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Informationen zum Autor Peter Doyle is a scientist and military historian specialising in the role of terrain in warfare. His books include: 'Tommy's War 1914-1918'; 'Beneath Flanders Fields: The Underground War 1914-18' and 'Grasping Gallipoli'. He is co-secretary of the All Party Parliamentary War Graves and Battlefield Heritage Group, and is an elected member of the British Commission for Military History. He lives in London. Klappentext The First World War affected the lives of a whole generation of people in Britain and the Commonwealth. Most people living today will have an ancestor who fought or died in the conflict, and as the 90th anniversary of the conclusion of the war approaches, there has been a rush of people trying to trace their ancestors and understand what life for them was like during World War I. While the familiar images - the photographs, film, poetry and prose of the First World War focus on the hellish trenches, mud and death, there is another dimension to the soldiers life in the war - that of everyday life at the front. The Tommy was only in the trenches for at most one-quarter of his time overseas, and when away from the front, vigorous routine, training and order soon took over. Peter Doyle addresses this, describing the lives of British soldiers while not in the trenches at the front, exploring the life of the average soldier of the First World War and answering the question: what was it really like to be a soldier in the trenches on the frontline. A highly illustrated study of the First World War British Soldier. Zusammenfassung Explores the life of the average British 'Tommy' of the Great War, in battle and at rest, in training, and on his return home. Illustrated with evocative images of the war, and items of the soldier's kit, this book provides an answer to the question: What was it like to be a soldier in the trenches on the front line? Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Great War . Introduction to the War .Trench warfare and its routines . The British Soldier at War .The major campaigns . Chapter 2: Joining up .Your Country Needs You .Territorials, Regulars, Kitchener's Army, Derby Men and Conscripts .Training and preparing for war overseas . Chapter 3: Up the line . Tommy's uniform and equipment . The routine of trench life . Over the top . Chapter 4: On rest and at home . In and out of the trenches . Hospitals, casualties and wounds . Life in the rear areas . Thoughts of home . Chapter 5: Aftermath . Remembrance and commemoration . Medals and certificates . Life after the war . Chapter 6: Where to go today . Museums and battlefields . Preserved trenches . Suggested reading...
