Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook358 pages5 hours
Aristocrats Go to War: Uncovering the Zillebeke Cemetery
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
Zillebeke’s small churchyard military cemetery provides the inspiration for this charming piece of military and social history. The author has researched into the exploits and backgrounds of 27 fallen soldiers, the majority being officers of the Guards and Cavalry, as well as ‘other ranks’ and six Canadians.
The outcome is a fascinating and moving book that emphasizes the indiscriminate nature of war. Privilege and wealth were no protection against bullets and shells and all men regardless of background took their chances, standing shoulder to shoulder. The 1st Battle of Ypres in late 1914 was in many ways the last stand of ‘Britain’s Contemptible Little Army’ (as the Kaiser called it) and the Ypres Salient was to remain the focus of so much fighting over the next four years.
Thanks to detailed research and support from the families concerned, the author has unearthed letters, memorabilia and photographs.
The outcome is a fascinating and moving book that emphasizes the indiscriminate nature of war. Privilege and wealth were no protection against bullets and shells and all men regardless of background took their chances, standing shoulder to shoulder. The 1st Battle of Ypres in late 1914 was in many ways the last stand of ‘Britain’s Contemptible Little Army’ (as the Kaiser called it) and the Ypres Salient was to remain the focus of so much fighting over the next four years.
Thanks to detailed research and support from the families concerned, the author has unearthed letters, memorabilia and photographs.
Unavailable
Read more from Jerry Murland
Retreat and Rearguard, 1914: The BEF's Actions From Mons to the Marne Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frankforce and the Defence of Arras 1940 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Allied Air Operations 1939–1940: The War Over France and the Low Countries Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCassel and Hazebrouck 1940: France and Flanders Campaign Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Retreat & Rearguard: Dunkirk 1940: The Evacuation of the BEF to the Channel Ports Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Battle for the Escaut, 1940: The France and Flanders Campaign Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The BEF Campaign on the Aisne 1914: 'In the Company of Ghosts' Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dunkirk Perimeter and Evacuation 1940: France and Flanders Campaign Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRetreat of I Corps 1914 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Schneider Trophy Air Races: The Development of Flight from 1909 to the Spitfire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAisne 1914 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Western Dunkirk Corridor 1940: Ledringhem, Wormhout and West Capelle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Retreat from Mons 1914: South: Etreux to the Marne Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Retreat from Mons 1914: North: Casteau to Le Cateau Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Battles of French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, Festubert, Loos and Fromelles Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Retreat and Rearguard, Somme 1918: The Fifth Army Retreat Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYpres: Nieuwpoort to Ploegsteert Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Canal Line: France and Flanders Campaign 1940 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal 1940: France and Flanders Campaign Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAristocrats Go to War: Uncovering the Zillebeke Cemetery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Aristocrats Go to War
Related ebooks
Aristocrats Go to War: Uncovering the Zillebeke Cemetery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Sea Is My Grave Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fighting Through to Anzio: The Gordon Highlanders in the Second World War (6th Battalion and 1st London Scottish) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBullecourt 1917: Breaching the Hindenburg Line Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSurrender at New Orleans: General Sir Harry Smith in the Peninsula and America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Blue Puttee at War: The Memoir of Captain Sydney Frost, MC Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Trench: The True Story of the Hull Pals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Norway Campaign and the Rise of Churchill 1940 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCharging Against Napoleon: Diaries & Letters of Three Hussars Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBadges of the Regular Infantry, 1914–1918 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Monocled Mutineer: The First World War's Best Kept Secret: The Etaples Mutiny Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSanctuary Wood & Hooge: Ypres Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In Love & War: The Lives and Marriage of General Harry and Lady Smith Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An Accrington Pal: The Diaries Of Private Jack Smallshaw, September 1914-March 1919 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArmageddon Road: A VC's Diary, 1914–1916 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDowding of Fighter Command: Victor of the Battle of Britain Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Up to Mametz and Beyond Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Kensington Battalion: 'Never Lost a Yard of Trench' Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLaindon in the Great War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLetters from the Trenches: The First World War by Those Who Were There Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Church Lads' Brigade in the Great War: The 16th (Service) Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps. The Long, Long Trail Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWith a Smile and a Wave: The Life of Captain Aidan Liddell VC MC Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCamel Combat Ace: The Great War Flying Career of Edwin Swale CBE OBE DFC* Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Facing Fearful Odds: My Father's Story of Captivity, Escape & Resistance 1940–1945 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Glorious Madness – Tales of the Irish and the Great War: First-hand accounts of Irish men and women in the First World War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSailor: Battle of Britain Legend: Adolph Malan Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Scarborough in the Great War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Preparatory Prologue: Douglas Haig: Diaries & Letters, 1861–1914 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTracing Your Boer War Ancestors: Soldiers of a Forgotten War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Second Barons' War: Simon de Montfort & the Battles of Lewes & Evesham Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Wars & Military For You
Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Art of War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The God Delusion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mein Kampf: The Original, Accurate, and Complete English Translation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnacknowledged: An Expose of the World's Greatest Secret Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Daily Creativity Journal Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Last Kingdom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unit 731: Testimony Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sun Tzu's The Art of War: Bilingual Edition Complete Chinese and English Text Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Making of the Atomic Bomb Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Art of War: The Definitive Interpretation of Sun Tzu's Classic Book of Strategy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Washington: The Indispensable Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When I Come Home Again: 'A page-turning literary gem' THE TIMES, BEST BOOKS OF 2020 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The History of the Peloponnesian War: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Aristocrats Go to War
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews