Review of “Dublin’s Great Wars”
Dublin’s Great Wars: the First World War, the Easter Rising and the Irish Revolution by Richard S. Grayson published by Cambridge University Press in 2018 Hardback ISBN 978 1 107 0295 5 379 pages plus…
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Review of “Epitaphs of the Great War”
Epitaphs of the Great War by Sarah Wearne published by Uniform, an imprint of Unicorn Publishing Group The Somme volume – hardback ISBN 978 1 910500 52 1 – published 2016 Passchendaele volume – hardback ISBN…
Two excellent British battle studies
Decisive Victory: the battle of the Sambre, 4 November 1918 by Derek Clayton published by Helion & Company, 2018 hardback ISBN 978 1 912174 90 4 221 pages plus appendices, bibliography and sources. Index. Illustrated….
Review of “Survivors of a kind”
Survivors of a kind: memoirs of the Western Front by Brian Bond republished by Helion & Company in 2018; originally by Continuum in 2008 hardback ISBN 978 1 912390 39 7 146 pages plus end-notes,…
Review of “The soldiers remember”
The soldiers remember: a history of Southfield Auxiliary Military Hospital, Duns written published by the Dunse History Society paperback 160 pages, illustrated ISBN unknown reviewed by Chris Baker This is an excellent example of the…
Review of “Pouring with rain – Troops fed up”
Pouring with rain – Troops fed up British Second Army and the liberation offensive in Flanders 1918 by Dennis Williams published by Helion & Company in 2018 hardback ISBN 978 1 911096 55 9 296…
Review of three school histories (Oundle, Uppingham and Wakefield)
Joint review written by Chris Baker Some other and wider destiny Wakefield Grammar School Foundation and the Great War by Elaine Merckx and Neal Rigby published by Helion & Company in 2017 hardback ISBN 978…
Review of “Courage, Sacrifice and Betrayal”
Courage, Sacrifice and Betrayal: the story of the Victoria Rifles of Canada – 60th Battalion in the First World War by Richard R. Pyves published by Helion & Company in 2018 Hardback ISBN 978 1…
Review of “Faces from the Front”
Faces from the Front Harold Gillies, the Queen’s Hospital, Sidcup, and the origins of modern plastic surgery by Andrew Bamji published by Helion & Company, October 2017 Hardback ISBN 978 1 911512 66 0 202…
Review of “Victoria Crosses on the Western Front”
Victoria Crosses on the Western Front by Paul Oldfield published by Pen & Sword Military reviewed by Chris Baker August 1914 ~ April 1915: Mons to Hill 60 Published 2014 Hardback ISBN 978 1 78303…