Review of Richard van Emden’s “Missing”
Missing: the need for closure after the Great War by Richard van Emden published by Pen & Sword Military in 2019 hardback ISBN 978 1 52676 096 8 pages 272 plus sources and acknowledgements, indexed,…
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Review of “The first and the last of the Sheffield City Battalion”
“The first and the last of the Sheffield City Battalion” by John Cornwell published by Pen & Sword Military in 2019 Hardback ISBN 978 1 52676 224 5 203 pages plus bibliography and index. Illustrated…
Review of digital services from Naval & Military Press
I did not mention Sussex company Naval & Military Press in my recent review of online military research services. On reflection that was on omission. It is a company whose work I use almost every…
Review of “A vital endeavour”
A vital endeavour: military engineering in the Gallipoli campaign by (Dr) John Dixon published by Helion & Company, 2019 review copy paperback ISBN 978 1 911628 89 7 438 pages plus bibliography and index No…
Online information service providers for researching British soldiers – which is best?
Many British military records relating to soldiers and the army of 1914-1918 have been digitised in recent years. There is no doubt that it has made finding information very much easier and quicker than before….
Review of “Stars in a dark night”
Stars in a dark night: Hornsea and the Great War by Barrie S. Barnes published by Helion & Company in 2019 paperback ISBN 978 1 912174 99 7 162 pages plus sources, bibliography, index. Illustrated….
Review of “With the Kaiser’s Army”
With the Kaiser’s Army A neutral observer in Belgium and France by Sven Hedin Republished under licence by Pen & Sword Military in 2014 Hardback ISBN 978 1 783463 18 3 517 pages. No index….
Review of “The German failure in Belgium, August 1914”
The German failure in Belgium, August 1914 by Dennis Showalter, Joseph P. Robinson and Janet A. Robinson published by McFarland & Company, Inc of Jefferson NC USA in 2019 paperback ISBN 978 1 4766 7462…
Review of two Somme histories: Riley and Whitehead
Ghosts of old companionsLloyd George’s Welsh Army, the Kaiser’s Reichsheer and the Battle for Mametz Wood, 1914-1916by Jonathan Rileypublished by Helion & Company 2019hardback ISBN 978 1 911628 86 6303 pages plus annexes, bibliography, index….
Review of “An unappreciated field of endeavour”
Review of “An unappreciated field of endeavour”: logistics and the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front 1914-1918 by Clem Maginniss published by Helion & Company 2018 hardback ISBN 978 1 913390 17 5 341…