https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/ALLENQ?QRY=GENSU%3A%20(WORLD%20%2B%20WAR%20%2B%201914%20%2B%201918%20%2B%20CAMPAIGNS%20%2B%20WESTERN%20%2B%20FRONT)&QRYTEXT=Subject%3A%20World%20War%2C%201914-1918%20--%20Campaigns%20--%20Western%20Front%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&SORTS=MAIN.CREATED_DATE.DESC%5DMAIN.CREATED_TIME.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3774112 From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him. The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work. Michael dug out every bit of family gossip and correspondence he could. He studied every relevant official document. He tracked down what remained of his great-uncle Harry's diaries and letters, and pored over photographs of First World War battle scenes to see whether Harry appeared in any of them. He walked the route Harry took on that fatal, final day of his life amid the mud of northern France. And as he did so, a life that had previously existed in the shadows was revealed to him. From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him. The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work. Michael dug out every bit of family gossip and correspondence he could. He studied every relevant official document. He tracked down what remained of his great-uncle Harry's diaries and letters, and pored over photographs of First World War battle scenes to see whether Harry appeared in any of them. He walked the route Harry took on that fatal, final day of his life amid the mud of northern France. And as he did so, a life that had previously existed in the shadows was revealed to him.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Palin, Michael<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>UK : Penguin Books, 2024.<br />xiii, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Cherry Tree Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - B/PAL - Biography - Available - 30303019221417<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3677904 In August 2021, Anthony Seldon set out on a gruelling 35-day pilgrimage from the Swiss border to the English Channel, following the historic route of the Western Front. From sumptuous towns in the east of France to the haunting trenches of the Somme and Ypres, the walk took in many important sites from World War I, as well as some of Europe's most beautiful scenery. 'The Path of Peace' is the extraordinary story of Anthony's epic walk, combining memoir, nature writing and travel, and touching on grief, loss and the legacy of war in a profoundly moving act of remembrance. In August 2021, Anthony Seldon set out on a gruelling 35-day pilgrimage from the Swiss border to the English Channel, following the historic route of the Western Front. From sumptuous towns in the east of France to the haunting trenches of the Somme and Ypres, the walk took in many important sites from World War I, as well as some of Europe's most beautiful scenery. 'The Path of Peace' is the extraordinary story of Anthony's epic walk, combining memoir, nature writing and travel, and touching on grief, loss and the legacy of war in a profoundly moving act of remembrance.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Seldon, Anthony<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Atlantic Books, 2023.<br />3573 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 796.510944 - Sports, Hobbies and Games - Available - 30303018961724<br />Darwen Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 796.510944 - Sports, Hobbies and Games - Onloan - Due: 25 May 2024 - 30303018961732<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3624597 From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him. The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work. Michael dug out every bit of family gossip and correspondence he could. He studied every relevant official document. He tracked down what remained of his great-uncle Harry's diaries and letters, and pored over photographs of First World War battle scenes to see whether Harry appeared in any of them. He walked the route Harry took on that fatal, final day of his life amid the mud of northern France. And as he did so, a life that had previously existed in the shadows was revealed to him. From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him. The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work. Michael dug out every bit of family gossip and correspondence he could. He studied every relevant official document. He tracked down what remained of his great-uncle Harry's diaries and letters, and pored over photographs of First World War battle scenes to see whether Harry appeared in any of them. He walked the route Harry took on that fatal, final day of his life amid the mud of northern France. And as he did so, a life that had previously existed in the shadows was revealed to him.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Palin, Michael<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hutchinson Heinemann, 2023.<br />xiii, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - B/PAL - Biography - Available - 30303018958654<br />Darwen Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.341 - History - Available - 30303018958662<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2672182 A detailed analysis and narrative of the Battle of the Sambre 4 November 1918, the British Army's last large-scale, set-piece battle of the Great War. A detailed analysis and narrative of the Battle of the Sambre 4 November 1918, the British Army's last large-scale, set-piece battle of the Great War.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Clayton, Derek<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Solihull, West Midlands : Helion & Company Limited, 2018.<br />280 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.