https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/ALLENQ?QRY=GENSU%3A%20(WORLD%20%2B%20WAR%20%2B%201914%20%2B%201918%20%2B%20PERSONAL%20%2B%20NARRATIVES)&QRYTEXT=Subject%3A%20World%20War%2C%201914-1918%20--%20Personal%20narratives%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&SORTS=MAIN.CREATED_DATE.DESC%5DMAIN.CREATED_TIME.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5057551 Imprisoned in a remote Turkish POW camp during the First World War, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, cunningly join forces. To stave off boredom, Jones makes a handmade Ouija board and holds fake séances for fellow prisoners. One day, an Ottoman official approaches him with a query: could Jones contact the spirits to find a vast treasure rumoured to be buried nearby? Jones, a lawyer, and Hill, a magician, use the Ouija board - and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception - to build a trap for their captors that will lead them to freedom. Imprisoned in a remote Turkish POW camp during the First World War, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, cunningly join forces. To stave off boredom, Jones makes a handmade Ouija board and holds fake séances for fellow prisoners. One day, an Ottoman official approaches him with a query: could Jones contact the spirits to find a vast treasure rumoured to be buried nearby? Jones, a lawyer, and Hill, a magician, use the Ouija board - and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception - to build a trap for their captors that will lead them to freedom.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Fox, Margalit<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Profile Books, 2021.<br />xvi, 329 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 22 cm<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B JON FOX - Available - 95100000326399<br />Bourne End Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B JON FOX - Available - 95100000325964<br />Gerrards Cross Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B JON FOX - Available - 95100000327077<br />Haddenham Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B JON FOX - Available - 95100000325441<br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B JON FOX - Available - 95100000326227<br />Iver Heath Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B JON FOX - Available - 95100000326051<br />Marlow Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B JON FOX - Available - 95100000325493<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4576864 Somewhere in Palestine March 10th, 1918. My Very Dear Brother Ern, since receiving your last letter, I have been 'over the top'. I was expecting to have to go, but I assure you Ern, I never dreamed it would be so terrible!. I want to try to forget those certain 16 hours, but I cannot, and I am afraid I never shall. I really think the night of February 19-20th was (for me anyhow) a night in hell. We had to attack Johnny with the bayonet in the dark about 1:30 (and it was dark too). He was stronger than expected. If our machine guns had not come up just in time, I think we would all have been wiped out. Somewhere in Palestine March 10th, 1918. My Very Dear Brother Ern, since receiving your last letter, I have been 'over the top'. I was expecting to have to go, but I assure you Ern, I never dreamed it would be so terrible!. I want to try to forget those certain 16 hours, but I cannot, and I am afraid I never shall. I really think the night of February 19-20th was (for me anyhow) a night in hell. We had to attack Johnny with the bayonet in the dark about 1:30 (and it was dark too). He was stronger than expected. If our machine guns had not come up just in time, I think we would all have been wiped out.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Stanbridge, Frederick Joseph<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Austin Macauley Publishers, 2019.<br />108 pages<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.48141 STA - Available - 95100000230900<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4458349 Percy Edwards was conscripted into the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1918. Trained at Sniggery Camp near Liverpool, he was sent to the front, aged just 18. Percy's letters were few and his words sparse and immature, but they are very powerful. Tragically, he was to die of his wounds three weeks after his arrival. This unique book, built around the words of a young man from Wales, is an authentic testimony of the final year of the Great War. Percy Edwards was conscripted into the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1918. Trained at Sniggery Camp near Liverpool, he was sent to the front, aged just 18. Percy's letters were few and his words sparse and immature, but they are very powerful. Tragically, he was to die of his wounds three weeks after his arrival. This unique book, built around the words of a young man from Wales, is an authentic testimony of the final year of the Great War.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Doyle, Peter<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Uniform Press, 2018.<br />120 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Bourne End Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.3429 DOY - Available - 95100000184062<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4426573 A unique collection of historic recordings in which the last brutal encounters of the war and the mixed emotions of the armistice are remembered by troops from both sides. A unique collection of historic recordings in which the last brutal encounters of the war and the mixed emotions of the armistice are remembered by troops from both sides.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Melbourne : Bolinda Audio, 2018.<br />2 CDs (2 hr., 12 min.) : digital, stereo<br /><br />Bourne End Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - CDs - spoken word up to 4 - Available - 95100000120427<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4194324 Every man who served in the Great War is now deceased, but they have left behind them an enormous collection of oral history, which captures the authentic voices of the front line soldiers. In this book, oral historian Peter Hart brings together accounts from across the conflict, from soldiers, sailors, and airmen, from officers and privates alike. Every man who served in the Great War is now deceased, but they have left behind them an enormous collection of oral history, which captures the authentic voices of the front line soldiers. In this book, oral historian Peter Hart brings together accounts from across the conflict, from soldiers, sailors, and airmen, from officers and privates alike.