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Tracing Your Prisoner of War Ancestors - The First World War - A Guide for Family Historians by Sarah Paterson
The experience of civilian internees and British prisoners of war in German and Turkish hands during the First World War is one of the least well-known - and least researched - aspects of the history of the conflict. The same applies to prisoners of war and internees held in the UK. Yet, as Sarah Paterson shows in this authoritative handbook, a wide-range of detailed and revealing information is available if you know where to look for it. Briefly she outlines the course of the campaigns in More Info
Product Code: BK6432
A Tommy in the Family by Keith Gregson
Family Historian Keith Gregson explores the human stories behind the history of the Great War. He encounters the mystery of the disappearance of the Norfolks; the story of the French girl's note in a soldier's pocket book; and the tragic tale of a group of morris dancers who paid the ultimate price while serving their country. The investigations reveal a range of chance findings, some meticulous analysis and the keen detective qualities required of a family historian. Full of handy resear More Info
Product Code: BK6448
Tracing Your Great War Ancestors: Ypres - A Guide for Family Historians by Simon Fowler
Simon Fowler outlines the course of the fighting around the city and he introduces the many historical resources that you can use to explore the history for yourself. *A practical guide to researching soldiers who served at Ypres during the First World War *Concise account of the three principal Ypres battles, including Passchendaele *Identifies and explains the key sources including The National Archives, Imperial War Museum and Commonwealth War Graves Commission *Recommends useful websit More Info
Product Code: BK6472
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Yorkshire - Great Ayton All Saints, Great Ayton Christ Church and Burial Ground, Great Ayton Friends Burial Ground Monumental Inscriptions
This CD contains monumental inscriptions in PDF format for Great Ayton All Saints,Great Ayton Christ Church and Burial Ground, Great Ayton Friends Burial Ground
Worsbrough Dale War Memorial: Great War 1914-1918
**Released by Barnsley FHS: August 2016.** **Dedicated to the 121 men of Worsbrough Bridge and Worsbrough Dale, who made the supreme sacrifice.** Chapter headings by year: 1914-1919 With 121 detailed biographies. The final chapter is dedicated to the 11 Worsbrough men killed in action (1914-1918) whose names are not recorded on the memorial. **Surnames in index:** ABR...More Info
Major-General Oliver Nugent: The Irishman who led the Ulster Division in the Great War
Oliver Nugent, Ireland’s longest-serving divisional commander of the Great War, led the Ulster Division on the western front from 1915 to 1918. That period saw the operational transformation of the British army and his own development as a general, from the heroic but doomed assault at Thiepval in July 1916, through the triumph of Messines, the heartbreaking failure at Ypres and the mixed succes...More Info
The Chipping Barnet War Memorial World War Two
Following on from our 2015 publication about the men on the Chipping Barnet War Memorial who died in World War One, we have now researched the 149 men and women from World War Two. This book tells their stories inside a timeline of World War Two and alongside articles about their, and Barnet’s, part in the War.
Yorkshire - Ainderby Steeple St Helen ,Great Fencote St Andrew, Great Langton St Wilfred, Kirby Fleetham and Scruton St Radegund. Area Monumental Inscriptions
This CD contains monumental inscriptions in PDF format for Ainderby Steeple St Helen, Great Fencote St Andrew, Great Langton St Wilfred,Kirby Fleetham St Mary and Scruton St Radegund.