<br />Wolverhampton military studies<br /><br />Darwen Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.436 - History - Available - 30303018672867<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2612770 By August 1918, the outcome of the Great War was not in doubt: the Allies would win. But what was unclear was how this defeat would play out - would the Germans hold on, prolonging the fighting deep into 1919, with the loss of hundreds of thousands more young lives, or could the war be won in 1918? In 'The Last Battle', Peter Hart, author of 'Gallipoli' and 'The Great War', and oral historian at the Imperial War Museum, brings to life the dramatic final weeks of the war, as men fought to secure victory, with survival seemingly only days, or hours away. Drawing on the experience of both generals and ordinary soldiers, and dwelling with equal weight on strategy, tactics and individual experience, this is a powerful and detailed account of history's greatest endgame. By August 1918, the outcome of the Great War was not in doubt: the Allies would win. But what was unclear was how this defeat would play out - would the Germans hold on, prolonging the fighting deep into 1919, with the loss of hundreds of thousands more young lives, or could the war be won in 1918? In 'The Last Battle', Peter Hart, author of 'Gallipoli' and 'The Great War', and oral historian at the Imperial War Museum, brings to life the dramatic final weeks of the war, as men fought to secure victory, with survival seemingly only days, or hours away. Drawing on the experience of both generals and ordinary soldiers, and dwelling with equal weight on strategy, tactics and individual experience, this is a powerful and detailed account of history's greatest endgame.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hart, Peter (Historian)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Profile Books, 2018.<br />x, 453 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.434 - History - Available - 30303018657462<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2338661 Colonel Graham Chaplin, commander of the Cameron Highlanders, wrote letters from the trenches almost daily to the wife he had married just before the war began. Even if he had no time to write, he would at least send a postcard to reassure her he was 'quite well'. These personal and loving letters give a rare insight into the mind of a serving officer, his worries about his men and his family back home, his concern for the progress of the war (however cautiously phrased) and his comments on the growing list of friends dead or wounded. Colonel Graham Chaplin, commander of the Cameron Highlanders, wrote letters from the trenches almost daily to the wife he had married just before the war began. Even if he had no time to write, he would at least send a postcard to reassure her he was 'quite well'. These personal and loving letters give a rare insight into the mind of a serving officer, his worries about his men and his family back home, his concern for the progress of the war (however cautiously phrased) and his comments on the growing list of friends dead or wounded.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Davidson, Andrew, 1959-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Heron Books, 2016.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Heron Books, 2016.<br />xviii, 393 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 25 cm<br /><br />Darwen Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.414409 - History - Available - 30303018446320<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1651190 Bestselling author Charlie Connelly returns with a First World War memoir of his great uncle, Edward Connelly, who was an ordinary boy sent to fight in a war the likes of which the world had never seen. But this is not just his story; it is the story of all the young forgotten soldiers who fought and bravely died for their country. Bestselling author Charlie Connelly returns with a First World War memoir of his great uncle, Edward Connelly, who was an ordinary boy sent to fight in a war the likes of which the world had never seen. But this is not just his story; it is the story of all the young forgotten soldiers who fought and bravely died for their country.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Connelly, Charlie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Harper Element, 2014.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Harper Element, 2014.<br />278 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.40092 - History - Available - 30303015641097<br />Darwen Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.40092 - History - Available - 30303015641105<br />Roman Road Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.40092 - History - Available - 30303015641113<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1568853 This guide to Britain's Army covers the 'Old Contemptibles' - the professionals who stemmed the German advance at the beginning of the war - to the Territorials, Kitchener's 'New Army' and 'Derby's Men', the conscripts who eventually defeated the Kaiser's armies five years later. This guide to Britain's Army covers the 'Old Contemptibles' - the professionals who stemmed the German advance at the beginning of the war - to the Territorials, Kitchener's 'New Army' and 'Derby's Men', the conscripts who eventually defeated the Kaiser's armies five years later.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Rawson, Andrew<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Stroud : Spellmount, 2014.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Stroud : Spellmount, 2014.<br />384 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.41241 - History - Available - 30303015590146<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1554564 Conventional histories of the Great War have tended to focus on the terrible attritional battles of Ypres, of Arras and of the Somme. What they do not tell us is what life was like for the ordinary soldier, what mattered to him, and how he survived, both physically and mentally. Now for the first time, one of Britain's leading military historians, Richard van Emden tells the story of the Great War exclusively through the words and images of soldiers on the ground. In 'Tommy's War', he gathers some of the very best first-hand material written about the War, some of it published at the time and forgotten, some of it previously unpublished, but all of it wonderfully descriptive and immediate, and often wickedly funny. Conventional histories of the Great War have tended to focus on the terrible attritional battles of Ypres, of Arras and of the Somme. What they do not tell us is what life was like for the ordinary soldier, what mattered to him, and how he survived, both physically and mentally. Now for the first time, one of Britain's leading military historians, Richard van Emden tells the story of the Great War exclusively through the words and images of soldiers on the ground. In 'Tommy's War', he gathers some of the very best first-hand material written about the War, some of it published at the time and forgotten, some of it previously unpublished, but all of it wonderfully descriptive and immediate, and often wickedly funny.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Van Emden, Richard<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bloomsbury, 2014.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bloomsbury, 2014.