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hart, Peter (Historian)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Profile Books, [2017]<br />xv, 424 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />Amersham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.48141 HAR - Available - 153852053<br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.48141 HAR - Available - 153859307<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4115540 Ian Buruma's maternal grandparents were born into the same world: children of German-Jewish émigré stockbrokers living in London. But at the demand of his parents, Ian's grandfather, the dutiful son, broke up with his fiancée by letter just before leaving for the Western Front during World War I, where he served as a stretcher bearer in the Battle on the Somme. It was the first great shock their romance would suffer, but their love would survive it. Bernard and Winifred Schlesinger were married for more than 60 years, but the heart of their story lies within the span of the two world wars. Ian Buruma's maternal grandparents were born into the same world: children of German-Jewish émigré stockbrokers living in London. But at the demand of his parents, Ian's grandfather, the dutiful son, broke up with his fiancée by letter just before leaving for the Western Front during World War I, where he served as a stretcher bearer in the Battle on the Somme. It was the first great shock their romance would suffer, but their love would survive it. Bernard and Winifred Schlesinger were married for more than 60 years, but the heart of their story lies within the span of the two world wars.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Buruma, Ian<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Atlantic Books, 2017.<br />305 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B SCH BRU - Available - 153640254<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3992492 Colonel Graham Chaplin, commander of the Cameron Highlanders, wrote letters from the trenches almost daily to the wife he had married just before the war began. Even if he had no time to write, he would at least send a postcard to reassure her he was 'quite well'. These personal and loving letters give a rare insight into the mind of a serving officer, his worries about his men and his family back home, his concern for the progress of the war (however cautiously phrased) and his comments on the growing list of friends dead or wounded. Colonel Graham Chaplin, commander of the Cameron Highlanders, wrote letters from the trenches almost daily to the wife he had married just before the war began. Even if he had no time to write, he would at least send a postcard to reassure her he was 'quite well'. These personal and loving letters give a rare insight into the mind of a serving officer, his worries about his men and his family back home, his concern for the progress of the war (however cautiously phrased) and his comments on the growing list of friends dead or wounded.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Davidson, Andrew, 1959-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Heron Books, 2016.<br />xviii, 393 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 25 cm<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.414409 DAV - Available - 153372162<br />Beaconsfield Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.414409 DAV - Available - 153364641<br />Wendover Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.414409 DAV - Available - 153374156<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3966895 With First World War casualties mounting, there was an appeal for volunteers to train as front-line medical staff. Many women heeded the call: some responding to a vocational or religious calling, others following a sweetheart to the front, and some carried away on the jingoistic patriotism that gripped the nation in 1914. Despite their training, these young women were ill-prepared for the anguished cries of the wounded and the stench of gangrene and trench foot awaiting them at the Somme. Isolated from friends and family, most discovered an inner strength, forging new and close relationships with each other and establishing a camaraderie that was to last through the war and beyond. Based on the previously unpublished true stories of its nurses and medical staff, this book is a heart-warming account of the joys and sorrows of life in an extraordinary Somme field hospital. With First World War casualties mounting, there was an appeal for volunteers to train as front-line medical staff. Many women heeded the call: some responding to a vocational or religious calling, others following a sweetheart to the front, and some carried away on the jingoistic patriotism that gripped the nation in 1914. Despite their training, these young women were ill-prepared for the anguished cries of the wounded and the stench of gangrene and trench foot awaiting them at the Somme. Isolated from friends and family, most discovered an inner strength, forging new and close relationships with each other and establishing a camaraderie that was to last through the war and beyond. Based on the previously unpublished true stories of its nurses and medical staff, this book is a heart-warming account of the joys and sorrows of life in an extraordinary Somme field hospital.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Starns, Penny<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Stroud, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2016.