Finding NoYH/355
AuthorDinsdale, Simon
TitleThe first gun shots of the Great War, Hull men at the front in 1914-1915
Date2015
DescriptionIncludes chapters 'The checks and balances break down across Europe', 'Scarlet tunics and bearskins: Hull Coldstreamers in 1914', Deadlock at the Aisne; The 1st East Yorks arrive in the Aisne', 'Taking the King's shilling: Hull Volunteers in 1914', 'Please come quickly!, The East Yorkshire Regiment at Second Ypres', 'Distant guns, The 6th East Yorks sail for Gallipoli', 'You're needed now! Conscription looms', and 'What became of the men of 1914-1915?'. Includes appendices of Hull Policeman serving with Coldstream Guards in Aug 1914, Hull men serving with the Coldsream Guards in 1914, officers serving with the 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment in Sep 1914, Hull officers serving with 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment in Apr-May 1915, Hull men killed serving 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment Second Battle of Ypres Apr 22-May 25, battalion commanders killed whilst serving with the East Yorkshire Regiment 1914-1915,
AbstractTells the story of the men from Hull who served in the army, navy and merchant navy in the first 6 months of the Great War and those who supplemented their decimated ranks in 1915
TypeLocal Studies/Book
ISBN9780993387500
PubPlaceCleckheaton
PublisherAmadeus Press
PubDate2015
Paginationxii, 140p, illustrations, maps, photographs,25cm, paperback
Notesthe duplicate copy LS16905/2 is signed
AccessStatusOpen
PlaceCodeNA3419
NA2156
NA2083
NA2336
SubjectFIRST WORLD WAR
PHOTOGRAPHS
MERCHANT NAVY
NAVY
ARMY
MILITARY HISTORY
Places
CodeSet
NA3419KINGSTON UPON HULL/KINGSTON UPON HULL/KINGSTON UPON HULL/YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING
NA2156FRANCE/FRANCE
NA2083BELGIUM/BELGIUM
NA2336TURKEY/TURKEY
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