The Great War handbook: a guide for family historians & students of the conflict
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| Sprache: | English |
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Pen & Sword Family History
2009
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
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| Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-235) and index |
| Beschreibung: | 240 S. Ill., Kt. 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781844159369 1844159361 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
List of Tables
11
Foreword
12
Acknowledgements
12
Dedication
14
Introduction
15
Chapter
1:
Prologue and Overview of the War
21
Prelude to War
21
Central Powers, The Allies
24
The Western Front
-
Plans
28
The Western Front
-
War
30
Other Theatres Involving British Forces
38
China: Tsing-Tau, Middle East
-
Introduction, Gallipoli, Italy,
Mesopotamia, Egypt and Palestine, Macedonia
(Salónica),
Africa,
Russia
Other Areas Not Involving British Forces
45
Royal Navy
45
Merchant Navy
47
The Air Services (RFC, RNAS and RAF)
48
Attacks on Britain
51
Armistice Details
51
The Aftermath
52
Chapter
2:
The Army
53
Structure of the British Army in
1914 53
Army Command
56
Going to War
56
Enlistment
58
Volunteers, Derby Scheme, Conscription, Officers
Definition of Army Formations
61
British Expeditionary Force, Lines of Communication (Troops),
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The Great War Handbook
Army, Corps, Division, Brigade (Infantry), Regiment, Battalion,
Pals Battalions, Cadre, Company, Platoon, Section, Artillery,
Artillery Brigade, Cavalry
Medals
66
Campaign Medals and Entitlement, Silver War Badge,
Gallantry Medals, etc., Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order,
Military Cross, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal,
Indian Order of Merit, Mentioned in Despatches
Regimental Numbers
71
Chapter
3:
The New Soldier
74
Why Enlist?
74
Attestation
75
Over/Under Age and Aliases
76
Pay and Allotment
76
Currency Guide
Training
78
Embarkation
80
Wills
80
Uniforms and Accoutrements
81
Marching: Time and Distances
81
Identity Discs
83
Home Leave
83
Chapter
4:
The Trench
85
Trenches: Summary
85
Defence in Depth
88
Elements of a Trench or Trench System
89
Barbed Wire,
Berm,
Bombing Pit/Trench, Bomb Store,
Breastworks, Communication Trenches,
Duckboards,
Dugouts,
Enfilade, Fire-Step,
Front-Line,
Keep, Latrines, Loopholes,
No Man s Land, Parados, Parapet, Periscopes, Pill Boxes and
Bunkers, Reserve Line, Reserve Trench System, Sap, Shell Trench
or Slip Trench, Special Purpose Trenches, Strongpoints, Sump,
Support Trenches, Traverse, Trench Block
Chapter
5:
A Soldier s Life
99
A Summary
99
Infantry and its Specialists
100
Contents · 7
Getting to the Front
101
Kit
102
Battles and Trench Raids
102
Artillery Formation
103
Rotation from Front to Rear
104
Trench Life
104
Letters and Parcels
107
Rations
108
Pay 111
Battle Hardening 111
Discipline
112
Desertion
113
Billets
113
Estaminets
114
Religious Services and Padres
114
Prisoners of War
115
Leaving the Army
-
Honourably and Alive
115
Chapter
6:
Weapons of War
117
Introduction
117
Rifles and Bayonets
119
British Rifle, British Bayonet, German Rifle, German Bayonet
Pistols
121
Machine Guns
122
Hand Grenades
123
British: The Mills Bomb, German: The Stick Grenade
Artillery
125
Mortars
128
Landmines
131
Explosives
132
Chemical Weapons
-
Gas
133
Miscellaneous Weapons
135
Flamethrowers, Kukri, Caltrop,
Fléchettes
Improvised Weapons
136
Chapter
7:
Death in its Many Forms
137
Casualty
137
Categories of Death
138
Instantaneously
139
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Causes of death
140
Friendly Fire, Shell-Fire, Shrapnel, Bullet Wounds, Bayonet
Wounds, Snipers, Gas
Daily Attrition and Truces
145
Live and Let Live
Accidents and Disease
146
Executions
148
Morale and Courage
149
Chapter
8:
Army Corps
151
Royal Army Medical Corps
151
Royal Flying Corps
151
Royal Regiment of Artillery
151
Machine Gun Corps
155
Royal Engineers
156
Tunnelling, Communication
Tank Corps
160
Army Service Corps
161
Labour Corps and Similar Units
163
Royal Defence Corps
164
Other Corps
164
Chapter
9:
Medical Matters
165
Wounds
165
Initial Treatment
168
Evacuation
168
Field Ambulance, Casualty Clearing Station
Ailments
171
Dentistry, Drunkenness, Dysentery, Gas Poisoning, Influenza,
Malaria, Self-inflicted Injuries, Shell Shock, Trench Foot,
Venereal Diseases
Various Notes and Medical Statistics
178
War Pensions
180
Chapter
10:
Interesting Facts, Definitions and Statistics
181
First Casualties
181
First British Rifle Shots in Anger
181
First Royal Flying Corps Aircraft Shot Down
181
Armistice Day Fatalities
182
Contents · 9
Duration of the War
182
Theatres of War
182
Strategy and Tactics
184
Flak
184
Calibre
184
Parachutes
185
Pyrotechnics
186
France
186
German Spies and their Fate
187
British Army Ranks
1914-1918 187
Warrant Officers, Sergeants, Corporals, Privates
Stores
191
Women on the Western Front
193
Boring But Important Statistics
193
Attrition
199
Chapter
11:
A Guide to Visiting the Western Front Battlefields
200
Getting There
200
Suggested Kit List
201
Useful Telephone Numbers
202
Language
203
Recommended Guidebooks
203
General Books, Walking Guides
Maps
204
France, Belgium, First World War Trench Maps, Digital Mapping
Visiting the Battlefields
206
Belgium, France
Museums
209
Metal Detectors
210
Munitions Seen on the Battlefield
210
Battles and Engagements of the British Army on the Western Front
211
Chapter
12:
Research Sources and Tips
217
Preamble
217
What do you Already Have?
218
Photographs
219
Visible Insignia
221
Rank, Regiment, Overseas Service Chevrons, Long Service and
Good Conduct, Wound Bars, Skill Badges
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The Great War Handbook
The National Archives
222
Catalogue, Medal Index Cards, Campaign Medal Rolls, Gallantry
Medals, War Diaries, Service Records: Other Ranks, Officers
Records, Other Records in The National Archives.
Imperial War Museum
226
Regimental Museums
227
Army Lists
227
Postmarks
227
Red Cross Lists of Missing
227
Voluntary Aid Detachments
228
County Record Offices
228
Prisoners of War
228
Soldiers (and Officers) Died in the Great War
229
Royal Naval Division
229
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
230
Published Sources
230
War Memorials
231
Internet Family History Sites
232
What s Left?
233
Postscript
233
Bibliography
234
Index
236
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