<br />375 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Darwen Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.4144 - History - Available - 30303015600002<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1539373 This illustrated title, written by Simon Adams, examines why trench warfare happened on the Western Front, what trench warfare was really like and how it affected ordinary soldiers. This illustrated title, written by Simon Adams, examines why trench warfare happened on the Western Front, what trench warfare was really like and how it affected ordinary soldiers.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Adams, Simon, 1955-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Franklin Watts, 2014.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Franklin Watts, 2014.<br />32 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour) ; 27 cm.<br />World War One<br /><br />Mill Hill Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Junior Non-Fiction - J940.4144 - Available - 30303015622907<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1478865 While recovering from injuries sustained whilst fighting close to the German lines, British army officer Lieutenant Walter Lancelot Merritt confessed a remarkable truth: in a petition to King George, he revealed that his real name was Walter Schwarz, and he had deserted from the Australian Imperial Force in 1915 because he feared his German ancestry would prevent him being sent into battle. Using Schwarz's incredible story as a basis, 'A German Tommy' examines the way in which people of German origin were treated in Australia and Britain during the First World War. While recovering from injuries sustained whilst fighting close to the German lines, British army officer Lieutenant Walter Lancelot Merritt confessed a remarkable truth: in a petition to King George, he revealed that his real name was Walter Schwarz, and he had deserted from the Australian Imperial Force in 1915 because he feared his German ancestry would prevent him being sent into battle. Using Schwarz's incredible story as a basis, 'A German Tommy' examines the way in which people of German origin were treated in Australia and Britain during the First World War.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Anderson, Ken<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2014.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2014.<br />256 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.40092 - History - Available - 30303015589981<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1468421 The British Expeditionary Force of 1914 was described by the official historian as 'incomparably the best trained, best organised, and best equipped British Army that ever went forth to war.' This collection offers a broad picture of command at all levels through a series of essays on key officers. Each chapter explores the pre-war background and experience of the officer and assesses his performance in combat in the opening months of the First World War. The British Expeditionary Force of 1914 was described by the official historian as 'incomparably the best trained, best organised, and best equipped British Army that ever went forth to war.' This collection offers a broad picture of command at all levels through a series of essays on key officers. Each chapter explores the pre-war background and experience of the officer and assesses his performance in combat in the opening months of the First World War.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Jones, Spencer, 1981-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Solihull : Helion, 2013.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Solihull : Helion, 2013.<br />360 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (colour) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Darwen Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.41241 - History - Available - 30303015562509<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1468385 Decades ahead of the amusing but distorting buffoonery of 'Blackadder Goes Forth', this complete edition of 'The Wipers Times', the famed trench newspaper of the First World War, is an extraordinary mix of black humour, fake entertainment programmes and pastiche articles and constitutes a unique record of life in the wartime front line. Decades ahead of the amusing but distorting buffoonery of 'Blackadder Goes Forth', this complete edition of 'The Wipers Times', the famed trench newspaper of the First World War, is an extraordinary mix of black humour, fake entertainment programmes and pastiche articles and constitutes a unique record of life in the wartime front line.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Conway, 2013.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Conway, 2013.<br />332 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm<br /><br />Darwen Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.48 - History - Available - 30303015562541<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1417165 World War I was initially planned as a series of swift advances by both sides, yet by the end of October 1914 the Western Front had congealed into a trench war. This text is concerned with the millions of men who fought along this desolate strip of land. World War I was initially planned as a series of swift advances by both sides, yet by the end of October 1914 the Western Front had congealed into a trench war. This text is concerned with the millions of men who fought along this desolate strip of land.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ellis, John, 1945-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Penguin, 2002.<br />214 p. : ill., facsims., map, plan ; 25 cm.<br />Classic military history<br /><br />Blackburn Library - Basement stack - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.4144 Basement - History - Available - 30303011754043<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1286160 Based on years of research by best-selling historian Adrian Gilbert, this is a magisterial account of the British Army at war in 1914. Based on years of research by best-selling historian Adrian Gilbert, this is a magisterial account of the British Army at war in 1914.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Gilbert, Adrian<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2014.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2014.