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Newcastle Battalions: In Action on the Somme
Neil R. Storey
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Newcastle raised more battalions of volunteer soldiers that went on to see active service than any other British provincial city during the First World War. The first full battalion of Kitchener's Army, Pioneer battalions, the Tyneside Scottish and the Tyneside Irish Brigades and pre-war Territorial Battalions of The Northumberland Fusiliers were all raised here and all of them served at some point during the Battles on the Somme between 1 July and December 1916. On the First Day of the Somme their stalwart bravery and conduct on the field were remarked upon by all who witnessed it; be they the ... Read more
Newcastle raised more battalions of volunteer soldiers that went on to see active service than any other British provincial city during the First World War. The first full battalion of Kitchener's Army, Pioneer battalions, the Tyneside Scottish and the Tyneside Irish Brigades and pre-war Territorial Battalions of The Northumberland Fusiliers were all raised here and all of them served at some point during the Battles on the Somme between 1 July and December 1916. On the First Day of the Somme their stalwart bravery and conduct on the field were remarked upon by all who witnessed it; be they the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Tyne Bridge Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
76
Place of Publication
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857951592
SKU
V9781857951592
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Ref
99-3
About Neil R. Storey
Neil is a social historian specialising in how the First and Second World Wars impacted on British society. He has lectured on the subject all over Britain for 20 years and has written over 30 books on a variety of social history themes including: The Tommy's Handbook (History Press 2014), Animals in the First World War (Shire 2014) and Women ... Read more
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