Having a Go at the Kaiser (eBook)

A Welsh Family at War

Gethin Matthews (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
336 Seiten
NBN International - University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-1-78683-349-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Three brothers from Swansea who served in the First World War sent over a hundred letters to their family, providing a picture of what they thought and how their ideas evolved on a range of issues, dealing with such key concerns as identity and duty.

Autor

This book will be of interest to students and researches within the academic field who are studying the First World War or who are interested in Welsh history. It will also appeal to the general reader. Both audiences will appreciate the richness of the source material.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements
Tables
Maps
Illustrations
Abbreviations
1. Introduction – The Eustis family; the local community; the letters
2. Richard and Gabriel, 1913 – 1915
3. Richard Eustis in Egypt, 1916 – February 1917
4. Ivor Eustis at school, 1914–1916, and in north Wales, May–November 1916
5. Gabriel Eustis aboard HMT Saxon, to February 1917
6. Richard Eustis in Egypt, March 1917 – January 1918
7. Ivor Eustis in north Wales, 1917
8. Richard Eustis in Palestine and Egypt, February 1918 – June 1918
9. Ivor Eustis on the Western Front, December 1917 – September 1918
10. Gabriel Eustis aboard HMT Saxon, November 1917 – October 1918
11. Richard Eustis in Egypt, July 1918 – November 1918
12. Ivor Eustis in England and Wales, October – November 1918
13. November 1918 – January 1919
14. Aftermath
15. Patterns and Perspectives
Appendix 1List of all the extant letters and postcards sent by the Eustis brothers
Appendix 2Servicemen from Mynyddbach / Tirdeunaw / Treboeth mentioned in the text
Appendix 3Information on servicemen from other parts of Swansea and West Glamorgan mentioned in the text
Select Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: AT • Family • Gethin • Go • having • Kaiser • Matthews • war • Welsh
• ISBN-10: 1-78683-349-2 / 1786833492
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78683-349-5 / 9781786833495