What Tommy Took to War: 1914-1918 (Shire General)
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (940 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0747814031 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 120 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Peter Doyle is a scientist, military historian and author. He lives in Great Britain. His previous books for Shire include The British Soldier of the First World War and First World War Britain
Personal records, photographs and sentimental possessions that bring us even closer to the soldier as a person have often become valuable heirlooms, passed down through the generations. With each artifact – be it an identity disc, training manual, packet of cigarettes, postcard or foreign phrasebook – the accompanying text explains the significance of all the things that, together, help to define him both as a man and as a soldier.. This book looks at fifty objects with which every Tommy would have been familiar, from official uniform and equipment to good-luck charms and letters from sweethearts. A century may now have passed since the Great War, but the stories of everyday soldiers serving in miserable and life-threatening conditions still have a sobering sense of immediacy. Nothing better depicts an individual soldier than these items, which were kept about his person and in his kitbag, and which constituted all his worldly possessions wh
"A Nice Book" according to Kurt G. Zeigler. I like this little book, and little it is.however the colour photos and the writing make up for its small.Size. I am lucky as I have my Grandfathers Kits and a 1916 Webley M.K. VI in .A Nice Book Kurt G. Zeigler I like this little book, and little it is.however the colour photos and the writing make up for its small.Size. I am lucky as I have my Grandfathers Kits and a 1916 Webley M.K. VI in .455 Webley . I am rather lucky to have both their Diaries My Dad's Fathers with Sand from Egypt in it.Thank You Peter Doyle & Amazon.. 55 Webley . I am rather lucky to have both their Diaries My Dad's Fathers with Sand from Egypt in it.Thank You Peter Doyle & Amazon.. I learned a lot about how my grandpa lived during his service time Amazon Customer A simple, human, and understandable book A good remember acne for ancestors who served in this tribe conflict. it is well written and to the point. gave me an appetite to learn more.. M said Excellent experience.. product well described, fast delivery. Excellent experience.
Well researched, absorbing, and affecting.” Henrietta Verma, Library Journal. “Tommy Atkins,' as the British public nicknamed the men who went to war, was burdened with around 60 pounds of extra clothing, weapons, ammunition, and cleaning supplies. They range from military supply such as paybooks and medals to keepsakes that comforted the inexperienced combatants--only around 400,000 of the four million were peacetime soldiers--so far from home. After a pithy introduction that describes the British World War I uniform over time and in various climates, a spread per item (one full-page photo opposite descriptive text) in this small book catalogs Tommy's belongings