Home Front, Training, Poetry etc

DOVER & FOLKESTONE DURING THE GREAT WAR by Michael and Christine George. During the Great War of 1914-1918 these two towns were again vulnerable to enemy action, and they played a vital role in war effort. As this well-researched and highly illustrated book shows, the people of the Channel Ports suffered from bombardment by air and sea. They also played a significant role in the experience of the men who fought in the Great War. Paperback. £10.99 – OUR PRICE £9.49

CALL TO ARMS Charles Messenger. In 1914 the British Army was very small. By 1918, over 8.5 million men had been recruited. This highly-regarded book charts how the expansion was managed - recruiting, supplying, equipping, etc. A very comprehensive survey. Softback. 574 pp. £15.99 - OUR PRICE £11.99

BOMBARDMENT The Day the East Coast Bled Mark Marsay. The full story of the bombardments of Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool and their aftermaths, told in vivid detail, with the personal testimony of the survivors, 37 street maps and over 440 photographs. Softback. 516 pp. £14.95 – OUR PRICE £13.45

THE GUNS OF THE NORTH EAST - Coastal Defences from the Tyne to the Humber. Joe Foster. Graphic account of the defence of Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough against German sea-borne raiders in 1914 and the coastal defences that confronted the German navy. 176 pp. Softback. £12.99 - OUR PRICE £9.95

A TOWN FOR FOUR WINTERS C. J. and G. P. Whitehouse. Chronicles the history of the two large Great War training camps (Brocton Camp and Rugeley Camp) which were a wartime feature of Cannock Chase, in Staffordshire. Softback. 60 pp. £8.00 - OUR PRICE £7.50

EDMUND BLUNDEN H. McPhail & P. Guest. the book follows the war career of this prolific First World War poet. Details of maps, military diaries, photographs and modern roads to guide the visitor through the events, vividly describing the sufferings of battle and trench life. £9.95 – OUR PRICE £8.95

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SONS Paul J. Thornber Original poetry from thisBirmingham poet, with photographs and additional material by Terry Carter (author of Birmingham Pals), both of whom regularly visit the Somme together. Paul's sensitive poetry and Terry's military knowledge combine to make this a very different way of considering the events of the Somme. Softback. 105 pp. £9.95 - OUR PRICE £8.95

ISAAC ROSENBERG – The making of a Great War poet by Jean Moorcroft Wilson. The author focuses on the relationship between Rosenberg's life and work - his childhood in Bristol and the Jewish East End of London; his time at the Slade School of Art and friendship with David Bomberg, Mark Gertler and Stanley Spencer; and his harrowing life as a private in the British Army. Paperback. Published price £10.99 – OUR PRICE £8.99

A SMALL TOWN AT WAR, 1917 IN MID SUSSEX, Alan Miller. A review of 1917 in Cuckfield, Mid Sussex. Softback. 108 pp. OUR PRICE £6.50