VCs of the First World War: The Sideshows (eBook)

Gerald Gliddon (Autor)

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2014
378 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-5765-6 (ISBN)

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The thirteenth and final volume of the VCs of the First World War series features the lives and careers of forty-six servicemen who won the coveted Victoria Cross in theatres of war – or 'Sideshows', as they became known – beyond the Western Front and Gallipoli. Opening with the stories of four VC winners who took part in the prolonged struggle to drive the German Army out of East Africa, VCs of the First World War: The Sideshows goes on to tell the stories of the two Indian Army winners of the VC defending the North-West Frontier. Finally, it covers the campaigns against the Austro–German forces in Italy; securing the oil wells in Mesopotamia (later Iraq); defending the Suez Canal and attacking the Ottoman Army in Palestine and lastly serving in Salonika in the Balkans. Each VC winner's act of bravery is recorded here in intricate detail, together with the background of the men and their lives after the war – if they survived.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.2014
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 1914 • 1918 • 1st County of London (Middlesex) Yeo. • A Buchanan • A D Borton • Africa • Allied Forces • Allied interest • Amara War Cemetery • A M Lafone • Anzac Mounted Division • Arnos Vale Crematorium Bristol • Australian Light Horse Brigade • Austrian Army|Bengal Lancers • Baghdad War Cemetery • Balkans • Basra War Cemetery|Miranshah Cemetery North Waziristan • Bear Road Cemetery Brighton • Bedfordshire Regiment • Beersheba War Cemetery • Bharse • Bishopsteignton Cemetery Devon • Blaby Cemetery Leicestershire • black watch • Border Regiment • Braamfontein Cemetery Johannesburg • British interest • Brookwood Cemetery Surry|Coleford Cemetery Gloucestershire • Cameron Highlanders • Caporetto|British Solonika Force • C E Hudson • C Hull • C Melvin • Commonwealth War Graves Commission • Comrie Cemetery Crieff Perth • Conwel Cemetery Letterkenny Co Donegal • Creggan Churchyard Co Tyrone • C Singh • C W Train • David Harvey • D Burges • Deir Sineid • Delhi Memorial • Devonshire Regiment • Dogras • Dorset Regiment • Duke of Wellington's Regiment • Durham Light Infantry • East Lancashire • East Yorkshire Regiment • E E D Henderson • E Jotham • E K Myles • Empire • Ermelo Cemetery • Essex Regiment|B Singh • F C Booth • First World War • Gallipoli • Gaza War Cemetery • G C Wheeler • G G M Wheeler • Giavera British Cemetery • Gilmi • Gold Coast Regiment • Gordon Cemetery Manchester • Granezza British Cemetery • Greek Regiment • Green Howards • G Stringer • Gurkhas • Hampshire Regiment • Heliopolis Memorial (Port Tewfik)|Kantara War Cemetery • Holinwood Crematorium Oldham • Hunton Churchyard Extension Maidstone • H Whitfield • H W Lewis • Imperial War Museum • India • Indian Army • Indian Cavalry Brigade • Indian Divisions • Iraq • Italian Regiment • Italy • J A Christie • Jacob's Horse • J A Sinton • Jats • J Collins • J Duffy • Jewish Cemetery Blackley Manchester • J F P Butler • J F Russell • J M Craig • J Readitt • J R N Graham • J S Youll • J White • King's African Rifles • King's (Liverpool) Regiment • King's Own Royal Regiment • King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry • King's Royal Rifle Corps • King's Shropshire Light Infantry • Kirriemuir Cemetery Tayside|Milford Cemetery Milford Haven Pembrokeshire • K Rana • Kut-el-Amara • Lala • lancers • Lawn Memorial Park Burnaby British Columbia • Litung • Loyal North Lancashire Regiment • Machine Gun Corps • Maktau Military Cemetery Kenya • Manchester Regiment|Norfolk Regiment • Mesopotamia • Monuments to Courage • Morogoro Cemetery Tanganika • Morton Hall Crematorium Edinburgh • Murray's Jats Lancers • national archives • national army museum • Nepal • Northamptonshire Regiment • North Staffordshire Regiment • Northumberland Fusiliers • North-West Frontier • O A Reid • Oswestry General Cemetery • Ottoman • Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry • Palestine • Pant Cemetery Merthyr Tydfil • Parol • Peshawar Division • Philips Park Cemetery Manchester • Poona Division • Public Record Office • Punjabis|Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles • R E Cruickshank • R E Phillips • Rhodesia Native Regiment • Royal Engineers • Royal Fusiliers • Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers • Royal Scottish Fusiliers • Royal Sussex Regiment • Royal Warwickshire Regiment • Royal Welsh Fusiliers|Seaforth Highlanders • Salonika • Sherwood Foresters • S H P Boughey • Shropshire • Shropshire Yeomanry • sideshows • Siegfried Sassoon Diaries • Sikhs • S Khan • S Needham|Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders • Songea • South African Mounted Brigade • South Lancashire Regiment • South Wales Borderers • St Mary Magdalene Cemetery New Milton Hampshire • St Mary's Denbury Devon • Stockport Crematorium|Tyne and Wear Crematorium • St Sever Cemetery Rouen • St Veep Lostwithiel Cornwall • S W Ware • Takhti Cemetery Pakistan • The Cameroons • The Great War • Tilsanda • T Steele • turkish army • VCS • VCs of the First World War Series • Victoria Cross • Voi Cemetery Kenya • W A Bloomfield • Welsh Regiment • West Africa|Gloucestershire Regiment • Western Front • West Yorkshire Regiment • Wiltshire Regiment • W McNally • Woodhouse Cemetery Leeds • Worcestershire Regiment • World War I • World War One • W R F Addison|J H Finn • W T Dartnell • wwi • W Wood • York and Lancaster Regiment • Yorkshire Regiment
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-5765-4 / 0750957654
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-5765-6 / 9780750957656