The British Sailor of the First World War

Nonfiction, History, Military, Naval, World War I, British
Cover of the book The British Sailor of the First World War by Quintin Colville, Bloomsbury Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Quintin Colville ISBN: 9781784420710
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: April 10, 2015
Imprint: Shire Publications Language: English
Author: Quintin Colville
ISBN: 9781784420710
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: April 10, 2015
Imprint: Shire Publications
Language: English

In 1914 Great Britain had the largest and most powerful navy the world had ever seen – a well-known fact, but what of the everyday experience of those who served in her? This fully illustrated book looks at the British sailor's life during the First World War, from the Falkland Islands to the East African coast to the North Sea. Meals in the stokers' mess and the admiral's cabin; the claustrophobic terrors of the engine room or submarine; the long separations from loved ones that were the shared experience of all ranks; the perils faced by Royal Naval Air Service pilots in the air; the possessions treasured by sailors while at sea – drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished materials from the National Maritime Museum archives, this is an authoritative and vivid account of lives lived in quite extraordinary circumstances.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In 1914 Great Britain had the largest and most powerful navy the world had ever seen – a well-known fact, but what of the everyday experience of those who served in her? This fully illustrated book looks at the British sailor's life during the First World War, from the Falkland Islands to the East African coast to the North Sea. Meals in the stokers' mess and the admiral's cabin; the claustrophobic terrors of the engine room or submarine; the long separations from loved ones that were the shared experience of all ranks; the perils faced by Royal Naval Air Service pilots in the air; the possessions treasured by sailors while at sea – drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished materials from the National Maritime Museum archives, this is an authoritative and vivid account of lives lived in quite extraordinary circumstances.

More books from Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover of the book Last Testament by Quintin Colville
Cover of the book Afrikakorps 1941–43 by Quintin Colville
Cover of the book OCR Classical Civilisation A Level Components 23 and 24 by Quintin Colville
Cover of the book The First Mapping of America by Quintin Colville
Cover of the book Hopewell High: Stage Fright by Quintin Colville
Cover of the book Human Rights Encounter Legal Pluralism by Quintin Colville
Cover of the book Against Ambience by Quintin Colville
Cover of the book Where the Wild Things Were by Quintin Colville
Cover of the book Queer Theory and Brokeback Mountain by Quintin Colville
Cover of the book Canals in Britain by Quintin Colville
Cover of the book The Construction of Commercial Contracts by Quintin Colville
Cover of the book Getting it Right in Reception by Quintin Colville
Cover of the book Gundog by Quintin Colville
Cover of the book Ulysses S. Grant by Quintin Colville
Cover of the book What Casanova Told Me by Quintin Colville
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy