Tommy's War
Tommy's War

Author: Peter Doyle

Publisher: The Crowood Press

Published: 2020-10-26

Total Pages: 557

ISBN-13: 1785007645

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The First World War has left an almost indelible mark on history, with battles such as the Somme and Passchendaele becoming watchwords for suffering unsurpassed. The dreadful fighting on the Western Front, and elsewhere in the world, remains vivid in the public imagination. Over the years dozens of books have been published dealing with the soldier's experience, the military history and the weapons and vehicles of the war, but there has been little devoted to the objects associated with those hard years in the trenches. This book (new in paperback) redresses that balance. With hundreds of carefully captioned photographs of items that would have been part of the everyday life for the British Tommy; from recruiting posters, uniforms and entrenching equipment to games, postcards and pieces of 'trench art', this book brings to life the experience of the Great War soldier through the objects with which he would have been surrounded.

Tommy's War
Tommy's War

Author: Richard van Emden

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2014-09-09

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1408844362

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Shares excerpts from the personal diaries and photographs of British soldiers to depict the daily life of a Tommy in the trenches between 1914 and 1918.

Tommy’s War: A First World War Diary 1913–1918
Tommy’s War: A First World War Diary 1913–1918

Author: Thomas Cairns Livingstone

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2013-06-20

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 0007389418

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The extraordinary diaries of Thomas Cairns Livingstone represent twenty years of gorgeously idiosyncratic daily records of a middle-class Glasgow household, over a period spanning shortly before the Great War to the early 1930s.

Tommy's War
Tommy's War

Author: Thomas Cairns Livingstone

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 0007285388

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The extraordinary diaries of Thomas Cairns Livingstone represent twenty years of gorgeously idiosyncratic daily records of a middle-class Glasgow household, over a period spanning shortly before the Great War to the early 1930s.

Tommy's Peace
Tommy's Peace

Author: Tommy Cairns Livingstone

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2011-10-28

Total Pages: 673

ISBN-13: 184596859X

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Thomas Cairns Livingstone began to note his day-to-day experiences in 1913 and continued faithfully for the next 20 years. With each witty and well-observed entry, he recorded events at home and abroad through times of war and peace, joy and sadness. In this follow-up to the acclaimed Tommy's War, the focus is on the post-war years. Alongside engaging, warm-hearted recollections of everyday life with his wide circle of family, neighbours and friends, Thomas documents everything from the lingering effects of the war and post-war politics to cultural and social aspects of the era, including the rise of cinema and radio, the standard of dentists and opticians before the NHS, the partition of Ireland, the General Strike, the division of domestic labour, Clyde coastal holidays and the expansion of Glasgow. Yet, above all, Thomas affectionately chronicles family life with his hard-working wife, Agnes, and writes with pride of his clever young son, Tommy. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white sketches from Thomas' original diaries and various other artefacts from the period, Tommy's Peace is a tremendous document of a bygone era that vividly evokes family life in Glasgow between the wars.

Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun

Author: Dalton Trumbo

Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.

Published: 2013-11-15

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0806537604

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The Searing Portrayal Of War That Has Stunned And Galvanized Generations Of Readers An immediate bestseller upon its original publication in 1939, Dalton Trumbo?s stark, profoundly troubling masterpiece about the horrors of World War I brilliantly crystallized the uncompromising brutality of war and became the most influential protest novel of the Vietnam era. Johnny Got His Gun is an undisputed classic of antiwar literature that?s as timely as ever. ?A terrifying book, of an extraordinary emotional intensity.?--The Washington Post "Powerful. . . an eye-opener." --Michael Moore "Mr. Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury amounting to eloquence."--The New York Times "A book that can never be forgotten by anyone who reads it."--Saturday Review

Female Tommies
Female Tommies

Author: Elisabeth Shipton

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 0750957484

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The First World War saw one of the biggest ever changes in the demographics of warfare, as thousands of women donned uniforms and took an active part in conflict for the first time in history. Female Tommies looks at the military role of women worldwide during the Great War and reveals the extraordinary women who served on the frontline. Through their diaries, letters and memoirs, meet the women who defied convention and followed their convictions to defend the less fortunate and fight for their country. Follow British Flora Sandes as she joins the Serbian Army and takes up a place in the rearguard of the Iron Regiment as they retreat from the Bulgarian advance. Stow away with Dorothy Lawrence as she smuggles herself to Paris, steals a uniform and heads to the front. Enlist in Russia's all-female 'Battalion of Death' alongside peasant women and princesses alike. The personal accounts of these women, who were members of organisations such as the US Army Signal Corps, the Canadian Army Medical Corps, the FANY, WRAF, WRNS, WAAC and many others, provide a valuable insight into what life was like for women in a male-dominated environment.

Tommy's War
Tommy's War

Author: Pat McGrath Avery

Publisher: River Road Press (MO)

Published: 2003-11-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780966327687

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The first in the Kids' World Series, helping kids understand and cope with changes in their lives. Tommy and his friend each have a parent that leaves home because of a war. The story involves family, school and patriotism.

Tommy Trouble
Tommy Trouble

Author: Stephen Potts

Publisher: Mammoth Read

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9780749739522

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Tommy Cameron is illiterate, and excluded from the other children's games. He is befriended by a war veteran, Jack, who teaches him to read using the papers of a Private Tommy Cameron killed in the war, whose name is on the memorial where they met.

Modelling WW1 Trench Warfare
Modelling WW1 Trench Warfare

Author: Andy Belsey

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781785008580

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Covering British, French and German trenches of the Western Front, Modelling WW1 Trench Warfare includes the different construction, materials and repair methods used during the conflict. Each chapter includes the historical background, together with step-by-step instructions. With over 300 photographs, this book covers why trenches were a necessity to save lives and how they adapted through the war. Instructions are given on how to build models of British 'ideal' and typical trenches, a wet soil trench, improved shell hole, front line dugout, tunnels and mines, and a hospital tent. The book includes a guide to visiting the trenches today, a trench glossary and useful measurements at 1:32 scale.