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Isle of Wight in the Great War
Meirion Trow
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The Isle of Wight went to war in August 1914 along with the rest of Britain. German waiters were arrested. The tourist trade slumped. Foreigners were denounced and lads from all walks of life flocked to the Colours. Then came privations, losses, hospitals full of the sick and crippled. After conscription was brought in tribunals were set up to catch draft-dodgers. Thousands of pounds were raised for the war effort and lectures, rallies and the local press all did their bit to keep morale high. There are no official figures for the Island's war dead, but 300 of the Isle ... Read more
The Isle of Wight went to war in August 1914 along with the rest of Britain. German waiters were arrested. The tourist trade slumped. Foreigners were denounced and lads from all walks of life flocked to the Colours. Then came privations, losses, hospitals full of the sick and crippled. After conscription was brought in tribunals were set up to catch draft-dodgers. Thousands of pounds were raised for the war effort and lectures, rallies and the local press all did their bit to keep morale high. There are no official figures for the Island's war dead, but 300 of the Isle ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783463015
SKU
V9781783463015
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99-6
About Meirion Trow
M J Trow is the author of over 60 books covering crime fiction, true crime and historical biography. He is a military historian by training, lectures extensively here and overseas and has appeared regularly on the History and Discovery Channels/ he specialised in the Gallipoli campaign in the War Studies Department of King's College, London and has lived on the ... Read more
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