Postcards Of The Army Service Corps 1902 1918
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Postcards Of The Army Service Corps 1902 1918
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Author : Michael Young
language : en
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Release Date : 2016-09-30
Postcards Of The Army Service Corps 1902 1918 written by Michael Young and has been published by Pen & Sword Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-30 with categories.
Postcards of the Army Service Corps 1902 - 1918 presents the early history of the Army Service Corps of the British Army by means of a unique collection of some 540 images, mainly contemporary postcards. The conduct of war changed dramatically in the late Victorian era, after the debacle in the Crimean War and humiliating setbacks in the Boer War. Commanders realized the vital importance of logistics in any campaign. The formation of the ASC marked a significant milestone in the modernization of the Army and it was fortunate that by the outbreak of The Great War the Corps was well established in the Order of Battle. The development and introduction of mechanical transport was to play a vital role throughout the 1914 - 1918 war and the ASC was pivotal to this.The images displayed in this superb book represent life in the ASC at a crucial period of its history. They show the personal side of soldiering as opposed to the more formal official perspective. All have been collected and captioned by the author who is the foremost expert on the Corps history. The result is a stunning array of images that capture military life as it was over 100 years ago.
Army Service Corps 1902 1918
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Author : Michael Young
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-03-30
Army Service Corps 1902 1918 written by Michael Young and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-30 with categories.
'Ally Slopers Cavalry' may well have been a music hall joke in Victorian times, but the re-organised Army Service Corps (ASC) came into its own in the First World War, providing essential support to the British Army in every theatre of war. With so little published material available, even our leading historians have only the sketchiest idea of the logistic network behind the front line and the activities of the men and women involved. This freshly researched book by the last curator of the RASC & RCT Museum provides a wealth of new and fascinating information on what became eventually a 326,000- strongcorps, along with 120 photographs and 21 annexes of archive material. The ASC's contribution to the 1914-1918 war has been ignored for too long - until now.
Army Service Corps 1902 1918
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Author : Michael Young
language : en
Publisher: Pen & Sword
Release Date : 2000
Army Service Corps 1902 1918 written by Michael Young and has been published by Pen & Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
"Army Service Corps 1902-1918 provides detailed perspective on the role of what was then a relatively unknown and undervalued Corps. Logistic Support, to use modern parlance, may be unglamorous but, without it, no war can ever be won." "Most of the contents of this book, including over 100 photographs and significant archive material, have never been published before. Army Service Corps 1902-1918, being a major contribution to our knowledge of the Great War and the period immediately preceding it, will appeal to both the specialist and general reader as well as providing essential background knowledge for all those serving in the successor Corps today."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
British Postcards Of The First World War
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Author : Peter Doyle
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-11-20
British Postcards Of The First World War written by Peter Doyle and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-20 with History categories.
Postcards sent by men on the front, and to them by their families, are among the most numerous, and most telling, surviving artefacts of the Great War. They tell us much about attitudes towards the war, and provide a great insight into men's lives, and into the thoughts and emotions of those left behind. Very different in their illustration, and in their writing, between the beginning of the war and the end, postcards provide a social history of the war in microcosm. Illustrated with a wide range of postcards, this is a fascinating look into the response of the British people to the horrors of the war.
Shot At Dawn
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Author : Julian Putkowski
language : en
Publisher: Pen & Sword
Release Date : 2003
Shot At Dawn written by Julian Putkowski and has been published by Pen & Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Shot at Dawn chronicles the tragic fate of more than 300 soldiers on the Western Front between 1918-18. The authors scoured the Imperial War Museum, public records and war diaries to piece together the jigsaw. A graphic account of man's inhumanity to man is the result of their labours.
La Batalla Por Las Emociones La Tarjeta Postal En Las Guerras Mundiales
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Author : José Manuel López Torán
language : es
Publisher: Ed. Universidad de Cantabria
Release Date : 2023-10-23
La Batalla Por Las Emociones La Tarjeta Postal En Las Guerras Mundiales written by José Manuel López Torán and has been published by Ed. Universidad de Cantabria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-23 with History categories.
