In the Shadow of the Great War
Surrey, 1914-1922
The military toll of World War I is widely known: millions of Britons were mobilised, many thousands killed or wounded, and the landscape of British society changed forever. But how was the conflict experienced by the people of Surrey on the home front? Surrey Heritage's project Surrey in the Great War: A County Remembers has, over the four-year centenary commemoration, explored the wartime stories of Surrey's people and places. The project's discoveries are here captured through text, case studies and images. This book chronicles the mobilisation of Surrey men, the training of foreign troops in the county, objection to military service, defe…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Middleton, Imogen / Page, Michael / Warren, Juliet
- ISBN: 978-0-7509-9342-5
- EAN: 9780750993425
- Produktnummer: 32694706
- Verlag: The History Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 22'689 KB
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Surrey Heritage, part of Surrey County Council, are producing this book as the culmination of a 4-year project to tell the story of Surrey in the Great War. This high-profile project has involved many individuals, groups, societies and schools in Surrey and beyond. The project team is made up of 4 individuals, headed by Kirsty Bennett as senior project officer, and each chapter in the book is from a different researcher. The project team are based at Surrey Heritage Centre, Woking.
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