Review: “Behind the lines along the Somme”
I used to write quite a lot of book reviews, but I stopped doing it as it had ceased to be very […]
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Review: The Staff Sergeants of the British Line Infantry
The Staff Sergeants of the British line Infantry Regular Battalions 1848 to 1919A pictorial guideBy David LangleyPrivately produced and published in 2024 […]
Review: “Sniper on the Ypres Salient”
Sniper on the Ypres SalientAn infantryman’s war in the Royal Welsh Fusiliersby Sue Boase with William McCraepublished by Pen & Sword Military […]
Review of “Charles Frederick Ball”
Charles Frederick Ball: from Dublin’s Botanic Gardens to the killing fields of Gallipoliby Brian Willanpublished in Dublin by The Liffey Press, 2022paperback […]
Review of “Chasing the Great Retreat”
Chasing the Great Retreat: the German cavalry pursuit of the British Expeditionary Force before the Battle of the Marne August 1914By Colonel […]
Review of “Victory at Gallipoli 1915”
Victory at Gallipoli 1915: the German-Ottoman alliance in the First World WarBy Klaus Wolf, translated by Thomas P. IredalePublished by Pen & […]
Review of “Endell Street”
“Endell Street: the women who ran Britain’s trailblazing military hospital“by Wendy Moorepublished by Atlantic books, London, 2020paperback 319 pages plus acknowledgements, notes, […]
Review of “Badges of the regular infantry 1914-1918”
Badges of the regular infantry 1914-1918By David BiltonPublished by Pen & Sword MilitaryHardback ISBN 978 1 52675 802 6297 pages plus bibliography/further […]
Brief review of “Germany in the Great War: Verdun & Somme”
Germany in the Great War: Verdun & SommeBy Joshua Bilton, I thinkPublished by Pen & Sword Military 2021Paperback ISBN 978 1 47387 […]
Review of “The Newcastle Commercials” by Ian S. Johnson
The Newcastle Commercials: 16th (S) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers in the Great WarBy Ian S. Johnson, edited by Nigel CavePublished by Pen & […]