Machine-Guns and the Great War by Paul Cornish ISBN: 1848840470
on September 19th 2009
Genres: Machine guns, History, Military, General, Weapons, World War I
Pages: 169
Len's Summary: Reassessment of the tactical role of the key infantry weapon of the war.
The Great War Handbook: A Guide for Family Historians & Students of the Conflict
The Great War Handbook: A Guide for Family Historians & Students of the Conflict by Geoff Bridge, Correlli Barnett ISBN: 1783461764
Published by Pen & Sword Books on August 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: A sourcebook for researchers surveying the lives of the ordinary British soldiers.
Haig: A Reappraisal 80 Years On
Haig: A Reappraisal 80 Years On by Brian Bond, Nigel Cave ISBN: 184415887X
Published by Pen & Sword Books on April 1st 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Great Britain
Pages: 271
Len's Summary: Another look at Great Britain’s controversial field commander.
The Germans on the Somme (Images of War)
The Germans on the Somme (Images of War) by David Bilton ISBN: 9781844158652
Published by Pen & Sword Books on 2009
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Military, Pictorial, World War I, Illustrated
Pages: 222
Len's Summary: Images of the German army on the River Somme from 1914 to 1918. A view of events through German eyes.
Haig’s Generals
Haig’s Generals by Ian F.W. Beckett, Steven J. Corvi ISBN: 1844158926
Published by Pen & Sword Books on April 1st 2009
Pages: 217
Len's Summary: A study of BEF army commanders with contributions from John Bourne, Gary Sheffield, Peter Simkins and Steven J. Corvi among others.
The Bantams: The Untold Story Of World War One
The Bantams: The Untold Story Of World War One by Sidney Allinson ISBN: 1413444458
on September 1st 2009
Pages: 316
Len's Summary: New edition of a book authored by the Chairman of the Pacific Coast Branch of WFA about British and Canadian soldiers well below the army’s five foot – three inch minimum height.
Tracing the Rifle Volunteers: A Guide for Military & Family Historians
Tracing the Rifle Volunteers: A Guide for Military & Family Historians by Ray Westlake ISBN: 9781848842113
on May 2010
Genres: History, Military, Other, Technology & Engineering, Military Science, World War I
Pages: 273
Len's Summary: A resource book for WWI specialist from a veteran British historian.
Famous, 1914-1918
Famous, 1914-1918 by Richard Van Emden, Vic Piuk ISBN: 1848841973
on March 1st 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Great Britain
Pages: 350
Len's Summary: The stories of 20 of Britain’s most respected, best known and notorious celebrities in action on WWI. // Tells the stories of British celebrities and literati such as Basil Rathbone, C. S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Toiken who served in WWI.
Gunther Pluschow: Airmen, Escaper and Explorer
Gunther Pluschow: Airmen, Escaper and Explorer by Anton Rippon ISBN: 9781848841321
on March 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Political, History, World War I, Germany, Aviation
Pages: 194
Len's Summary: Plüschow flew against the British and Japanese out of Tsing Tao and was the only POW to escape England and make his way back to Germany.
Brief Glory: The Life of Arthur Rhys-Davids, DCO, MC
Brief Glory: The Life of Arthur Rhys-Davids, DCO, MC by Alex Revell ISBN: 9781848841628
on March 18th 2010
Genres: History, Military, Aviation, World War I
Pages: 222
Len's Summary: In only six months flying before being killed in 1917, Rhys-Davids achieved fame by shooting down German ace Verner Voss.
Tanks on the Somme: From Morval to Beaumont Hamel
Tanks on the Somme: From Morval to Beaumont Hamel by Trevor Pidgeon ISBN: 9781848842533
Published by Pen & Sword Books on August 2010
Genres: History, Military, Armored Vehicles
Pages: 152
Len's Summary: Tank actions on the Somme from September through November 1916 by a leading tank authority; first stumbling use of tanks in warfare.
Chitral Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Major General Charles Townsend
Chitral Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Major General Charles Townsend by N. S. Nash ISBN: 9781848842762
on June 2010
Genres: Juvenile Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Great Britain, World War I, Military, Middle East
Pages: 326
Len's Summary: Biography of the British General who surrendered his besieged British Indian Army division at Kut, Mesopotamia, in 1916 assessing whether his fall from grace was fair.
The Man Who Ran London During the First World War: The Diaries and Letters of Lieutenant General Sir Francis Lloyd
The Man Who Ran London During the First World War: The Diaries and Letters of Lieutenant General Sir Francis Lloyd by Richard Morris ISBN: 1848841647
Published by Pen & Sword Books on June 1st 2010
Pages: 196
Len's Summary: Lloyd’s remit covered hospitals, the main railway termini, and a defensive circle of trenches.
Mons, Anzac and Kut by an MP
Mons, Anzac and Kut by an MP by Edward Melotte ISBN: 9781848841758
on January 19th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Great Britain, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 217
Len's Summary: Memoirs of a BEF intelligence officer on several fronts. // The WWI experiences of a British soldier, diplomat and adventurer.
