🎉   Please check out our new website over at books-etc.com.

Seller
Your price
£19.99
Out of Stock

Yorkshire's War

Voices of the First World War. Voices of the First World War

By (author) Tim Lynch
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Amberley Publishing, Chalford, United Kingdom
Published: 15th Sep 2014
Dimensions: w 156mm h 234mm d 20mm
Weight: 552g
ISBN-10: 1445634481
ISBN-13: 9781445634487
Barcode No: 9781445634487
Trade or Institutional customer? Contact us about large order quotes.
Synopsis
At 7.30 a.m. on Saturday 1 July 1916, the British Expeditionary Force rose from its trenches and stepped into a blizzard of fire that would echo for generations to come. Setting out that day were regiments from every part of the country but, with no fewer than twenty-nine battalions, Yorkshire contributed the largest contingent, and the county's close-knit mill towns and pit villages paid a heavy price. Two months later, Zeppelins brought the war to streets still mourning their dead and added women and children to the growing casualty lists. This was total war. Using letters, diaries, archives, newspapers and local histories, Yorkshire's War tells the story of a county at war: of children sewing sandbags; of old men guarding the coast; of young men going off to war and of their wives, mothers and sweethearts finding new ways to cope with near-starvation rations, the constant fear for their loved ones and finding strength in the new roles opening up for them. This is their story...

New & Used

Seller Information Condition Price
-New
Out of Stock

What Reviewers Are Saying

Be the first to review this item. Submit your review now