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Feeding Tommy

Andrew Robertshaw,Royal Logistic Corps Museum
Feeding Tommy Book PDF

Author : Andrew Robertshaw,Royal Logistic Corps Museum
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780752492841

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Feeding Tommy by Andrew Robertshaw,Royal Logistic Corps Museum Pdf

"I found to my delight that I had stumbled across a kind of soup kitchen. The Tommy in charge was stirring a copperful of ‘Shackles’ (soup made from the very dregs of army cooking and stirred with a stick). I must have looked in need of extra nourishment for he said ‘D’yer want a drop, son?’ ‘Yes please’ I replied if you can spare it.’ The warmth and zest from that beefy liquid, unexpected as it was, compelled me to accept a second bowlful which I drank with the same enthusiasm as the first." - George Coppard, from With A Machine Gun to Cambrai. From bully beef to Tickler’s jam, explore what kept Tommy Atkins fed in the trenches by reading recipes and learning how meals were made just yards from the enemy. In this book Andrew Robertshaw combines history, recipes and historical experiments to reveal how Army Cooks in the First World War fed millions of men everyday against the odds.

Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front

Richard Holmes
Tommy The British Soldier on the Western Front Book PDF

Author : Richard Holmes
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 1203 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780007383481

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Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front by Richard Holmes Pdf

Groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed, Tommy is the first history of World War I to place the British soldier who fought in the trenches centre-stage.

Tommy French

Julian Walker
Tommy French Book PDF

Author : Julian Walker
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526765932

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Tommy French by Julian Walker Pdf

‘Napoo’, ‘compray’, ‘san fairy ann’, ‘toot sweet’ are anglicized French phrases that came into use on the Western Front during the First World War as British troops struggled to communicate in French. Over four years of war they created an extraordinary slang which reflects the period and brings the conflict to mind whenever it is heard today. Julian Walker, in this original and meticulously researched book, explores the subject in fascinating detail. In the process he gives us an insight into the British soldiers’ experience in France during the war and the special language they invented in order to cope with their situation. He shows how French place-names were anglicized as were words for food and drink, and he looks at what these slang terms tell us about the soldiers’ perception of France, their relationship with the French and their ideas of home. He traces the spread of ‘Tommy French’ back to the Home Front, where it was popularized in songs and on postcards, and looks at the French reaction to the anglicization of their language.

Remembering Tommy

Peter Doyle,Chris Foster
Remembering Tommy Book PDF

Author : Peter Doyle,Chris Foster
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752497488

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Remembering Tommy by Peter Doyle,Chris Foster Pdf

The British soldier of the Great War has been depicted in many books. Invariably, a pen picture paints him as stoic, joining the army in a wave of patriotic fervour, and destined to serve four years on the Western Front in some of the most costly battles in history. Yet often the picture is difficult to resolve for the reader. What was it like in the trenches? How did the soldier live, where did he sleep? What was it like to go over the top, and when he did, what did he carry with him? For many, the idea of trench life is hazy, and usually involves ‘drowning in mud’, in, as one writer put it, ‘the pitiless misery’ of Passchendaele. Recently, military historians have presented an alternative picture, a picture in which the hopelessness of the First World War is given new life and purpose. Remembering Tommy pays tribute to the real life British soldier of the Great War from the moment of joining up to their final homecoming. Using original artefacts in historic settings, the men and their words are brought to life. The uniforms they wore, the equipment they carried, the letters they wrote home, their personal possessions, mementos and photographs come together in a powerful tribute to the indomitable Tommy. Each one of these precious artefacts bears witness to the men who left them behind – allowing us to almost reach out and touch history.

Great War Tommy

Peter Doyle
Great War Tommy Book PDF

Author : Peter Doyle
Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0857332414

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Great War Tommy by Peter Doyle Pdf

The Great War continues to fascinate, and never more so as we approach 2014, the centenary year of its outbreak. There is an abiding fascination in the uniform and equipment of the British Great War soldier. What was it like to wear? What were puttees? What does a gas mask look like? How heavy was the equipment? How did you dig a trench? These and other typical questions will be answered in Haynes Manual style, providing a vivid insight into life during the Great War for the average “Tommy Atkins."

Tommy's War

Thomas Cairns Livingstone
Tommy s War Book PDF

Author : Thomas Cairns Livingstone
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780007285389

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Tommy's War by Thomas Cairns Livingstone Pdf

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: A First World War Diary 1913–1918

Thomas Cairns Livingstone
Tommy s War A First World War Diary 1913 1918 Book PDF

Author : Thomas Cairns Livingstone
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780007389414

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Tommy’s War: A First World War Diary 1913–1918 by Thomas Cairns Livingstone Pdf

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.