<br />221 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Buckingham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.47541 STA - Available - 153256624<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3943939 Most published war diaries have been written by those who fought in the trenches but Alexander Scrimgeour was a naval officer who was killed at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 at the age of 19. Despite his tragic early death he had already left a legacy - complete diaries spanning the previous six years, chronicling first his life as the son of a wealthy stockbroker, then his time as a young sea cadet and finally as a Sub-Lieutenant in His Majesty's Navy. Like all good midshipmen were required to do, Scrimgeour took pride in writing his journals and was careful to recount every event with marked sincerity. Most published war diaries have been written by those who fought in the trenches but Alexander Scrimgeour was a naval officer who was killed at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 at the age of 19. Despite his tragic early death he had already left a legacy - complete diaries spanning the previous six years, chronicling first his life as the son of a wealthy stockbroker, then his time as a young sea cadet and finally as a Sub-Lieutenant in His Majesty's Navy. Like all good midshipmen were required to do, Scrimgeour took pride in writing his journals and was careful to recount every event with marked sincerity.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Scrimgeour, Alexander, 1897-1916<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Conway, 2016.<br />448 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B- SCR SCR - Available - 153504273<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3916510 In 1912, Norland children's nurse Kate Fox was travelling by train heading to the British military station at Nowshera on the Afghan border to care for the premature baby born to the base's commanding officer. Two years later, Kate was escaping from Germany in the first days of the Great War, leaving behind her adored German royal charges and all her personal possessions. Due to their prestige as the creme-de-la-creme of Edwardian children's nurses to Europe's royal and wealthy families, Kate was one among many Norland nannies who witnessed the early days of the War on the Continent with all its tumult and fear. Some fled for home; others stayed for a while. And yet others gave up their privileged way of life to undertake war work as nurses in Flanders and refugee camps. The stories in this book are the nannies' eye-witness accounts described in their correspondence with their beloved Norland Institute. In 1912, Norland children's nurse Kate Fox was travelling by train heading to the British military station at Nowshera on the Afghan border to care for the premature baby born to the base's commanding officer. Two years later, Kate was escaping from Germany in the first days of the Great War, leaving behind her adored German royal charges and all her personal possessions. Due to their prestige as the creme-de-la-creme of Edwardian children's nurses to Europe's royal and wealthy families, Kate was one among many Norland nannies who witnessed the early days of the War on the Continent with all its tumult and fear. Some fled for home; others stayed for a while. And yet others gave up their privileged way of life to undertake war work as nurses in Flanders and refugee camps. The stories in this book are the nannies' eye-witness accounts described in their correspondence with their beloved Norland Institute.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Heren, Louise<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2016.<br />xv, 216 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Stokenchurch Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.316109 HER - Available - 95100000181029<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3850099 'A Broken World' presents a cacophony of voices from and about the Great War in a way never before collected together, allowing memories of its landscape and moments in specific places to come to the fore. Sebastian Faulks and Hope Wolf have explored archives and autobiographical records to select true-life stories and experiences from diaries, letters, postcards, memoirs and other remembrances of this terrible conflict and its aftermath. 'A Broken World' presents a cacophony of voices from and about the Great War in a way never before collected together, allowing memories of its landscape and moments in specific places to come to the fore. Sebastian Faulks and Hope Wolf have explored archives and autobiographical records to select true-life stories and experiences from diaries, letters, postcards, memoirs and other remembrances of this terrible conflict and its aftermath.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Vintage, 2015.<br />308 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Buckingham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.48 FAU - Available - 153085551<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3798903 The Gallipoli Campaign stands out as a landmark in the history of the First World War, and it was perhaps the most controversial action of that war; it certainly ended in tragedy. This text is based on a diary kept by one of the soldiers involved in the campaign in 1915. The Gallipoli Campaign stands out as a landmark in the history of the First World War, and it was perhaps the most controversial action of that war; it certainly ended in tragedy. This text is based on a diary kept by one of the soldiers involved in the campaign in 1915.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Murray, Joseph, 1896-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Oxford : Soundings Audio Books, 2015.<br />9 CDs (9 hr.) : digital, stereo<br /><br />Winslow Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - CDs - 5 to 11 - Available - 150487199<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3732573 Published in the centenary year of the Gallipoli Campaign, this is a soldier's story in his own words. Providing a rare insight into what it was like for a 'civilian soldier' swept up in the fog of war, Beecroft's voice still speaks honestly to us today - of comradeship and devotion to duty, of fear and facing death. Published in the centenary year of the Gallipoli Campaign, this is a soldier's story in his own words. Providing a rare insight into what it was like for a 'civilian soldier' swept up in the fog of war, Beecroft's voice still speaks honestly to us today - of comradeship and devotion to duty, of fear and facing death.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Beecroft, Arthur<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Robert Hale, 2015.