Review of “Trapped behind enemy lines”
Trapped behind enemy lines Accounts of British soldiers and their protectors in the Great War by John Anderson and Victor Piuk published by Pen & Sword Military 2015 ISBN 978 1 47383 801 7...
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The Fighting Pioneers The story of the 7th Battalion DLI by Clive Dunn published by Pen & Sword Military, 2015 ISBN 978 147382 348 8 Hardback 222 pages plus appendices: list of awards, Boer War...
View ArticleReview of Ian Uys’“Hold at all costs!”
Hold at all costs: the epic battle of Delville Wood 1916 by Ian Uys Published by Helion & Company, 2015 ISBN 978-1-910294-37-6 Hardback, 173 pages plus appendices, bibliography, index. Illustrated....
View ArticleReview of “The German Army in the Spring Offensives 1917”
The German Army in the Spring Offensives 1917: Arras, Aisne & Champagne by Jack Sheldon published by Pen & Sword Military 2015 ISBN 978 1 78346 345 9 Hardback, 348ppplus appendices,...
View ArticleReview of “Die in battle, do not despair”
Die in battle, do not despair: the Indians on Gallipoli, 1915 by Peter Stanley published by Helion & Company in association with the United Service Institution of India, 2015 ISBN 978 1 910294 67 3...
View ArticleNaval & Military Press printed war diaries
The Naval & Military Press of Uckfield in Sussex, for many years the most innovative producer of digital tools of value to military researchers, has announced availability of full-colour printed...
View ArticleReview of Strohn’s “The Battle of the Somme”
The Battle of the Somme edited by Matthias Strohn with a foreword by Professor Sir Hew Strachan published by Osprey, 2016 ISBN 978 1 4728 1556 9 Hardback, 232 pages plus end notes, bibliography and...
View ArticleReview of “The battle of Neuve Chapelle”
“The battle of Neuve Chapelle: Britain’s forgotten offensive of 1915” by Paul Kendall published by Frontline Books, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd ISBN 978 1 47384 718 7 Hardback, 264 pages...
View ArticleReview of “South Staffords at war”
South Staffords at war: August 1914 – December 1915 written and published by Andrew Thornton ISBN 978 – 1533290632 Paperback, large format 208 pages plus appendices and bibliography; no index; not...
View ArticleReview of “Kitchener’s Mob”
Kitchener’s Mob: the New Army to the Somme by Peter Doyle and Chris Foster published by The History Press ISBN 978 0 7509 6495 1 Hardback, large format, 205pp plus bibliography, notes and index....
View ArticleReviews of two new Somme guides
When I first visited the Somme – it must be thirty years ago or more – I went alone, accompanied by that excellent battlefield guide book “Before endeavours fade” by Rose Coombs. The book is still in...
View ArticleReview of “Time to remember”
Time to remember: the journal of Lance Sergeant William Webb, October 1914-January 1916, 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment Seventh Division 1914-1918 by Gerald W. Buxton published by Helion...
View ArticleReview of “Postcards of the Army Service Corps”
Postcards of the Army Service Corps 1902-1918: coming of age by Michael Young published by Pen & Sword Military 2016 ISBN 978 1 47387 813 6 Hardback, 265pp plus index, profusely illustrated Cover...
View ArticleReview of “Dauntless courage on the Somme”
Dauntless courage on the Somme: officers of the 19th Division who fell at La Boisselle 1-10 July 1916 by Nick Thornicroft published by Helion & Company, 2016 ISBN 978 1 910777 82 4 Hardback, 224...
View ArticleReview of “Victory on the Western Front”
Victory on the Western Front: the development of the British Army 1914-1918 by (Dr) Michael Senior published by Pen & Sword Military, 2016 ISBN 978 1 78340 065 2 Hardback. 209pp plus appendices,...
View ArticleReview of “From the Western Front to Salonika”
From the Western Front to Salonika: a French soldier writes home The letters of Pierre Suberviolle by Catherine Labaume-Howard Published by Helion & Company, 2016 ISBN 978 1911096 28 3 Paperback,...
View ArticleReview of “The Half-Shilling Curate”
The Half-Shilling Curate: a personal account of war & faith 1914-1918 by Sarah Reay Published by Helion & Company, 2016 Hardback, 191 pages including bibliography, index, glossy, illustrated...
View ArticleReview of “Last stand at Zandvoorde 1914”
Last stand at Zandvoorde 1914: Lord Hugh Grosvenor’s noble sacrifice by Mike McBride published by Pen & Sword Military 2016 ISBN 978 1 47389 157 9 Hardback 226 pages plus bibliography, index....
View ArticleReview of “The Unprofessional Soldier”
The unprofessional soldier: memoirs of a foot soldier in the Mesopotamian campaign of the Great War by Maurice Ellis Bird edited by his grandson David G. Alexander published by Austin Macauley 2016...
View ArticleReview of “We are all flourishing”
We are all flourishing: the letters and diary of Captain Walter J. J. Coats MC 1914-1919 edited by Jan Chojecki and Michael LoCicero published by Helion & Company 2016 ISBN 978 1 911096 39 9...
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