No Labour, No Battle (eBook)

Military Labour during the First World War

John Starling, Ivor Lee (Autoren)

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2014
384 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-5879-0 (ISBN)

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From 1917 British soldiers who were unfit or too old for front-line service were to serve unarmed and within the range of German guns for weeks or even months at a time undertaking labouring tasks. Both at the time and since they have arguably not been given the recognition they deserve for this difficult and dangerous work.
From non-existence in 1914, by November 1918 Military Labour had developed into an organised and efficient 350,000-strong Labour Corps, supported by Dominion and foreign labour of more than a million men. Following the war, the grim and solemn tasks of clearing battlefields and constructing cemeteries, which continued until 1921, were also the responsibility of the Corps.
Here, John Starling and Ivor Lee bring together extensive research from both primary and secondary sources to reveal how the vital, yet largely unreported, role played by these brave soldiers was crucial to achieving victory in 1918.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2014
• Vorwort: Richard Holmes
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Agriculture • Arab Labour • Area Employment Companies • Aritzan Companies • Arming Companies • Army Service Corps • Awards • Banffshire Herald • Bedfordshire Regiment • Berkshire Regiment • Bermuda Royal Garrison Artillery • Black Sea Labour Corps • black watch • Blairgowrie Advertiser • Bolton Journal • Brace Committee • British West Indies Regiment|ANZACs • Cambrai • Cameron Highlanders|Cameronians • Cape Coloured Labour Battalion • cemeteries • Cheshire Regiment • Chinese Labour Corps • Coldstream Guards • Commonwealth War Graves Commission • conscientious objectors • Conscription • Controller of Labour • Crimean War • Cromer • Dardanelles • Deepcut|National Archives • Defence of the Realm Act • demob|Depot Employment Companies • Demobilisation • Depot Labour Companies • Derby Scheme • Devonshire Regiment • Dieppe • Director of Labour • Director of Supply and Transport • Director of Works • Discharge Centre • dominion units • Duke of Cornwall's • Dunkirk • Durham Light Infantry • Egypt • Egyptian Labour Corps • Entrenching • Entrenching Battalions • Essex Regiment • exhumation • Fijian Labour Corps • First World War • Flanders • Food Production Department • forestry • Forestry Corps • France • Gallipoli • Genealogy • German prisoners of war • Germany • Greek • Greek Labour Corps • Halsey House • Hesketh Bank • home defence • Home Office Scheme • Home Service • Home Service Companies • honours • Imperial War Cabinet • Imperial War Museum • Indian Labour Corps • Indian Mule Corps • Infantry Work Battalions • Italian Labour • Italy • Jail Labour Corps • Jewish Labour • King George V • King's Own Yorkshire • King's Royal Rifle Corps • Labour • Labour Corps • Labour Directorate • Labour Units • Lancashire • Lancashire Fusiliers • Lincolnshire Regiment • Local History • London • London Gazette • Lord Douglas Haig|family history • Lord Kitchener • Macedonian and Serbian Labour • Maltese Labour Corps • Mauritius Labour Battalion • Mesopotamia • Middlesex Aliens • Middlesex Regiment • military history • Military Service Act • munitions • national archives • National Register|National Union of Dock Labourers • Naval Labour • navvies • non combatant corps • Non-Combatant Corps • Norfolk • North Russia|East Africa • North Staffordshire Regiment|Northumberland Fusiliers • Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment • ordnance factories • Pals Battalions • Portuguese Labour • Railway Executive Committee • reburial • Records Office • Richard Holmes • Royal British Legion • Royal British Legion Women's Section • Royal Engineers • Royal Fusiliers • Royal Logistic Corps Museum • Royal Marine Labour Corps • Royal Pioneer Corps Association • Royal Scots • Royal Sussex Regiment • Russian Labour Corps • Salonika • Salvage • Second World War • Seychelles Labour Battalion • soldiers • South African Native Labour Corps • South Lancashire Regiment • Southport Guardian|The Guardian • Theatres of War • The Great War • The Queen's Regiment • The Times • Transport Workers Battalions|March 1918 Retreat • Turkey • war diaries • war memorial • West Lancashire • West Riding Regiment • West Yorkshire Regiment • Worcestershire Regiment • World War I • World War One • wwi • York & Lancaster Regiment • Yorkshire Regiment|Defence Academy|Shrivenham
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-5879-0 / 0750958790
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-5879-0 / 9780750958790