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…
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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…
Review of “Within four walls”
Within four walls: a classic of escape by Major M. C. Harrison DSO MC and Captain H. A. Cartwright MC republished by Pen & Sword Military, 2016 in facsimile from 1930 Edward Arnold & Co…
Review of Peter Hodgkinson’s “The Battle of the Selle”
The Battle of the Selle: Fourth Army operations on the Western Front in the Hundred Days, 9 – 24 October 1918 by Peter Hogkinson published by Helion & Company 2018 Hardback 286 pages plus appendices,…
Review of “The Somme 1916: touring the French sector”
The Somme: touring the French sector by David O’Mara published by Pen & Sword in the “Battleground” imprint (formerly “Battleground Europe”) Paperback 240 pages including appendices, bibiography and index. Illustrated. ISBN 978 147389 770 0…
Review of Peter Hart’s “The last battle”
The last battle: endgame on the Western Front, 1918 by Peter Hart published by Profile Books in 2018 Hardback 395 pages plus acknowledgements, end notes and index. Illustrated. ISBN 978 1 78125 482 0 Reviewed by…
Review of “The 48th (South Midland) Division 1908-1919”
The 48th (South Midland) Division 1908-1919 by K. W. Mitchinson published by Helion & Company, 2017 ISBN 978 1 911512 54 7 Hardback 265 pages including appendices,plus bibliography and index. I have thoroughly enjoyed Bill…
Six short reviews
There has been such a deluge of new Great War related work published recently that I simply do not have the time to write a full-scale review of all that I have been sent. My…
Review of “The Flag”
The flag: the story of Revd David Railton MC and the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior by Andrew Richards published by Casemate, 2017 ISBN 978 1 6100 447 1 Content: 250 pages plus appendix, end…