Teenage Tommy

Richard van Emden
Teenage Tommy Book PDF

Author : Richard van Emden
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473821750

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Teenage Tommy by Richard van Emden Pdf

Benjamin Clouting was just sixteen years old when he embarked with the British Expeditionary Force for France in August 1914. The youngest man in the 4th Dragoon Guards, he took part in the BEF's celebrated first action at Casteau on August 22nd, and, two days later, had his horse shot from under him during the famous cavalry charge of the 4th Dragoon Guards and the 9th Lancers at Audregnies. Ben served on the Western front during every major engagement of the war except Loos, was wounded twice, and in 1919 went with the Army of Occupation to Cologne. The son of a stable groom, Ben was brought up in the beautiful Sussex countryside near Lewes and from his earliest years was, as he often said himself, "crazy to be a soldier". He worked briefly as a stable boy before joining up in 1913; his training was barely completed when war broke out. The Regiment, knowing Ben to be under age, tried to stop him embarking for France, but he flatly refused to be left behind. During the next four years, he served under officers immortalized in Great War history, including Major Tom Bridges, Captain Hornby, and Lieutenant-Colonel Adrien Carton de Wiart VC.Teenage Tommy is a detailed account of a trooper's life at the front, vividly recalling, for example, the privations suffered during the retreat from Mons. and later, the desperate fighting to hold back the German onslaught at 2nd Ypres. But this is more than just a memoir about trench warfare. Ben's lively sense of humor and healthy disrespect for petty restrictions make this an entertaining as well as a moving story of life at the front.

Fritz and Tommy

Peter Doyle,Robin Schäfer,Al Murray
Fritz and Tommy Book PDF

Author : Peter Doyle,Robin Schäfer,Al Murray
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750966627

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Fritz and Tommy by Peter Doyle,Robin Schäfer,Al Murray Pdf

Fritz and Tommy: Across the Barbed Wire takes a unique look at the experiences of the German soldier – in direct comparison with those of his British counterpart. While other books plot out the battles and examine the participation of the German divisions on the Westfront, there are no books that discuss the shared experience of both sides. Uniquely, Fritz and Tommy examines the commonality of frontline experience. Significantly the book is the result of a close collaboration between a British and a German military historian, both well-placed to draw comparisons and highlight differences. Drawing upon unique archives, Peter Doyle and Robin Schäfer examine the soldiers’ lives, and examine cultural and military nuances that have so far been left untouched. Mapping out the lives of the men in the trenches, ultimately it concludes that Fritz and Tommy were not that far apart, geographically, physically, or emotionally. The soldiers on both sides went to war with high ideals; they experienced horror and misery, but also comradeship/kameradschaft. And with increasing alienation from the people at home, they drew closer together, the Hun transformed into ‘good old Gerry’ by the war’s end.

Tommy, Doughboy, Fritz

Emily Brewer
Tommy Doughboy Fritz Book PDF

Author : Emily Brewer
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445637952

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Tommy, Doughboy, Fritz by Emily Brewer Pdf

From Ammo to Zig-Zag, many of the words we use today were invented in World War 1. They provide a unique insight into the experience of the war, and the inventiveness and humour of ordinary soldiers.

Tommy's War

Peter Doyle
Tommy s War Book PDF

Author : Peter Doyle
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785007644

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Tommy's War by Peter Doyle Pdf

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.

The Tommy of the First World War

Neil R. Storey
The Tommy of the First World War Book PDF

Author : Neil R. Storey
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445669885

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The Tommy of the First World War by Neil R. Storey Pdf

A hundred years have now passed since Britain sent hundreds of thousands of men to fight and to die on the Western Front and elsewhere. This is the perfect introduction to the life and experiences of the ordinary British soldier.

Tommy's War

Richard van Emden
Tommy s War Book PDF

Author : Richard van Emden
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781408844366

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Tommy's War by Richard van Emden Pdf

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.

The Last Fighting Tommy

Harry Patch,Richard van Emden
The Last Fighting Tommy Book PDF

Author : Harry Patch,Richard van Emden
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780747593362

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The Last Fighting Tommy by Harry Patch,Richard van Emden Pdf

The extraordinary and moving story of a man, now aged 108, whose life has spanned six monarchs and twenty Prime Ministers .

What Tommy Took to War

Peter Doyle,Chris Foster
What Tommy Took to War Book PDF

Author : Peter Doyle,Chris Foster
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780747814788

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What Tommy Took to War by Peter Doyle,Chris Foster Pdf

On the centenary of the Great War comes this poignant look at fifty objects never far from Tommy's side – official uniform, good-luck charms, phrasebooks, a sweetheart's letter, some unexpected and others more familiar. With sumptuous original photography and thoughtful text, this is life as the ordinary First World War soldier knew it. Inside front: What Tommy Took To War tells sobering, fascinating stories that bring the ordinary Tommy's experiences back to life with poignant immediacy. With striking original photography by Chris Foster and expert text from noted historian Peter Doyle, it looks in detail at fifty objects that Tommy would have had in his kit and which would have accompanied, equipped and comforted him during his wartime ordeals: official uniform, training manual, cigarettes, good-luck charms, sweethearts' letters, foreign phrasebook and myriad others. Together, these artefacts give us a serious and informative, yet touching and even occasionally amusing, picture of the ordinary soldier's experience of the First World War.