<br />128 pages ; 19 cm<br /><br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.426092 BEE - Available - 152589695<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3729220 Harry Askin was 22 when he enlisted at Nottingham in September 1914 and was sent to train with the Royal Marines at Portsmouth. He set sail with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in late February 1915. On 25 April he was towed ashore to Gallipoli. So began a nine month ordeal of constant fighting and shelling on that bare and desperate Peninsula. In this diary he captures the atmosphere of danger and death, blazing heat in summer and rain and cold at other times. Harry Askin was 22 when he enlisted at Nottingham in September 1914 and was sent to train with the Royal Marines at Portsmouth. He set sail with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in late February 1915. On 25 April he was towed ashore to Gallipoli. So began a nine month ordeal of constant fighting and shelling on that bare and desperate Peninsula. In this diary he captures the atmosphere of danger and death, blazing heat in summer and rain and cold at other times.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Baker, Jean<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2015.<br />256 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B- ASK BAK - Available - 153317666<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3687166 Letters and editorial published in the Daily Mail give a first-hand contemporary record of the Great War. Letters and editorial published in the Daily Mail give a first-hand contemporary record of the Great War.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hamilton, Robert<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Croxley Green : Atlantic, 2014.<br />128 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 30 cm<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction: oversize - 940.48141 HAM - Available - 152255729<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3682550 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Anderson, Janice<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Abbeydale Press, 2011<br />160 p. ; 17 x 18 cm<br /><br />West Wycombe Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.30922 - Adult non fiction - Available - 95100000166242<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3678442 This volume tells the story of women in the First World War at the front line, under fire, and in combat. Through their diaries, letters and memoirs, meet the women who defied convention and followed their convictions to defend the less fortunate and fight for their country. This volume tells the story of women in the First World War at the front line, under fire, and in combat. Through their diaries, letters and memoirs, meet the women who defied convention and followed their convictions to defend the less fortunate and fight for their country.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Shipton, Elisabeth<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Stroud, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2014.<br />1 online resource (256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)<br /><br />eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eBook - If you have a valid Buckinghamshire library card and PIN please click here for access - Electronically available (Set: 05 Aug 2014) - EDZ0000302527BUCCS<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3662665 On capture, British officers and men were routinely told by the Germans 'for you the war is over', but this couldn't be further from the truth. The British soldiers taken prisoner in 1914-18 - about 12% of the entire army - merely exchanged one barbed-wire battlefield for another. And it was in the Kaiser's camps, far from the blasted trenches of the 'official' war, that the fighting spirit of the British Tommy was exemplified. On capture, British officers and men were routinely told by the Germans 'for you the war is over', but this couldn't be further from the truth. The British soldiers taken prisoner in 1914-18 - about 12% of the entire army - merely exchanged one barbed-wire battlefield for another. And it was in the Kaiser's camps, far from the blasted trenches of the 'official' war, that the fighting spirit of the British Tommy was exemplified.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Lewis-Stempel, John<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Phoenix, 2014.<br />xxiii, 342 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Great Missenden Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.47243 LEW - Available - 152292032<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3662517 This title tells one woman's unforgettable record of the First World War, 'Testament of Youth' is in spirit and impact as powerful a classic as 'All Quiet on the Western Front' and 'Goodbye to All That' - a haunting elegy for a lost generation. This title tells one woman's unforgettable record of the First World War, 'Testament of Youth' is in spirit and impact as powerful a classic as 'All Quiet on the Western Front' and 'Goodbye to All That' - a haunting elegy for a lost generation.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970<br />[New] edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Virago, 2014.<br />xxvii, 612 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Chalfont St Peter Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B BRI BRI - Available - 95100000408450<br />Marlow Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 828.91209 BRI - Available - 152415692<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3637012 Even 100 years on from the First World War it haunts us still. No other conflict has revealed so dramatically the senselessness of war, and none has shaped the modern world to the same extent, from its impact on the Russian Revolution and the rise of Hitler to the final break-up of the British Empire and the supremacy of America. These compelling eyewitness accounts - over 180 of them - of the War to End All Wars cover every facet of the war, from the Flanders trenches to the staffrooms of the Imperial German Army, from T.E. Lawrence ('Lawrence of Arabia') in the desert to German figher ace the Red Baron in the air, and from English Land Girls to German U-boat crews in the North Atlantic. Even 100 years on from the First World War it haunts us still. No other conflict has revealed so dramatically the senselessness of war, and none has shaped the modern world to the same extent, from its impact on the Russian Revolution and the rise of Hitler to the final break-up of the British Empire and the supremacy of America. These compelling eyewitness accounts - over 180 of them - of the War to End All Wars cover every facet of the war, from the Flanders trenches to the staffrooms of the Imperial German Army, from T.E. Lawrence ('Lawrence of Arabia') in the desert to German figher ace the Red Baron in the air, and from English Land Girls to German U-boat crews in the North Atlantic.