British Regiments At Gallipoli
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British Regiments At Gallipoli
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Author : Ray Westlake
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 1996-06-01
British Regiments At Gallipoli written by Ray Westlake and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-06-01 with History categories.
Following the success of British Battalions on the Somme, the author has produced a source book of the same quality on the Gallipoli Campaign. It has come about as a result of many years of enquiries from researchers and family historians.
The Royal Fusiliers In The Great War
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Author : H.C. O'Neill
language : en
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
Release Date : 1922-01-01
The Royal Fusiliers In The Great War written by H.C. O'Neill and has been published by Dalcassian Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1922-01-01 with categories.
Gallipoli
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Author : Peter Hart
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-10-03
Gallipoli written by Peter Hart and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-03 with History categories.
"First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Profile Books"--T.p. verso.
Duty Nobly Done
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Author : Rodney Ashwood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-05-15
Duty Nobly Done written by Rodney Ashwood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-15 with categories.
While the main emphasis of the Great War was on the Western Front of France and Belgium, the British Army also took part in what was a lesser known conflict, but one of equal intensity and drama. This was at Gallipoli, on the shores of Turkey, between April 1915 and January 1916. By December 1914, the war on the Western Front had ground to a halt in a stalemate of trench warfare, and Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, proposed a strategy to take Turkey, a German ally, out of the war. This could force Germany to fight on two fronts and could free up the Dardanelles waterway at Gallipoli. While the concept was sound, its execution was not, as it was hastily planned, and inadequately resourced. The 2nd Battalion the South Wales Borderers was present throughout the whole campaign and was the only Welsh battalion to take part in the amphibious assault on 25 April 1915. Other historians give little credence to the success of the battalion on that day and this book sets out to redress the balance. The 4th Battalion landed at Gallipoli a few months later, to take part in the second main offensive, at Suvla Bay, in August 1915. This campaign took part amidst the most appalling conditions, such as the unrelenting heat of a Mediterranean summer, a lack of water, poor food, inadequate equipment and without proper sanitation. Sickness and disease were rife, and at the height of the war there were up to 5,000 cases of dysentery a week. Both battalions of this famous Welsh regiment endured the privations of the campaign with great stoicism, courage and dignity and were amongst the last soldiers to leave the peninsula during the final evacuation in January 1916. By a clever weave of official records and personal anecdotes, most of which have never been published before, the reader is taken on a journey of highs and lows, depicting the reality of life on active service. Meticulously researched and written, this is a personal account of the South Wales Borderers during the Gallipoli campaign which adds an important social dimension to the traditional style of books already written on one of the most dramatic campaigns in British military history. Some of the best, toughest and most generous soldiers in the British army come from Wales. This book serves as a tribute to those magnificent soldiers.
Tracing British Battalions On The Somme
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Author : Ray Westlake
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2009-01-15
Tracing British Battalions On The Somme written by Ray Westlake and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-15 with History categories.
Although seventy-eight years have passed since the Battle of the Somme was fought, interest in this, the bloodiest battle of the First World War, has never waned. Ray Westlake has collated all the information so painstakingly gathered, to produce a comprehensive compendium of the exact movements of every battalion involved in the battle. This book is invaluable not only to researchers but to all those visiting the battlefield and anxious to trace the movements of their forbears.
Fighting Irish
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Author : Gavin Hughes
language : en
Publisher: Merrion Press
Release Date : 2015-10-05
Fighting Irish written by Gavin Hughes and has been published by Merrion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-05 with History categories.
Fighting Irish is a meticulous and engaging account of the First World War from the perspective of the men of the Irish Regiments of the British Army, revealing the extent of the Irish military commitment to the Great War effort from 1914-1918. Startling and sympathetic matters, from campaign strategy to the soldiers’ intimate war experiences, are addressed with fascinating documentary evidence and poignant eye-witness accounts. Persisting humour and unexpected trials; mounting reputations and the mundane drudgery of routine military life – all is touched upon in the lives of these men, and undercut by the pervasive loss of life. Whether fighting at Ypres, the Somme, Gallipoli, Kostorino or Nablus, the story of the Irish Regiments is compelling and evocative, with reasons for enlistment as varied as the men themselves. Though entrenched in warfare, many minds were set on the increasing unrest at home, swaying their interests and shaping the communications they left to posterity. Fighting Irish defines the diverse backgrounds of all those who served with the Irish regiments in these years, recounting their deeds through exacting historical research within a gripping and affecting narrative.
