This CD contains a record of battles fought by the 17th and 32nd Service Battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers during the War of 1914-1919, based on diaries and letters of members of the NER Pioneers. It also includes illustrations, maps, an Embarkation Roll of Officers and a Roll of Men who served. * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable text * Bookmarked by major headings * Fully printable... More Info
This CD contains biographies of pupils from the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, who fell in the Great War. Information includes a record of military career and circumstances of death/disappearance. * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable text * Bookmarked by major headings * Fully printable... More Info
Product Code: GWS5674
This CD contains a list of soldiers who were attached to the 19th Battalion. Details include name, rank, number and company. Also includes a roll of honour, honours and awards, lists of officers (and other ranks), a record of the battalions movements from 1914-1918 and numerous photos and maps. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Fully searchable *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable... More Info
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**Released by Barnsley FHS: August 2016.** **Dedicated to the 121 men of Worsbrough Bridge and Worsbrough Dale, who made the supreme sacrifice.** Chapter headings by year: 1914-1919 With 121 detailed biographies. The final chapter is dedicated to the 11 Worsbrough men killed in action (1914-1918) whose names are not recorded on the memorial. **Surnames in index:** ABR...More Info
Oliver Nugent, Ireland’s longest-serving divisional commander of the Great War, led the Ulster Division on the western front from 1915 to 1918. That period saw the operational transformation of the British army and his own development as a general, from the heroic but doomed assault at Thiepval in July 1916, through the triumph of Messines, the heartbreaking failure at Ypres and the mixed succes...More Info
Following on from our 2015 publication about the men on the Chipping Barnet War Memorial who died in World War One, we have now researched the 149 men and women from World War Two. This book tells their stories inside a timeline of World War Two and alongside articles about their, and Barnet’s, part in the War.
To commemorate the centenary of the start of the Great War, DDFHS has published this A4 sized booklet. It looks at subjects that will answer questions raised by people researching their family history during this period. It considers why your ancestors may have joined the army or stayed at home and assesses the impact this had on their families. It also explores attitudes to marriage and cohabitat...More Info
This book tells of the men on the memorial from World War One: who they were, and where and when they fell in the war. Interwoven with this is a timeline of the war and its main battles. The book contains lots of images and a number of appendixes (including a cross reference guide showing other Barnet war memorials that these men appear on).