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Newtownards in the Great War by Lindsay Allister
$27.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Your Towns and Cities in the Great War Ser.
Before the Great War began, Ireland had already began to take up arms. Conflict and political unrest was at the forefront of everyone's mind as the country was trying to liberate itself. Newtownards was to become the centre in the eye of the storm which would shape the country for the next hundred years ...Show more
North Northumberland at War, 1939 - 1945 by Craig Armstrong
$34.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Towns and Cities in World War Two Ser.
In 1939, North Northumberland shared a proud tradition of military service with it's wider region and this was reflected in the huge numbers of men and women from the area who came forward for service in the military or in roles such as the Home Guard, ARP services or nursing. This part of Northumberlan ...Show more
Oxford in the Great War by Malcolm Graham
$39.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Your Towns and Cities in the Great War Ser.
This book tells the fascinating, and largely forgotten, story of Oxford's part in the Great War. The University City became a military training camp as soldiers and officer cadets occupied men's colleges left virtually empty as undergraduates enlisted. Public buildings were converted into military hosp ...Show more
PETERBOROUGH IN THE GREAT WAR by HAMILTON-THOMPSON ABIGAIL
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Category: Military | Series: Your Towns and Cities in the Great War Ser.
When news of the war first broke out in 1914, the citizens of Peterborough could not have been prepared for the changes that would occur over the next four years. This book takes a detailed looks at Peterborough's involvement in the Great war from when it commenced in July 1914, to the Armistice in Nove ...Show more
Poole in the Great War by Stephen Wynn
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Category: Military | Series: Your Towns and Cities in the Great War Ser.
On 13 August, with the war only a matter of days old, the German cargo vessel, Herbert Fischer, was on its way from Russia to deliver timber to J T Sydenhams in Poole. It was challenged and stopped by Royal Naval vessels in the English Channel, but somewhat remarkably, it was allowed to continue its jou ...Show more
WIMBLEDON MERTON AND MORDEN AT WAR 1939-45 by MANSERGH RUTH
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Category: Military | Series: Your Towns and Cities in World War Two Ser.
More than 350 bombs fell on Wimbledon during the Second World War, killing 150 residents and injuring a further 1,071. Around 12,000 houses were damaged and 810 destroyed. Notable people discussed in this fascinating book include Ernest Leonard Harvey, who was onboard HMS Suffolk on the night Bismarck ...Show more
Wellington in the Great War by Christopher W. A. Owen
$39.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Your Towns and Cities in the Great War Ser.
How the experience of war impacted on the town, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German Kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Wellington were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years. A record ...Show more