<br />Revised edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Robinson, 2014.<br />1 online resource<br /><br />eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eBook - If you have a valid Buckinghamshire library card and PIN please click here for access - Electronically available (Set: 28 May 2014) - EDZ0000241678BUCCS<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3620337 The First World War touched every family in the country. 'The Country House at War' presents a history of the war, as seen through the houses and estates maintained by the National Trust. The First World War touched every family in the country. 'The Country House at War' presents a history of the war, as seen through the houses and estates maintained by the National Trust.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Greaves, Simon, 1955-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : National Trust, 2014.<br />224 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm<br /><br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.341 GRE - Available - 152243684<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3612181 This title gives accounts of life in the trenches during World War One, and relates the tales of bravery, courage and adversity of the soldiers who fought there. This title gives accounts of life in the trenches during World War One, and relates the tales of bravery, courage and adversity of the soldiers who fought there.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hicks, Peter, 1952-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Wayland, 2014.<br />48 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 29 cm<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J940.41 HIC - Onloan - Due: 14 May 2024 - 152095561<br />Farnham Common Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J940.41 HIC - Onloan - Due: 21 May 2024 - 152087759<br />Great Missenden Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J940.41 HIC - Available - 152084961<br />Wendover Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J940.41 HIC - Available - 152083921<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3603743 The diary of Brigadier-General Herbert Hart is widely regarded as one of the most authorative records relating to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One, covering experiences at Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendale as they actually happened. The diary of Brigadier-General Herbert Hart is widely regarded as one of the most authorative records relating to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One, covering experiences at Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendale as they actually happened.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hart, Herbert, 1882-1968<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Titirangi : Exisle, 2014.<br />344 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Great Missenden Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.481930 HAR - Available - 95100000329213<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3585794 Conventional histories of the Great War have tended to focus on the terrible attritional battles of Ypres, of Arras and of the Somme. What they do not tell us is what life was like for the ordinary soldier, what mattered to him, and how he survived, both physically and mentally. Now for the first time, one of Britain's leading military historians, Richard van Emden tells the story of the Great War exclusively through the words and images of soldiers on the ground. In 'Tommy's War', he gathers some of the very best first-hand material written about the War, some of it published at the time and forgotten, some of it previously unpublished, but all of it wonderfully descriptive and immediate, and often wickedly funny. Conventional histories of the Great War have tended to focus on the terrible attritional battles of Ypres, of Arras and of the Somme. What they do not tell us is what life was like for the ordinary soldier, what mattered to him, and how he survived, both physically and mentally. Now for the first time, one of Britain's leading military historians, Richard van Emden tells the story of the Great War exclusively through the words and images of soldiers on the ground. In 'Tommy's War', he gathers some of the very best first-hand material written about the War, some of it published at the time and forgotten, some of it previously unpublished, but all of it wonderfully descriptive and immediate, and often wickedly funny.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Van Emden, Richard<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bloomsbury, 2014.<br />375 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Bourne End Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.4144 VAN - Available - 152007122<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3585417 'A Broken World' presents a cacophony of voices from and about the Great War in a way never before collected together, allowing memories of its landscape and moments in specific places to come to the fore. Sebastian Faulks and Hope Wolf have explored archives and autobiographical records to select true-life stories and experiences from diaries, letters, postcards, memoirs and other remembrances of this terrible conflict and its aftermath. 'A Broken World' presents a cacophony of voices from and about the Great War in a way never before collected together, allowing memories of its landscape and moments in specific places to come to the fore. Sebastian Faulks and Hope Wolf have explored archives and autobiographical records to select true-life stories and experiences from diaries, letters, postcards, memoirs and other remembrances of this terrible conflict and its aftermath.