Boesinghe
Boesinghe by Stephen McGreal ISBN: 9781848840461
Published by Pen & Sword Books on June 1st 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 237
Len's Summary: A Battlefield Europe Series look at the fight for the northern extremity of the British line west of Ypres in the summer of 1917.
Underground Warfare, 1914-1918
Underground Warfare, 1914-1918 by Simon Jones ISBN: 9781844159628
on June 2010
Genres: History, Military, Strategy, World War I
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: Draws on personal reminiscences to examine military tunneling and mining on the Western Front.
The Riddles of Wipers: An Appreciation of the Trench Journal “The Wipers Times”
The Riddles of Wipers: An Appreciation of the Trench Journal “The Wipers Times” by John Ivelaw-Chapman ISBN: 9781848841918
Published by Pen & Sword Books on March 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Great Britain, Personal Accounts
Pages: 204
Len's Summary: Written by trench soldiers of the BEF and distributed all along the Ypres front, this newspaper bears witness of the realities of trench warfare.
August 1914: Surrender at St. Quentin
August 1914: Surrender at St. Quentin by John Hutton ISBN: 1848841345
Published by Pen & Sword Books on March 1st 2011
Pages: 207
Len's Summary: The disgrace of two British colonels who attempted to surrender during the retreat from Mons.
Lawrence of Arabia’s Secret Air Force – Based on the Diary of Flight Sergeant George Hynes
Lawrence of Arabia’s Secret Air Force – Based on the Diary of Flight Sergeant George Hynes by James Patrick Hynes ISBN: 184884266X
Published by Pen & Sword Books on August 1st 2010
Genres: History, Middle East, General, Military, World War I, Other, Aviation
Pages: 146
Len's Summary: Keeping the somewhat elderly desert air force planes flying.
Gallipoli: The Ottoman Campaign
Gallipoli: The Ottoman Campaign by Edward J Erickson ISBN: 9781783461660
on January 21st 2015
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: Structure, deployment and tactics of the Ottoman army. The author, a Turkish-speaking retired US Army officer, teaches at the US Marine Corps University, Quantico.
Fishermen Against the Kaiser, Volume I: Shockwaves of War, 1914-1915
Fishermen Against the Kaiser, Volume I: Shockwaves of War, 1914-1915 by Douglas D'Enno ISBN: 1844159795
Published by Pen & Sword Books on June 2nd 2010
Pages: 231
Len's Summary: British fishermen enlisted in large numbers to man all manner of small patrol craft.
War Under the Red Ensign, 1914-1918
War Under the Red Ensign, 1914-1918 by Bernard Edwards ISBN: 9781848842298
Published by Pen & Sword Books on August 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Other, Naval, Great Britain, Germany
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: Atrocious actions of German U-boat commanders against torpedoed merchant ship’s crew and passengers.
The Ironclads of Cambrai
The Ironclads of Cambrai by Bryan Cooper ISBN: 9780304363636
on Junes 1st 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 241
Len's Summary: The bungled first massed tank attack at Cambrai, 1917.
War is War
War is War by A. M. Burrage ISBN: 9781848841543
on April 2010
Genres: History, Military, Other, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: The experiences of a private soldier in the AEF in the Western Front.
German Soldiers in the Great War: Letters and Eyewitness Accounts
German Soldiers in the Great War: Letters and Eyewitness Accounts by Bernd Ulrich, Benjamin Ziemann ISBN: 1848841418
on March 1st 2011
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Military, World War I, Veterans
Pages: 212
Len's Summary: Primary source material on the perceptions of German front line soldiers. // A look at the lives of German front-line soldiers based on their own writings.
The Lys 1918: Estaires and Givenchy: German Spring Offensives
The Lys 1918: Estaires and Givenchy: German Spring Offensives by Phil Tomaselli ISBN: 9781844159116
on January 1st 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 173
Len's Summary: A brief look at one of the last major battles of WWI.
Battle on the Seven Seas: German Cruiser Battles 1914-1918
Battle on the Seven Seas: German Cruiser Battles 1914-1918 by Gary Staff ISBN: 9781848841826
on 2011
Pages: 232
Len's Summary: Sagas of the Goeben, Königsberg, Emden and many more.
The German Army at Ypres 1914 and the Battle for Flanders
The German Army at Ypres 1914 and the Battle for Flanders by Jack Sheldon ISBN: 9781848841130
on June 2011
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Military, World War I
Pages: 382
Len's Summary: Another of Sheldon’s works that draws on German regimental histories to trace the opening battles from the German perspective. // The author draws on regimental histories and memoirs in another of his series of studies of the German army on the Western Front.
The Underground War: Vimy Ridge to Arras
The Underground War: Vimy Ridge to Arras by Phillip Robinson, Nigel Cave ISBN: 1844159760
on July 19th 2011
Genres: Military
Pages: 269
Len's Summary: Part one of a planned four-part work on tunneling on British stretch of the Western Front. Reflects recent work on the Durand Group; with an illustrated tours section. // Both sides made extensive use of tunneling to place mines beneath opponent’s defensive works, a practice dating back to the invention of gun powder. First volume in a planned four-volume series.
