Author : Peter Duckers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0747811733
Surveys the medals awarded to British personnel for military services from the First World War to operations of British forces in the opening years of the twenty-first century. The campaign medals awarded for the military actions have become a popular field for collectors, since the majority of British awards were officially named.
Author : Peter Duckers
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 41,18 MB
Release : 2013-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1473829836
Fully revised second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling guide to military medals. This second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling British Military Medals traces the history of medals and gallantry awards from Elizabethan times to the modern day, and it features an expert account of their design and production. Campaign and gallantry medals are a key to understanding - and exploring - British and imperial military history, and to uncovering the careers and exploits of individual soldiers. In a series of succinct and well-organized chapters he explains how medals originated, to whom they were awarded and how the practice of giving medals has developed over the centuries. His work is a guide for collectors and for local and family historians who want to learn how to use medals to discover the history of military units and the experiences of individuals who served in them.
Author : Imelda Bargas
Publisher : Exisle Publishing
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 20,55 MB
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1775592146
Rediscover New Zealand’s hidden First World War history through the places where it happened. No battles were fought here, yet the First World War intruded into the daily life of every New Zealander who remained at home. This ground-breaking book provides vivid new insights into their experiences through exploring the places where they lived, worked, coped and mourned: army camps, fortifications, soldier-settler farms, town halls, wharves, convalescent homes and hospitals, cemeteries and war memorials, dairy factories and woollen mills. From Northland to Stewart Island, our landscape is signposted with thousands of poignant memorials, and behind the façades of old buildings, beneath scrub and behind farm fences lies a less visible landscape of war and hundreds of hidden stories waiting to be told: a soldier’s name carved on a remote railway station, a once bustling uniform factory in the heart of a city, a long abandoned gun battery … This unique book will be a revelation to all New Zealanders. Extensively illustrated with new and period photographs and fascinating maps, it contains original research and information that will open the eyes of every reader to places and stories in their community hidden in plain sight. The impact of the First World War on New Zealanders was immense; its legacy can be seen all around us today.
Author : Frank Crowe
Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 39,87 MB
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1839752297
Some golf short story fiction, enhanced with the author's fifty years' experience of golf clubs, golf books, memorabilia and his varied playing partners. Including over 100 illustrations, some of which are original artwork.
Author : Paul Reed
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 34,39 MB
Release : 2011-06-13
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1844686582
The Great War was a key event of the twentieth century and it is one of the most popular and rewarding areas for historical research—and for family historians. More records than ever are available to researchers whose relatives served during the war, and Paul Reeds new book is the perfect guide to how to locate and understand these sources—and get the most out of them.In fascinating detail he follows the stories of twelve service men who fought and died in the Great War a rifleman, an infantry officer, a tunneller, a gunner, a Royal Marine, a naval rating, an airman, and others. He describes their wartime careers and shows how they fitted into the armed forces. He looks at what they did, at their lives in the front line, in the rear areas, on leave, and at the conditions they endured and the experiences they had. And he demonstrates how the research was done and how the lives of these individuals were reconstructed—the methods that were used, the sources that were consulted.Paul Reeds informative and accessible book will be essential reading and reference for anyone who wants to find out about the Great War and is keen to understand the part an ancestor played in it.
Author : Peter Duckers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 31,59 MB
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 074781175X
British Gallantry Awards 1855-2000. This book surveys the British decorations and medals from the origins in the Crimean War of 1854-6 up to the end of the twentieth century.
Author : Peter Doyle
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 10,26 MB
Release : 2012-07-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1782001026
In their companion volume to British Army Cap Badges of the First World War, authors Peter Doyle and Chris Foster present an overview of the main cap badges worn by the British Army during the Second World War, which continued the rich and varied tradition of British regimental insignia. This book describes and illustrates, for the first time in high quality full colour, the main types of cap badge worn. With many amalgamations, war-raised units and special forces, British military insignia from the period have a surprising range that differs substantially from that worn by the soldiers of the previous generation. As in the first book, this volume contains contemporary illustrations of the soldiers themselves wearing the badges. Employing the skills of an established writer (and collector) and artist, it provides a unique reference guide for anyone interested in the British Army of the period.
Author : Peter Duckers
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 35,81 MB
Release : 1997
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Graham Connah
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 33,13 MB
Release : 2010-03-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521868505
In this book, Graham Connah offers an overview of archaeological authorship: its diversity, its challenges, and its methodology. Based on his own experiences, he presents his personal views about the task of writing about archaeology. The book is not intended to be a technical manual. Instead, Connah aims to encourage archaeologists who write about their subject to think about the process of writing. He writes with the beginning author in mind, but the book will be of interest to all archaeologists who plan to publish their work. Connah's overall premise is that those who write about archaeology need to be less concerned with content and more concerned with how they present it. It is not enough to be a good archaeologist. One must also become a good writer and be able to communicate effectively. Archaeology, he argues, is above all a literary discipline.
Author : Arthur James Wells
Publisher :
Page : 1922 pages
File Size : 39,38 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Bibliography, National
ISBN :