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hutchinson, 2014.<br />308 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.48 FAU - Available - 152089356<br />Chalfont St Peter Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Donation: adult non fiction - 940.48 - Available - 150307097<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3531927 This title provides a unique, highly-illustrated evocation of a soldier's experience of World War One for younger children produced in time for the 2014 centenary and based around the real-life experiences of Charlie Manning, grandfather of the book's award-winning author, Mick Manning. This title provides a unique, highly-illustrated evocation of a soldier's experience of World War One for younger children produced in time for the 2014 centenary and based around the real-life experiences of Charlie Manning, grandfather of the book's award-winning author, Mick Manning.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Manning, Mick<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Franklin Watts, 2013.<br />31 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour) ; 29 cm<br /><br />Amersham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J940.4 MAN - Available - 151905110<br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J940.4 MAN - Available - 151912106<br />Beaconsfield Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J940.4 MAN - Available - 151850544<br />Bourne End Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J940.4 MAN - Available - 151845542<br />Castlefield Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J940.4 MAN - Available - 152270950<br />Princes Risborough Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J940.4 MAN - Available - 151912180<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3508197 A remarkable find in a rubbish heap ... One winter morning, Barroux was walking down a street in Paris when he made an extraordinary find: the real diary of a soldier in the First World War. Barroux rescued the diary and illustrated the soldier's words. A remarkable find in a rubbish heap ... One winter morning, Barroux was walking down a street in Paris when he made an extraordinary find: the real diary of a soldier in the First World War. Barroux rescued the diary and illustrated the soldier's words.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Barroux<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Phoenix Yard, 2014.<br />93 pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm<br /><br />Beaconsfield Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's fiction: graphic novel - Onloan - Due: 14 May 2024 - 151831920<br />Gerrards Cross Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's fiction: graphic novel - Available - 151821694<br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's fiction: graphic novel - Available - 151828303<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3507781 A powerful collection of love letters shared between soldiers and their sweethearts during World War I. A powerful collection of love letters shared between soldiers and their sweethearts during World War I.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Macmillan, 2014.<br />xxi, 211 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm<br /><br />Buckingham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 940.481 KIR - Available - 152242246<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3500866 Like so many families across the world, the Semple family were split apart by the First World War. While William and Robert were fighting the Germans in France, their younger sisters, Mabel and Jelly (Eileen), had to carry on with school back in England. To keep in touch, they wrote letters. The sisters treasured these letters, which gave snapshots of their brothers' lives as soldiers. Many of the letters included cartoon illustrations to amuse the sisters. This book presents these letters with their illustrations. Like so many families across the world, the Semple family were split apart by the First World War. While William and Robert were fighting the Germans in France, their younger sisters, Mabel and Jelly (Eileen), had to carry on with school back in England. To keep in touch, they wrote letters. The sisters treasured these letters, which gave snapshots of their brothers' lives as soldiers. Many of the letters included cartoon illustrations to amuse the sisters. This book presents these letters with their illustrations.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ridley, Sarah<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Franklin Watts, 2014.<br />96 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Hazlemere Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J940.414409 RID - Available - 151864211<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3476298 The grandson of a slave and raised in an orphanage, Walter Tull was one of Tottenham Hotspur's star players and later became the first black officer in the British Army. His bravery and leadership in the First World War won him a recommendation for the Military Cross. He achieved recognition when black football players were virtually unknown and military law stopped non- Europeans from becoming officers. The grandson of a slave and raised in an orphanage, Walter Tull was one of Tottenham Hotspur's star players and later became the first black officer in the British Army. His bravery and leadership in the First World War won him a recommendation for the Military Cross. He achieved recognition when black football players were virtually unknown and military law stopped non- Europeans from becoming officers.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Morgan, Michaela<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2013.<br />29 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour) ; 27 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Average rating: </span><span style="vertical-align: middle;"><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /></span> (1 review)<br /><br />Buckingham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J940.48141 MOR - Available - 151794884<br />