A Wearside Lad in World War II
Author: Len Gibson
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9781870268387
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Author: Len Gibson
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9781870268387
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Widders
Publisher: The History Press Ireland
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1845887271
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUndaunted: Stories About the Irish in Australia
Author: Michael Snape
Publisher: SPCK
Published: 2023-05-18
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 0281086923
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEighty years after his death in a Japanese prison camp, this compelling new biography charts the career of a distinguished but hitherto neglected hero of the British army. Major-General Merton Beckwith-Smith DSO, MC commanded the British 18th Division during the catastrophic Fall of Singapore in February 1942. A highly respected and much decorated veteran of the First World War, he was captured along with tens of thousands of other soldiers - British, Indian, Australian, and Malay - who were then held prisoner on Singapore Island. Amidst hunger, disease and widespread despair in Changi, over the next six months he rallied the spirits of his soldiers, created a make - shift university and theatre, and helped to inspire a remarkable renewal of collective church life. At the same time, he improved conditions for hospital patients and encouraged sports and other recreations. While the fate of many of the men he led was to toil, and often die, on the infamous Burma Railway, Beckwith-Smith was exiled to Karenko Camp, Formosa (present-day Taiwan), where, mistreated and malnourished, he died of diphtheria and heart failure on 11 November 1942. Beckwith-Smith, was the most senior British officer to end his life as a prisoner of war in the Far East. Yet until now he has been a strangely forgotten warrior. Based on exclusive access to family archives, and drawing on an array of other eye-witness accounts, Michael Snape's richly detailed biography brings to an end that neglect. The result is a story that offers vivid insights into one man's experience of two world wars, while also revealing why he was so admired by his fellow officers and by the ordinary soldiers who served under him.
Author: Marie Gardiner
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2023-07-15
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 1398101486
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA celebration of Sunderland’s rich heritage and identity – its people, significant events and achievements across the centuries.
Author: Elizabeth Gill
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2016-04-07
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 1784292532
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the bestselling author of Miss Appleby's Academy comes the third book in the popular Black Family trilogy. Perfect for fans of Catherine King, Katie Flynn and Dilly Court. Maddy Grant is a country girl, living high up on the fells above the small town of Sweet Wells, where her family has lived for hundreds of years. But when her father dies, Maddy learns the land has been sold to businessman Jonas Ward, who evicts Maddy and her mother from the house. As they scrape to make ends meet, Maddy finds herself slowly falling in love with Jonas' handsome nephew, who is also the local solicitor's son. But can she ever truly be with him, knowing how his uncle has treated Maddy's family? Note: this book was previously published under the title Sweet Wells.
Author: Ted Cachart
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780953225231
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Published: 1990
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Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780439445764
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fictionalized account of the D-Day invasion of Normandy and subsequent battles to liberate France, told through the journal entries of a seventeen-year-old soldier from central Virginia.
Author: George Shea
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9780679843610
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe true story of a young deaf French boy, Pierre, who rescues a British pilot and helps him back across enemy lines during World War II.
Author: Darren W. Ritson
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2013-09-01
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 075249869X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom eyewitness accounts of unexplained sightings to the search for evidence of ghosts, this book features over fifty chilling tales of ghostly encounters from around Wearside. Featuring the ghostly nuns of Franklin Street, a headless horseman in Newcastle Road, and the phantoms who haunt the Royal Infirmary, Haunted Wearside is guaranteed to make your blood run cold. Richly illustrated and drawing on historical and contemporary sources, this collection will delight everyone interested in the paranormal.