First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
Joseph 1917
Reviewed by Peter Powderham. Joseph 1917 examines a neglected aspect of the First World War: British wartime tribunal p…
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Roll of Honour: Schooling and the Great War 1…
Reviewed by Barbara Taylor. Roll of Honour marks the contribution of schools and the pupils and teachers who went off t…
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1917 The Passchendaele Year: The Diary of Ach…
Reviewed by Stephen Broomfield. In 1913, Achiel van Walleghem was appointed curate to the village of Dickebusch. After …
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The Lion and The Rose: The 1/5th Battalion Th…
Reviewed by Bob Wyatt. The 1st/5th Battalion The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919, is impressive. The majo…
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Crossing No Man’s Land. Experience and Learni…
Reviewed by Bob Wyatt. Crossing No Man’s Land is the 17th in Helion’s acclaimed series of Wolverhampton Military Studie…
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Friends are Good on the Day of Battle: The 51…
Review by Bob Wyatt. Friends are Good on the Day of Battle, an important evaluation of the 51st (Highland) Division, is…
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Loyal Gunners: 3rd Field Artillery Regiment …
Review by Charles Messenger. This is Volume 2 of the Loyal Company’s History, the first, covering its initial hundred y…
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Fallen Eagles: Airmen Who Survived the Great …
In his introduction, Norman Franks states that he came across a list of RAF officers who died between the end of the Fir…
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Ypres 1914: Langemarck
Review by Andy Thompson. The bitter battles in and around the Langemarck during October and November 1914 have long bee…
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Kut: The Death of an Army.
Review by Timothy Heck. Kut’s tragedy rings out as “the most abject capitulation in Britain's military history." Given…
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The Chief: Douglas Haig and the British Army
Reviewed by David Filsell. In the last four years three new biographies of Douglas Haig have been published. Each, of t…
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Allied POWs in German Hands 1914 - 1918 (Imag…
Reviewed by Timothy Heck. Allied POWs in German Hands, 1914-1918 is an engaging collection of short chapters and con…
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