever seen before.
Download or read book Northampton in the Great War written by Kevin Turton and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-05-30 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When war was declared in August 1914, Northampton was swept by a wave of patriotism. Men clamoured to join the ranks and fight in a war they believed would be short lived. There was a sense of excitement, with everyone wanting to do their bit for the country. They believed it was to be a glorious war and thousands, eager to be a part of it, queued outside the recruitment stations to enlist.As that excitement subsided and the town settled into life at war, what really happened in Northampton? How did people react? What did they do and how did it affect their lives? This book describes in meticulous detail exactly what happened in those five years of the Great War and its impact on the town.From the fevered excitement of the early months of war, through to the hope and expectation at its end, this is the story of Northampton's remarkable people and how they helped Belgian refugees who had fled the German invasion, organized fundraising events for the troops and local hospitals, accepted soldiers of the Welsh Fusiliers into their homes and worked long hours producing boots for the army. Against a background of key military events, the book celebrates the huge contribution Northampton and all its people made towards the countrys war effort. It documents a war the like of which no one had ever seen before
Download or read book Great War Britain Northampton written by Philip Sawford and published by History Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In association with Northampton Museums & Art Gallery"--Cover.
Download or read book Northamptonshire and the Great War written by W. H. Holloway and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Northamptonshire is a small Midlands county with a proud record of service in the Great War at least equal to its larger neighbours. This book is a fine and well-illustrated account of the efforts of the sons of Northants. The Northamptonshire Regiment was among the first in France with the BEF in 1914, taking part in the retreat from Mons and the first battle of Ypres. 1915 was a year of disasters with the N Northamptons taking heavy casualties in the catastrophic attacks at Aubers Ridge and Loos and enduring what the book calls 'a dreadful winter i n the trenches'. Meanwhile the regiment's reserve battalions were serving in the Middle East, where they helped to drive the Turks from the Holy Land thus 'helping to complete the work of the Crusaders who built the regiment's Parish Church in Northampton' as the book's frontispiece proudly recalls. The Northamptons served on the Somme at Trones Wood and Thiepval, where they lost their Colonel; but took part in the final breaking olf the HIndenburg Line in 1918. The book has additional chapters on the county's Victoria Cross winners.
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 436 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.
Download or read book The Great War and Medieval Memory written by Stefan Goebel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-25 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparative study of the cultural impact of the Great War on British and German societies. Taking medievalism as a mode of public commemorations as its focus, this book unravels the British and German search for historical continuity and meaning in the shadow of an unprecedented human catastrophe.
Download or read book Northamptonshire and the Great War written by William Henry HOLLOWAY and published by . This book was released on 1921* with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired 1881 1900 written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Subject Index of the Modern Books Acquired by the British Museum in the Years written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired written by British Library and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Library written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 6th Battalion the Cheshire Regiment in the Great War written by John Hartley and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 6th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment, was a prewar Territorial battalion that recruited in the North Cheshire towns of Stockport, Hyde and Stalybridge, together with the Derbyshire town of Glossop. The majority of its part-time soldiers worked in the areas cotton mills and hat making factories. One of the first Territorial battalions to see action in the Great War, it went overseas in November 1914, taking part in the famous Christmas truce a few weeks later.In 1916, it saw major action during the Battle of the Somme. The following year, it suffered heavy casualties during the action around the Belgian town of Ypres, which is often known as the Battle of Passchendaele. In 1918 the Battalion fought to hold off German advances in the spring but, along with the rest of the BEF, was forced to retreat many miles. By the summer of that year the tide had turned and the Cheshire's took part in the final advances that ended the war in November.The story is told from the Battalions formation in 1908 to its disbandment in the 1920s and beyond with details of the Old Comrades Association. Official accounts are supplemented by the mens own words, taken from diaries, letters and newspaper reports.
Download or read book A Private s War written by Ron James and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true life story of Private Frank James' life in the trenches during World War 1. He volunteered at the outbreak of war, aged 18, and saw much heavy fighting in battles at Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, Loos, The Somme, Flers-Courcelette, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, Cambrai, The Sambre and the Retreat and Advance of 1918. During that time he was wounded four times and he only returned to his home town of Northampton once. Although he describes the horrors and hardships of trench warfare, this is an upbeat, well written account which gives a Private's view of life at the time and provides a brief history of events, with photographs.
Download or read book Gaza 1917 First Battle 26 March and Second Battle 19 April written by Martin Glen and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Palestine Campaign of World War One has been largely ignored in the popular press, and this book seeks to bring two major battles into focus. While there is considerable detail aimed at military enthusiasts, the personal aspect provided by never-before-published quotations and interviews with survivors and relatives of some of those killed will engage a wider audience. Extensive appendices cover the composition of the divisions which took part, comprehensive casualty charts and complete gallantry awards, as well as many photographs which have never been published before.
Download or read book Torquay in the Great War written by Alex Potter and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1914 Torquay was the crown jewel of the English Riviera, long the haunt of the rich and famous but this status was not to last. The Great War of 1914-1918 brought a shuddering end to this golden period in amongst the blood and mud of the Western Front as hundreds of Torquinians gave their lives in the fight against the Kaiser. This book documents the town's experience, both militarily and socially through the extensive use of previously unpublished letters from those who served, by following the career of General Sir Herbert Plumer, commander of the British Second Army and native Torquinian and by featuring a detailed analysis of the home front throughout the war. In doing so it challenges many of the war's myths including the idea of war enthusiasm in 1914, widespread opposition to the war and the old myth of lions led by donkeys. In doing so it reveals the extent to which even a small town such as Torquay contributed to the war effort and how much the war permanently changed Torquay.
Download or read book Northampton s Trams and Buses written by David Beddall and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Northampton, the county town of Northamptonshire, is rich in transport history. 1880 saw several tram routes commence operation within the Northampton Borough, being operated by the Northampton Street Tramway Company. After this, public transport in the town began to develop. The tram network being electrified in 1901. The 1910s saw a number of independent bus operators begin to link Northampton with the surrounding villages, introducing motor bus operation into the town. Over the years, Northampton has been home to numerous independent bus and coach operators. Two major operators also served the town, Northampton Corporation Transport (later Northampton Transport and First Northampton) and United Counties / Stagecoach Midlands. Northampton’s Trams and Buses explores the development of the tram network within Northampton, as well as exploring how bus services in the Northampton, Wootton, Hardingstone and Moulton areas of Northamptonshire have developed from the early 1900s to 2021.
Download or read book The Greatest Burglary on Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