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2013<br />304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - History - Available - 30303015579743<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1209816 The opening battles on the Western Front marked a watershed in military history. A dramatic, almost Napoleonic war of movement quickly gave way to static, attritional warfare in which modern weaponry had forced the combatants to take to the earth. Some of the last cavalry charges took place in the same theatre in which armoured cars, motorcycles and aeroplanes were beginning to make their presence felt. These dramatic developments were recorded in graphic detail by soldiers who were eyewitnesses to them. There is a freshness and immediacy to their accounts which Matthew Richardson exploits in this thoroughgoing reassessment of the 1914 campaign. The opening battles on the Western Front marked a watershed in military history. A dramatic, almost Napoleonic war of movement quickly gave way to static, attritional warfare in which modern weaponry had forced the combatants to take to the earth. Some of the last cavalry charges took place in the same theatre in which armoured cars, motorcycles and aeroplanes were beginning to make their presence felt. These dramatic developments were recorded in graphic detail by soldiers who were eyewitnesses to them. There is a freshness and immediacy to their accounts which Matthew Richardson exploits in this thoroughgoing reassessment of the 1914 campaign.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Richardson, Matthew (Curator)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2013.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2013.<br />viii, 296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.421 - History - Available - 30303015590104<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1208989 Nick Lloyd's 'Hundred Days' explores the brutal, heroic and extraordinary final days of the First World War. On the 11th hour of the 11th day in November 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent. The Armistice, which brought the Great War to an end, marked a seminal moment in modern European and world history. Yet the story of how the war ended remains little-known. In this study, Nick Lloyd examines the last days of the war and asks the question: how did it end? Nick Lloyd's 'Hundred Days' explores the brutal, heroic and extraordinary final days of the First World War. On the 11th hour of the 11th day in November 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent. The Armistice, which brought the Great War to an end, marked a seminal moment in modern European and world history. Yet the story of how the war ended remains little-known. In this study, Nick Lloyd examines the last days of the war and asks the question: how did it end?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Lloyd, Nick<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Viking, 2013.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Viking, 2013.<br />xxxiii, 350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.436 - History - Available - 30303015544382<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1101773 The trench systems of the Western Front saw some of the heaviest fighting in World War I. Find out about the weapons used by both sides as well as what life was like for soldiers at the front line. The trench systems of the Western Front saw some of the heaviest fighting in World War I. Find out about the weapons used by both sides as well as what life was like for soldiers at the front line.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hunter, Nick<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Raintree, 2014.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Raintree, 2014.<br />48 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 25 cm.<br />Remembering World War I.<br />InfoSearch<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Junior Non-Fiction - J940.4144 - History - Available - 30303015534177<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1039069 Private Walter Butterworth survived the Great War. In this book, Christopher Moore retraces his grandfather's footsteps, looking at the life of an unknown soldier on the battlefields of Western Europe. Private Walter Butterworth survived the Great War. In this book, Christopher Moore retraces his grandfather's footsteps, looking at the life of an unknown soldier on the battlefields of Western Europe.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Moore, Christopher, 1955-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Abacus, 2013.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Abacus, 2013.<br />x, 238 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.4144 - History - Available - 30303015488143<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1008724 Allan Mallinson has written a new history of the origins - and the opening first few weeks fighting - of what would become known as 'the war to end all wars'. He explains the grand strategic shift that occurred in the century before the war, the British Army's regeneration after its drubbings in its fight against the Boer, its almost calamitous experience of the first 20 days' fighting in Flanders, and the point at which the BEF took up the pick and the spade in the middle of September 1914. Allan Mallinson has written a new history of the origins - and the opening first few weeks fighting - of what would become known as 'the war to end all wars'. He explains the grand strategic shift that occurred in the century before the war, the British Army's regeneration after its drubbings in its fight against the Boer, its almost calamitous experience of the first 20 days' fighting in Flanders, and the point at which the BEF took up the pick and the spade in the middle of September 1914.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mallinson, Allan<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bantam Press, 2013.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bantam Press, 2013.<br />xxii, 503 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.311 - History - Available - 30303015522123<br />Darwen Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.311 - History - Available - 30303015522131<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=827074 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Slowe, Peter M.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hale, 1986.<br />238p.,[16]p. of plates : ill., maps,1port. ; 24cm.