South Devon in the Great War - Rea, Tony
KORTE INHOUD
South Devon in the Great War provides the first definitive history of events in this part of Devon during the First World War, with more than fifty pictures, some unpublished for 100 years. The author's succinct and engaging text is further enhanced by a unique set of then and now photographs, and provides readers with an incomparable pictorial overview of events on the Home Front To the casual observer, south Devon may have seemed an agricultural backwater of Britain during the war, important in but two respects; the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth and the Royal Naval base at Devonport. However, a closer and more considered gaze reveals significant changes. By late 1915 many of the young men and, significantly, almost all of the horses had gone away to war. Older men and many women now farmed the land, aided by German POWs. Dartmoor Gaol became home to hundreds of Conscientious Objectors put to work on the quarries whilst large and medium sized country houses were converted to hospitals and conval...
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2016Uitgever: Pen & Sword, Barnsley133 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1473834252ISBN-13: 9781473834255Koop dit boek tweedehands
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[Auteur: Rea, Tony] [Pagina's: 133] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Pen & Sword, Barnsley] [Jaar: 2016] [Titel: South Devon in the Great War]