The Platoon: An Infantryman on the Western Front, 1916-1918
The Platoon: An Infantryman on the Western Front, 1916-1918 by Joseph Steward, Andrew Robertshaw, Steve Roberts ISBN: 1848843615
Published by Pen & Sword Books on February 19th 2012
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, General, History, Military, World War I
Pages: 200
Len's Summary: Memoirs of Joseph Johns Steward covering his Western Front service from the Somme battles of 1916 to the end of he war.
North Sea Battleground: The War at Sea 1914-1918
North Sea Battleground by Bryan Perrett ISBN: 9781848844506
on September 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 152
Len's Summary: Chronological coverage of important naval operations.
Pill Boxes on the Western Front: a Guide to the Design, Construction and Use of Concrete Pill Boxes 1914-1918
Pill Boxes on the Western Front: a Guide to the Design, Construction and Use of Concrete Pill Boxes 1914-1918 by Peter Oldham ISBN: 9781848844391
on February 28th 2011
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: Many of these can still be seen along the old front line in Flanders.
Retreat and Rearguard 1914: The BEF’s Actions from Mons to the Marne
by Jerry Murland ISBN: 9781848843912
Published by Pen & Sword Books on February 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 205
Len's Summary: The BEF’s fighting retreat in 1914. See Also John Terraine, Mons: The Retreat to Victory (1960).
World War One Aircraft Carrier Pioneer: The Stories and Diaries of J. M. McCleery, RNAS/RAF
World War One Aircraft Carrier Pioneer: The Stories and Diaries of J. M. McCleery, RNAS/RAF by Guy Warner ISBN: 9781848842557
on June 13th 2011
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: Memoirs of service on HMS Furious. -- The story of an aviator flying off HMS Furious in.1917 and 1918.
The Unending Vigil: the History of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Unending Vigil: the History of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission by Philip Longworth ISBN: 9781848844230
on April 2011
Genres: History, General
Pages: 269
Len's Summary: Beginning on the Western Front the Commission now tends war graves in 140 countries.
Captured Memories: Across the Threshold of War
Captured Memories: Across the Threshold of War by Peter Liddle ISBN: 9781848842342
on February 2011
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I
Pages: 313
Len's Summary: A look at the famous and not so famous men and women who served on several fronts. The author is a distinguished British historian of both world wars whose collection of WWI documents and memorabilia is permanently housed at the University of Leeds.
Lady Under Fire on the Western Front: The Great War Letters of Lady Dorothie Feilding MM
Lady Under Fire on the Western Front: The Great War Letters of Lady Dorothie Feilding MM by Dorothie Feilding ISBN: 9781848843226
on April 2010
Pages: 226
Len's Summary: The record of nearly three years of driving an ambulance behind the Western Front.
Haig: Master of the Field
Haig: Master of the Field by John Davidson ISBN: 9781848843622
on November 15th 2010
Genres: History, Military, General
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: Concentrates on the dramatic events of 1917 and 1918 and Haig’s conduct of operations in the final two years of war.
The Hidden Threat: Mines and Minesweeping in WWI
The Hidden Threat: Mines and Minesweeping in WWI by Jim Crossley ISBN: 9781848842724
on October 2011
Pages: 165
Len's Summary: Mines cost the Royal Navy five battleships, three cruisers, 22 destroyers, four submarines, and a host of other vessels.
Blood and Iron: Letters from the Western Front
Blood and Iron: Letters from the Western Front by Hugh Montagu Butterworth ISBN: 184884297X
on November 19th 2011
Pages: 234
Len's Summary: The letters of Hugh Butterworth of the 9th Rifle Brigade.
President’s Quarterly Update—April 2024
Dear Members and Friends,
I’m extremely pleased with the level of WW1HA’s activities, some of which may be unseen by you.
Our Journal, “World War One Illustrated,” is now published three times a year with an average length of 48 pages. Each issue is filled with high-quality articles covering a variety of topics, including the popular “My Kin in the Great War” series.
Our electronic newsletter, “Here and There with the WW1HA” is published monthly, with an assortment of Association events and articles covering WW1 topics.
Sal Compagno’s San Francisco Bay Area Chapter continues to hold monthly meetings via Zoom, while Mark Benbow’s Eastern Chapter is holding quarterly meetings.
As President, I am also hosting a quarterly “Fireside Chat” online. The last one emphasized WW1 poetry. The next one will emphasize WW1-era music.
If you’re already a member, I thank you for your membership and encourage you to take part in these activities. If you’re not a member, I ask you to join and participate in these activities. Participate in the events and consider submitting an article for the journal or newsletter.
Reach out to me with your comments: lavarennes@meuse-argonne.com.
Regards,
Randy Gaulke
