First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
![Two Wheels to War. A tale of twelve bright young men who volunteered own motorcycles for the British Expeditionary Force 1914 at War](/media/3784/two-wheels-book-cover.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355192996300000)
Two Wheels to War. A tale of twelve bright...
My only experience of motor-cycling is as pillion passenger on a trip to Ypres 20 years ago. Since, as a mode of trav...
Read More![Givenchy in the Great War – a Village on the Front Line](/media/3783/givenchy-book-cover.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355192996300000)
Givenchy in the Great War – a Village on t...
Reviewed Stephen Broomfield. I am sure many reading this review will have visited Givenchy - lying as it does in a ce...
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Joseph 1917
Reviewed by Peter Powderham. Joseph 1917 examines a neglected aspect of the First World War: British wartime tribunal...
Read More![Roll of Honour: Schooling and the Great War 1914-1919](/media/3779/roll-of-honour-cover.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355192995830000)
Roll of Honour: Schooling and the Great Wa...
Reviewed by Barbara Taylor. Roll of Honour marks the contribution of schools and the pupils and teachers who went off...
Read More![1917 The Passchendaele Year: The Diary of Achiel van Walleghem](/media/3778/1917-book-cover.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355192995670000)
1917 The Passchendaele Year: The Diary of...
Reviewed by Stephen Broomfield. In 1913, Achiel van Walleghem was appointed curate to the village of Dickebusch. Afte...
Read More![The Lion and The Rose: The 1/5th Battalion The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919](/media/3777/the-lion-book-cover.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355192995670000)
The Lion and The Rose: The 1/5th Battalion...
Reviewed by Bob Wyatt. The 1st/5th Battalion The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919, is impressive. The ma...
Read More![Crossing No Man’s Land. Experience and Learning with The Northumberland Fusiliers in the Great War](/media/3776/crossing-no-mans-land-cover.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355192995530000)
Crossing No Man’s Land. Experience and Lea...
Reviewed by Bob Wyatt. Crossing No Man’s Land is the 17th in Helion’s acclaimed series of Wolverhampton Military Stud...
Read More![Friends are Good on the Day of Battle: The 51st (Highland) Division During the First World War](/media/3775/51st-highland-division-cover.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355192995370000)
Friends are Good on the Day of Battle: The...
Review by Bob Wyatt. Friends are Good on the Day of Battle, an important evaluation of the 51st (Highland) Division,...
Read More![Loyal Gunners: 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (The Loyal Company) and the History of New Brunswick’s Artillery, 1893 to 2012.](/media/3774/loyal-gunners-book-cover.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355192995370000)
Loyal Gunners: 3rd Field Artillery Regime...
Review by Charles Messenger. This is Volume 2 of the Loyal Company’s History, the first, covering its initial hundred...
Read More![Fallen Eagles: Airmen Who Survived the Great War Only to Die in Peacetime](/media/3773/airmen-book-cover.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355192995200000)
Fallen Eagles: Airmen Who Survived the Gre...
In his introduction, Norman Franks states that he came across a list of RAF officers who died between the end of the...
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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 b...
Read More![Kut: The Death of an Army.](/media/3686/kut-cover.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355192995070000)
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." Giv...
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