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  • Massacre of the Innocents

    The Crofton Diaries, Ypres 1914-1915

    by Gavin Roynon ...
    Approaching World War I as an adventure with the high spirits of many of his age and background, Sir Morgan Crofton soon discovered the combination of terror and tedium afforded by static warfare in the machine-gun age. His diary describes the bewildering pace of technological change as new weapons like gas and hand grenades entered the fray. ... Read more

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  • A Prayer for Gallipoli

    The Great War Diaries of Chaplain Kenneth Best

    Edited by Gavin Roynon ...
    Many chaplains were not permitted to go near the Front in the First World War - others insisted on doing so, like Kenneth Best in the Gallipoli Campaign. Best had no military training before the war but he felt that he could only fulfil his pastoral role by getting close to the front line and working with the troops under fire.Best was attached to the 42nd East Lancastrians - the first Territorial ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Home Fires Burning

    The Great War Diaries of Georgina Lee

    Edited by Gavin Roynon ...
    Georgina Lydia Lee (1869-1965) moved in high society and, together with her husband Charles, had many contacts with members of the Establishment. In October 1913, aged 44, Georgina gave birth to her only child, Harry. Georgina was closely involved with the domestic war. She describes the food shortages that took hold as Britain was blockaded and the terror and carnage caused by the Zepplin air ... Read more

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  • Ypres Diary 1914-15

    The Memoirs of Sir Morgan Crofton

    Edited by Gavin Roynon ...
    Sir Morgan Crofton fought in the Boer War and joined the 2nd Life Guards at 34 years old as a cavalry office. His diary charts his experiences on the front-line at Ypres from late October 1914 to the centenary of Waterloo in June 1915. Crofton describes a battlefield a world away from what he and any of his comrades had experienced before - one of staying still in trenches, being pounded by ... Read more

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    by Malcolm Brown ...
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  • Passchendaele

    by Philip Warner ...
    Series series Pen & Sword Military Classics
    Nearly ninety years ago, on 31st July 1917, the small Belgian village of Passchendaele became the focus for one of the most gruelling, bloody and bizarre battles of World War 1. By 6th November, when Passchendaele village and the ridge were captured, over half a million British, French, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders and Germans had become casualties. Philip Warner, the noted historian of ... Read more

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  • Under the Devil's Eye

    The British Military Experience in Macedonia, 1915–18

    by Alan Wakefield, Simon Moody ...
    "A fantastic overview of one of Britain's untold stories from the Great War"—the Salonika Campaign that pitted Allied forces against the Bulgarians (Burton Mail).The authors have researched the Salonika Campaign in every detail, from the arrival of the first British troops in 1915 to final victory. During this period large numbers of British and Allied troops were tied up in the strategically ... Read more

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  • Private Beatson's War

    Life, Death and Hope on the Western Front

    Edited by Stuart Humphreys, Shaun Springer ...
    Until recently James Beatson was one of the millions of forgotten soldiers of the Great War. But after 90 years his diary has been rediscovered, perfectly preserved, and his story can now be told. It is a moving, intensely personal and beautifully written narrative by an extraordinary young man who witnessed one of the darkest episodes in European history. His experience gives us a telling insight ... Read more

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  • Soldier from the Wars Returning

    by Charles Carrington ...
    Series series Pen & Sword Military Classics
    Soldier from the Wars Returning is one of the truest, most profound and readable personal accounts of the Great War. The author waited nearly fifty years before writing it, and the perspective of history enhances its value. He writes only of the battles in which he participated (including the Somme and Passchendaele), though his comments on affairs beyond his knowledge at the time, through later ... Read more

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  • With Winston Churchill at the Front

    Winston in the Trenches, 1916

    by Andrew Dewar Gibb ...
    A unique and absorbing account of Churchill's life during World War I, as written by his battalion's adjutant who would later become his friend.Following his resignation from the Government after the disastrous Gallipoli campaign, Winston Churchill's political career stalled. Never one to give in, Churchill was determined to continue fighting the enemy.He was already a Major in the Territorial ... Read more

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  • Behind the Wire

    Prisoners of War 1914-18

    by Robert Jackson ...
    From escape attempts to camp conditions,Behind the Wire offers first-hand accounts of POWs during World War I.Before World War I the Geneva Convention established 'rules' for the treatment of Prisoners of War, and all belligerents during the war were to adhere to them; however, the rules were in many ways ambiguous and as a result, the treatment of POWs varied from nation to nation.In this book, ... Read more

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  • Liverpool Pals

    17th, 18th, 19th, 20th Service Battalions, The King's Liverpool Regiment 1914-1919

    by Graham Maddocks ...
    Liverpool Pals, is a record of duty, courage and endeavour of a group of men who, before war broke out in 1914, were the backbone of Liverpool's commerce. Fired with patriotism, over 4,000 of these businessmen volunteered in 1914 and were formed into the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th (Service) Battalions of the King's (Liverpool Regiment); they were the first of all the Pals battalions to be raised, ... Read more

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