<br /><br />Blackburn Library - Basement stack - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.3 Basement - History - Available - 30303020052033<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=764847 As with previous books in the Cameos of the Western Front series, Poets and Pals of Picardy offers the Great War enthusiast interesting stories about men, actions and places, this time in the Somme Sector of the old Western Front. As with previous books in the Cameos of the Western Front series, Poets and Pals of Picardy offers the Great War enthusiast interesting stories about men, actions and places, this time in the Somme Sector of the old Western Front.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Freeman, Mary Ellen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Barnsley : Leo Cooper, 1999.<br />xiv, 146p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.<br />Cameos of the Western Front<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.4144 - History - Available - 30303010822395<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=732743 The First World War as a living history is to all intents and purposes over. As of February 2005, there are only 12 veterans from 6,000,000 alive who served on the Western Front. In this book, Richard van Emden brings together an extraordinary collection of stories as told to him over the last 20 years. The First World War as a living history is to all intents and purposes over. As of February 2005, there are only 12 veterans from 6,000,000 alive who served on the Western Front. In this book, Richard van Emden brings together an extraordinary collection of stories as told to him over the last 20 years.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Van Emden, Richard<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Abacus, 2006.<br />x, 368 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Blackburn Library - Basement stack - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.48141 Bsement - History - Available - 30303013581758<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=725476 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Weintraub, Stanley, 1929-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon & Schuster, 2001.<br />xvi, 238p. [16]p. of plates : ill., facsims., maps ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Blackburn Library - Basement stack - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.4144 Basement - History - Available - 30303011411636<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=700569 This story is told by a young soldier in the trenches of Flanders during the First World War. Through his eyes we see the realities of war. Incidents are vividly described, but there is no sense of adventure, only the feeling of youth betrayed. This story is told by a young soldier in the trenches of Flanders during the First World War. Through his eyes we see the realities of war. Incidents are vividly described, but there is no sense of adventure, only the feeling of youth betrayed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Vintage, 2005.<br />216 p. ; 20 cm.<br />Future classics<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Fiction - F - General - Onloan - Due: 04 May 2024 - 30303015184213<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=580790 History tells us that no community in Britain escaped the carnage of World War I. The Lee - a village in Buckinghamshire - was certainly no different. Michael Senior's narrative interweaves everyday village life and events on the Western Front, drawing on a wide range of unpublished material. History tells us that no community in Britain escaped the carnage of World War I. The Lee - a village in Buckinghamshire - was certainly no different. Michael Senior's narrative interweaves everyday village life and events on the Western Front, drawing on a wide range of unpublished material.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Senior, Michael<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Stroud : Sutton, 2004.<br />x, 239 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 942.59083 - History - Available - 30303012312650<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=440389 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mellersh, H. E. L. (Harold Edward Leslie)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Kimber, 1978.<br />200p. : ill., 1map, ports. ; 25cm.<br /><br />Blackburn Reference Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Local Studies - K15 - Available - 30303017125479<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=365848 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Holmes, Richard, 1946-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : BBC, 1999.<br />224p : ill., maps ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Blackburn Library - Basement stack - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.4 - History - Available - 30303010758573<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=321069 This is the story of a young man who went to war a devoted servant of King and country and returned utterly convinced that war was wrong and who acted upon his convictions, making a pact with God that he would not kill. This memoir, written 50 years after the end of the war, draws on his diary entries and letters home. This is the story of a young man who went to war a devoted servant of King and country and returned utterly convinced that war was wrong and who acted upon his convictions, making a pact with God that he would not kill. This memoir, written 50 years after the end of the war, draws on his diary entries and letters home.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Skirth, Ronald<br />[New ed.].<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Pan, 2011.<br />xxvii, 353 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Darwen Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.48141 - History - Available - 30303015295985<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=261338 Terraine is perhaps the most distinguished historian of the First World War. In this collection of essays he addresses a number of particular topics - but his specially written introduction and linking passages give the book a remarkable unity and enable it to be read as a coherent whole. Terraine is perhaps the most distinguished historian of the First World War. In this collection of essays he addresses a number of particular topics - but his specially written introduction and linking passages give the book a remarkable unity and enable it to be read as a coherent whole.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Terraine, John, 1921-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military Classics, 2003.<br />230 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Blackburn Library - Basement stack - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 940.4144 Basement - History - Available - 30303011810563<br />