First World War Uniforms: Lives, Logistics, and Legacy in British Army Uniform Production 1914--1918
Author: Catherine Price-Rowe
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Published: 2018
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781473883802
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First World War Uniforms
Author: Catherine Price-Rowe
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2018-03-30
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1473883814
DOWNLOAD EBOOKView any image of a Tommy and his uniform becomes an assumed item, few would consider where and how that uniform was made. Over 5 million men served on the Western Front, they all required clothing. From August 1914 to March 1919, across all theaters of operations, over 28 million pairs of trousers and c.360 million yards of various cloth was manufactured.Worn by men of all ranks the uniform created an identity for the fighting forces, distinguished friend from foe, gave the enlisted man respect, a sense of unity whilst at the same time stripping away his identity, turning a civilian into a soldier. Men lived, worked, slept, fought and died in their uniform.Using the authors great-grandfather's war service as a backdrop, this book will uncover the textile industries and home front call to arms, the supply chain, salvage and repair workshops in France, and how soldiers maintained their uniform on the front line.Items of a soldiers uniform can become a way to remember and are often cherished by families, creating a tangible physical link with the past, but the durability of cloth to withstand time can create an important legacy. The fallen are still discovered today and remnants of uniform can help to identify them, at the very least the color of cloth or type of hob nail can give the individual his nationality allowing them to be given a final resting place.
An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of World War I
Author: Jonathan North
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780754823407
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unique illustrated book charts the development in military uniform in relation to a shifting world, in an incredible visual directory with expert analysis and commentary.
Supplying the British Army in the First World War
Author: Janet Macdonald
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2019-09-30
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 152672538X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn in-depth look at the logistics of keeping the British Army fed, clothed, armed, and supplied during World War I. Napoleon famously said that an army marches on its stomach, but it also marches in its boots and its uniforms, carrying or driving its weapons and other equipment, and all this material has to be ordered from headquarters, produced and delivered. Janet Macdonald’s detailed and scholarly new study explains how this enormously complex task of organization and labour was carried out by the British army during the First World War. She describes the personnel who performed these tasks, from the government and military command in London to those who handled the items in the field. They were responsible for clothing, accommodation, medicine, transport, hand weapons, armament, and communications—a vast logistical network that had evolved to keep millions of men in the field. This meticulously researched account of this important subject—one which has hitherto been neglected by military historians—will be essential reading and reference for anyone who is interested in the modern British army, in particular in its organization and performance in the First World War.
Curating the Great War
Author: Paul Cornish
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2022-08-31
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 1000631206
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCurating the Great War explores the inception and subsequent development of museums of the Great War and the animating spirit which lay behind them. The book approaches museums of the Great War as political entities, some more overtly than others, but all unable to escape from the politics of the war, its profound legacies and its enduring memory. Their changing configurations and content are explored as reflections of the social and political context in which they exist. Curating of the Great War has expanded beyond the walls of museum buildings, seeking public engagement, both direct and digital, and taking in whole landscapes. Recognizing this fact, the book examines these museums as standing at the nexus of historiography, museology, anthropology, archaeology, sociology and politics as well as being a lieux de mémoire. Their multi-vocal nature makes them a compelling subject for research and above all the book highlights that it is in these museums that we see the most complete fusion of the material culture of conflict with its historical, political and experiential context. This book is an essential read for researchers of the reception of the Great War through material culture and museums.
Army Uniforms of World War I
Author: Andrew Mollo
Publisher: Blandford
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBritish Logistics on the Western Front
Author: Ian M. Brown
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1998-01-26
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work examines the evolution of the British Expeditionary Force's (BEF's) logistic and administrative infrastructure in France and its impact on operations. In so doing, it challenges the popular notion of British generals as bungling incompetents by analyzing an all too often ignored, but crucial, facet of military campaigns. While the BEF may be found wanting in some areas, administration was not one of them. The British generals proved themselves to be thoroughly modern professional officers in the manner in which they solved the ongoing crises that attended the explosive growth of the BEF and its artillery-intensive style of warfare. This study reinvigorates the debate about World War I by examining the understudied field of logistics.
Uniforms & Equipment of the British Army in World War I
Author: Stephen J. Chambers
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
Published: 2004-12-30
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780764321542
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book contains over 600 rare and never before published photographs of the British Soldier in World War I. The quality images selected were photographed in peace and wartime, in the studio and the field, and show in detail the service dress uniform, equipment and weapons in use by the British Army between 1900-1918. The chapters contain photographic postcards of: Infantry officers and other ranks, Dominion Troops, Infantry Weapons, Machine Gun and Tank Corps, Royal Artillery, Wheels and Transport, Army Service Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Engineers, Royal Flying Corps and Battle Insignia. Also included is a full color section of Army, Corps and Divisional signs. Each photograph caption has been carefully and thoroughly researched affording the reader information not to be found in any other single source. The introduction discusses early war photography and goes into further detail on the service dress and equipment to make this a must book for the military historian, collector, researcher, modeller and general enthusiast.
Field Grey Uniforms of the Imperial German Army, 1907-1918
Author: Michael Baldwin
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780764340338
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is the culmination of many years' work from two authors who have "lived and breathed" the subject for the past forty years: one, a military antiques dealer of international standing; the other, an extremely knowledgeable collector of German World War I uniforms and equipment. Using mostly never before published period photographs as well as a wealth of highly detailed color studio photos of tunics drawn from one of the world's greatest private collections, it is an absolute must for any collector of World War I uniforms. Indeed, for any collector of German World War I memorabilia, laying out as it does in a very clear and precise way, all the variations of tunic, their origins and usage. This reader-friendly book will help guide the novice and experienced collector alike through the often difficult and confusing information on the subject.
U. S. Army Uniform Contracts and Contractors of the Great War 1914 - 1919
Author: Charles Lemons
Publisher:
Published: 2021-08-16
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781304489449
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a general reference work which lists the names and products of primary contractors who manufactured uniform items for the U.S. Army during World War I (The Great War). The information was collected from a number of sources and a bibliography is included. It gives contract or purchase dates of items, the number of items contracted for, the name and city location of the contractor, and the contract number if known. It is divided by type of uniform item manufactured, by name and or by War Department specification number.
