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A new biography exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's wartime experiences and their impact on his life and his writing of The Lord of The Rings. To be caught in youth by 1914 was no less hideous an experience than in 1939 ... by 1918 all but one of my close friends were dead. So J.R.R. Tol…
Chapel Street was a row of old Georgian terraced lodging houses in Altrincham, home to some 400 Anglo-Irish lodgers. From this tight-knit community, 161 men from 60 houses volunteered for the First World War. King George V called it the 'the bravest little street in England'. Th…
The story of 161 men from Chapel Street, Altrincham, who enlisted to fight in the First World War.
"The remote moors and valleys around Hexham in Northumberland have been producing fighting men for countless millennia. From repelling invading Romans and Vikings, to locking swords with William Wallace's rampaging Scots, and the lawless days of the Border Reivers, the men of Ty…
Great War Britain Lancaster
by Hughes, Michael, Gregory, Ian, Peniston-Bird, Corinna, Donnelly, Peter
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This book looks at the impact that the loss of so many men had on the community and offers an intimate portrayal of Lancaster and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'.
The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, including the deaths of over a thousand "Men of Lancaster", and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain Lancaster looks at the impact that the loss of so many men and offers an intimate portrayal of t…
The first book written about Britain's premier army base in the First World War. The book contains and explores the following: The first published record of the troops in Aldershot on 4 August 1914; The first published list of officers and men from Aldershot killed in the war; L…
The first book written about Britain's premier army base in the First World War. The book contains and explores the following: The first published record of the troops in Aldershot on 4 August 1914; The first published list of officers and men from Aldershot killed in the war; L…
The first book written about Britain's premier army base in the First World War.The book contains and explores the following: The first published record of the troops in Aldershot on 4 August 1914. The first published list of officers and men from Aldershot killed in the war. Li…