Las dos guerras mundiales han marcado un punto de inflexión en la historia bélica, tanto por su envergadura como por las implicaciones que han traído consigo. Sus consecuencias han tenido numerosas manifestaciones, muchas de ellas fácilmente perceptibles como la destrucción material de una larga lista de ciudades europeas o el colapso demográfico. Más desapercibidas han pasado las emociones que experimentaron aquellos millones de personas que se vieron inmersos en uno u otro conflicto, ya que la atención la han acaparado, con relativa frecuencia, las operaciones militares. No obstante, el hecho de descender hasta las percepciones individuales que tuvieron quienes padecieron los horrores de las guerras nos ofrece un lugar privilegiado desde el que poder acceder a la realidad de los dos episodios bélicos. Si bien este acercamiento se puede llevar a cabo a través de fuentes documentales de distinta índole, en la presente monografía se han elegido las tarjetas postales. Frente a otros soportes, estas pequeñas cartulinas ofrecen como principal ventaja su discurso doble, puesto que se puede extraer información de suma importancia bien a través de las imágenes que ilustran los anversos o bien por medio de los mensajes escritos en los reversos. De esta manera, los tres ejes sobre los que se ha construido la presente obra son: guerras mundiales, postales y emociones.
Maneuver And Firepower
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Author : John B. Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Maneuver And Firepower written by John B. Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Government publications categories.
First World War Uniforms
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Author : Catherine Price-Rowe
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2018-03-30
First World War Uniforms written by Catherine Price-Rowe 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 2018-03-30 with History categories.
View any image of a Tommy and his uniform becomes an assumed item, few would consider where and how that uniform was made. Over 5 million men served on the Western Front, they all required clothing. From August 1914 to March 1919, across all theaters of operations, over 28 million pairs of trousers and c.360 million yards of various cloth was manufactured.Worn by men of all ranks the uniform created an identity for the fighting forces, distinguished friend from foe, gave the enlisted man respect, a sense of unity whilst at the same time stripping away his identity, turning a civilian into a soldier. Men lived, worked, slept, fought and died in their uniform.Using the authors great-grandfather's war service as a backdrop, this book will uncover the textile industries and home front call to arms, the supply chain, salvage and repair workshops in France, and how soldiers maintained their uniform on the front line.Items of a soldiers uniform can become a way to remember and are often cherished by families, creating a tangible physical link with the past, but the durability of cloth to withstand time can create an important legacy. The fallen are still discovered today and remnants of uniform can help to identify them, at the very least the color of cloth or type of hob nail can give the individual his nationality allowing them to be given a final resting place.
Searching For Pop
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Author : Michael R. Brookbank
language : en
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2018-08-21
Searching For Pop written by Michael R. Brookbank and has been published by Troubador Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-21 with History categories.
At the age of 43, Thomas Brookbank volunteered to join the army in September 1914 just weeks after the start of the war and when the wounded from the first encounters with the German army at Mons and Le Cateau were arriving back in England. There was nothing special about Tom Brookbank. He was a painter and a decorator by trade, but he was swept along in the surge of patriotism that drove hundreds of thousands of ordinary men and women to respond to the Kitchener's call for the raising of a great volunteer army - an enterprise that most military men of the time, friend and foe alike, regarded as a ludicrous waste of time and money. This much was known by family legend, together with knowledge that he had gone to Italy in November 1917 with the 41st Division in response to the near collapse of the Italian army at Caporetto that he ended the war in Belgium with this Division. Tom Brookbank need not have volunteered at all. He was too old to be fighting a soldier and was well over the age group that Kitchener was calling for, but there was also a need for men in the support services behind the lines - the men of the Army Services Corps - and this is where Tom Brookbank and fellow men like him ended up. Early research showed that he did not start the war with the 41st Division, so, what happened to him, what did he do and where did he go? 'Searching for Pop' is the story of a grandson's search for the answers to what he did and where he went between the time he volunteered and his discharge at the end of the war. It illustrates what might be achieved from a very limited amount of initial knowledge by perseverance and the use of the records available in National Archives.
With A Machine Gun To Cambrai
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Author : George Coppard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
With A Machine Gun To Cambrai written by George Coppard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
The story of trench warfare as experienced by a young volunteer during World War I.