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They Did Their Duty: Essex Farm Never Forgotten
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- Artikelzustand
- Sehr gut
- Hinweise des Verkäufers
- “Light shelf wear only. Otherwise very good.”
- Weight
- 330g
- Features
- 1st Edition
- ISBN
- 9780955229596
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- They Did Their Duty: Essex Farm Never Forgotten
- Item Height
- 218 mm
- Publisher
- Essex Hundred Publications
- Subject
- History
- Item Weight
- 330 g
- Item Width
- 154 mm
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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'They Did Their Duty' is a book with three themes. Firstly it tells the story of Essex Farm and Calvaire (Essex) two First World War cemeteries in Belgium that will forever bear the Essex name. Secondly we give an overview of the Essex Regiment in the First World War. In the third part we look at the home front through the eyes of the local press, criss-crossing the county, to see what readers were given by way of news. It has to be remembered during the First World War there was no radio, no television and of no course no internet or social media. Even telephones were a rarity. 'They Did Their Duty' is not a comprehensive history of the First World War or a detailed account of the Essex Regiment. However we do try and give concise background to the momentous events of the time and to the best of our ability hope our facts and summaries are accurate. World War One, or the Great War, was the war described as the war to end all wars. It began on 28th July 1914, when Austria declared war on Serbia, and lasted until 11th November 1918, when an armistice with Germany was signed in a railway carriage at Compiegne, France. At 11am on 11th November 1918 - the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month - a ceasefire came into effect, the guns fell silent and the killing stopped. In four years the total number of deaths was estimated at eight and a half million which included over 900,000 from the British Empire, with a further two million wounded and 150,000 taken prisoner or listed as missing. During this war no part of the United Kingdom escaped the grim death toll. In some cases the menfolk of complete communities were slaughtered. The war impacted on all parts of Essex and Essex itself has left its own permanent reminders in Belgium. Just to the north of Ypres or Iepere (in Dutch) in West-Vlaanderen, Belgium is Essex Farm. It is a First World War cemetery alongside the medieval Yser Canal. The area around Ypres (or the Ypres) salient, as it became known, was the scene of some of the fiercest fighting and worst carnage during the war and where poison gas was first used. Today Ypres has a population of approximately 40,000, about the same size as Rayleigh, or about half the size of Brentwood. Essex Farm was so named after the Essex Regiment. The original farm stood on poorly drained agricultural land that was untitled on Belgian maps prior to the First World War. By Ypres standards Essex Farm is a relatively small cemetery with 1,204 burials recorded and yet it is just one of one hundred and sixty First World War cemeteries in the area. In contrast the nearby Tyne Cot Memorial bears the names of almost 35,000 officers and men whose graves are not known. There are more British soldiers buried at Essex Farm than have died in service during the Falklands, Iraq and Afghan wars combined. The declaration of war in August 1914 brought with it a massive mobilisation. Three new Essex battalions were formed during August and September 1914 and the 13th Battalion (the Hammers) was formed early in 1915. During the second battle of Ypres of April and May 1915 both the 2nd Battalion of the Essex Regiment (the Pompadours), an existing fighting battalion that could trace its roots back 300 years, and the newly re-formed Essex Yeomanry (a cavalry regiment) were heavily engaged and suffered multiple casualties. In October the same year the 11th Battalion of the Essex Regiment arrived in Ypres and by the middle of 1915, it seems the name Essex Farm was regularly in use. The First World War front stretched for over 500 miles from the Belgian coast through France to the Swiss border. Two vast armies were dug in trenches and bunkers and faced each other across 300 yards of no-man's land. For just over four years movement on the front line was limited to about 8 miles on either side. There was constant shelling and sniping. Each army engaged in continuous skirmishes and probing raids. There were the 'big pushes' that resulted
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Essex Hundred Publications
ISBN-13
9780955229596
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27046574920
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
They Did Their Duty: Essex Farm Never Forgotten
Publication Year
2014
Subject
History
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
218 mm
Item Weight
330 g
Item Width
154 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Topic
Local History
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Jonathan Steven Pick
York Military Books
12 Dunroyal Close
Helperby
North Yorkshire
YO61 2NH
United Kingdom
USt-IdNr.:
- GB 323704232
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