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  • Diary Kept by Rifleman B. C. Stubbs of the Second Draft Sent to the Queen Victoria Rifles in France

    Enriched edition. A Soldier's Diary of World War I Trench Life

    by Bernard C. Stubbs, Dylan McAllister ...
    In "Diary Kept by Rifleman B. C. Stubbs of the Second Draft Sent to the Queen Victoria Rifles in France," readers are invited into the intimate and often harrowing experiences of a soldier during World War I. Written in a candid, unembellished style, the diary documents Stubbs' daily life, thoughts, and reflections as he navigates the trenches of France. His firsthand accounts provide valuable ... Read more

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    by Jack Goldstein ...
    What age was the youngest soldier to receive the Victoria Cross during WWI? What role did tanks play in the conflict? How much were Germany ordered to pay in reparations after the war? All these questions are answered in this fascinating book containing over one hundred facts about the Great War. Whether you are looking for information to include in a project or article, or you are just interested ... Read more

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  • A Soldier’s Tale: Albert Money at the Battle of Aubers Ridge, May, 1915

    by David Tuffley ...
    At five o'clock on a cold May morning in 1915, Private Albert Money waited behind the British breastworks near Neuve Chapelle while five to seven hundred guns hammered the German line. Handed a dose of rum, he passed it to his mate, who was shaking, though not from fear. Within the hour Albert would be lying in a narrow ditch in no man's land with a bullet through his hip, surrounded by the dead, ... Read more

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  • Private Beatson's War

    Life, Death and Hope on the Western Front

    Edited by Stuart Humphreys, Shaun Springer ...
    Until recently James Beatson was one of the millions of forgotten soldiers of the Great War. But after 90 years his diary has been rediscovered, perfectly preserved, and his story can now be told. It is a moving, intensely personal and beautifully written narrative by an extraordinary young man who witnessed one of the darkest episodes in European history. His experience gives us a telling insight ... Read more

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  • War Interlude 1916 -1919

    by Harold Hesler ...
    In 1916, a young bank clerk from the Niagara region joined the Canadian Artillery and was shipped off to France and Belgium. Three and a half years later, he returned to Canada and rejoined the bank, eventually to become one of its most senior officers. This is his own account of that interval, during which he survived the battles of the Somme, Lens, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, and the Canadian ... Read more

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  • The War Behind the Wire

    The Life, Death and Glory of British Prisoners of War, 1914-18

    by John Lewis-Stempel ...
    The last untold story of the First World War: the fortunes and fates of 170,000 British soldiers captured by the enemy.On capture, British officers and men were routinely told by the Germans 'For you the war is over'. Nothing could be further from the truth. British Prisoners of War merely exchanged one barbed-wire battleground for another.In the camps the war was eternal. There was the war ... Read more

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  • Four Weeks in the Trenches

    The War Story of a Violinist

    by Fritz Kreisler ...
    In "Four Weeks in the Trenches: The Last Eight Days of the War," Fritz Kreisler presents a poignant and personal narrative that intertwines his experiences as a soldier during World War I with his profound reflections on the devastating effects of war. Written in a lyrical prose that captures the intensity and chaos of combat, Kreisler'Äôs account contrasts the brutality faced by soldiers with ... Read more

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  • Escaper's Progress

    The Remarkable POW Experiences of a Royal Naval Officer

    by David James ...
    A British naval officer details life as a prisoner of war and his courageous and suspenseful escape attempts during World War II.David James was in Motor Gunboats (with Robert Hichens of Gunboat Command). Captured in February 1943 after abandoning ship due to fierce engagement with three German armed trawlers in the North Sea, he was imprisoned in Dulag Marlag.His first tunnel was discovered ... Read more

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  • A Woman's Diary of the War: (Annotated)

    by Sarah Broom Macnaughtan ...
    One of the most powerful descriptions of the scourge of the First World War by a woman who was on the front lines and ultimately gave her life for the cause.Scottish-born English novelist, Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (1864 – 1916) spent much of her life in the service of others in need. She worked for the Red Cross to aid soldiers and civilians in the Balkans, the Boer War, and WWI. She was a ... Read more

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  • Behind the Wire

    Prisoners of War 1914-18

    by Robert Jackson ...
    From escape attempts to camp conditions,Behind the Wire offers first-hand accounts of POWs during World War I.Before World War I the Geneva Convention established 'rules' for the treatment of Prisoners of War, and all belligerents during the war were to adhere to them; however, the rules were in many ways ambiguous and as a result, the treatment of POWs varied from nation to nation.In this book, ... Read more

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  • Rifleman Stubb's Diary

    by Rifleman Bernard Castle Stubbs ...
    The short, but poignant and action-filled diary of a South African fighting in the British Army in 1915 during the First World War.Bernard Castle Stubbs was a bright and well-liked employee of the Union-Castle Line, enjoying his peacetime career at their head offices at Fenchurch Street in London. Although a South African by birth, he had spent most of his schooldays in England, he joined the 9th ... Read more

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  • A Visit to Three Fronts

    by Arthur Conan Doyle ...
    Aged 55 by the time WWI broke out in 1914, famous author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was keen to play his part in the war effort and became a private in a volunteer regiment. 'A Visit to Three Fronts' is his account of visits he made to various Army positions during the conflict. Though a somewhat sanitised report, it is nevertheless a fascinating glimpse into the lives of those who were on the ... Read more

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