British Battalions In France Belgium
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Author : Ray Westlake
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 1997-09-05
British Battalions In France Belgium written by Ray Westlake and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-09-05 with History categories.
The author has painstakingly compiled a comprehensive compendium of the exact movements of every regiment involved on the various battlefields in France and Flanders during World War One.
British Regiments 1914 1918
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Author : Brigadier E. A. James
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2012-09-06
British Regiments 1914 1918 written by Brigadier E. A. James and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-06 with History categories.
One of the most used and most useful works of reference on the Great War ever published. In this marvellous volume is listed every cavalry and Yeomanry regiment, every battalion of every infantry regiment, Regular, Territorial or other - that existed during the Great War. In every case the location of the unit on 4 August 1914 is given, or the date and place of its formation if raised after the outbreak of war. Its initial disposition, subsequent moves, changes in subordination and final disposal or location on 11 November 1918 are all recorded. Thus, in a masterly and concise form, we have the war service record of 31 regular and 17 reserve cavalry regiments, 57 Yeomanry regiments and their second and third line counterparts and nearly 1,750 infantry battalions. Several appendices contain a mine of information; a table of the infantry regiments showing the number of the different types of battalions each had, regular, reserve, extra reserve, territorial, New Army, garrison etc.; how the New Army battalions were raised; the Training Reserve; list of infantry divisions; summary of battle honours, casualties and VCs of each infantry regiment. Finally, there is a good index.
Hamilton And Gallipoli
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Author : Evan McGilvray
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2015-02-27
Hamilton And Gallipoli written by Evan McGilvray and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-27 with History categories.
This is a study of Sir Ian Hamilton VCs command of the Gallipoli campaign. Appointed by Kitchener after the failure of the initial Allied naval offensive in the Dardanelles, Hamilton was to lead the ambitious amphibious landings that were intended to open the way to Constantinople. In the event, however, opportunities immediately after the landings were squandered and, in the face of unexpectedly effective Turkish resistance, soon stalled in attritional trench warfare like that on the Western Front. ?Hamilton has often been criticized for this failure and in many ways seen to typify the stereotype of a British general clinging to outdated Victorian thinking. Yet this fresh reappraisal, drawing on original archival research, shows that Hamilton did display some progressive ideas and a realization that warfare was rapidly changing. Like all generals of this period he faced the challenge of unprecedented technological and tactical revolution as well as the political and media battle. It is as a case study of command in these circumstances that Evan Mcgilvray's assessment of Hamilton will be most valued.
British Battalions On The Western Front
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Author : Ray Westlake
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2000-11-12
British Battalions On The Western Front written by Ray Westlake and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-11-12 with History categories.
The author's previous three books in this series—British Battalions on the Somme, 1916, British Regiments at Gallipoli andBritish Battalions in France and Belgium, 1914 have achieved all that they set out to do. On the historical side it is now agreed by a large number of grateful historians, researchers, museum curators, librarians etc. that for the first time they are able to establish quickly and conveniently what part each unit played in these important campaigns. It was also intended to provide family historians with a means of tracing the war service of their relatives. This again has been accomplished. British Battalions in France and Belgium, January- June, 1915 sets out with the same objectives in mind, on this occasion providing a unique account of the 291 infantry battalions of the British Army that served in France and Belgium from 1st January to the end of June, 1915. Over 500 volumes of war diaries and unit histories have been consulted, along with personal memoirs and diaries. Detailed records of movements, both in and out of battle areas and on a day-by-day basis, being covered in the same meticulous style as before.