Books written by Peter Hart

The Last Battle: Victory, Defeat, and the End of World War I

Reverend William Evans-Jones, Army Chaplains' Department attached to the 2nd Royal Welsh Fusiliers was killed aged 24 on 8 October 1918. He is buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy. 7. Frank Richards, Old Soldiers Never Die (London: ...
Voices from the Front: An Oral History of the Great War

He said, 'Well, corporal Finch, I shall get you back again.'23 Lance corporal William finch, 2nd Worcestershire regiment Finch was helpless lying out on the battlefield. With the rain I got this German oil sheet and kept myself covered.
Fire and Movement: The British Expeditionary Force and the Campaign of 1914

Just over 350 men of the Worcesters made the initial attack; Lance Corporal William Finch was one that lived to tell the tale. When the charge went, the bugle went, we had to go for them, that's all. You know an excited a crowd would be ...
The Single Market Programme as a Stimulus to Change: Comparisons Between Britain and Germany

According to Paul Abrahams ( Financial Times , 3 August 1993 ) , health reforms launched in January 1993 led to the reduction of sales of pharmaceuticals by 11 per cent up to May 1993. German doctors have switched to prescribing cheaper ...
At Close Range: Life and Death in an Artillery Regiment, 1939-45

Jack Sykes was in charge of the signals for Major William Barber commanding 426 Battery. As is sometimes the case with wartime memories originating in times of great stress, he was somewhat forthright in his assessment of Barber.
Gallipoli

I think that he was of the opinion that I had exaggerated the danger.11 Captain Horace Viney, 3rd (South Australian & Tasmanian) Light Horse Regiment, 1st Light Horse Brigade, NZ&A Division, AIF Bridges reached the barricade and then ...
Gallipoli

Within a few inches his body became visible huddled in a crouched position enveloped in a ragged uniform with belt.5 A. E. Cooper, Imperial War Graves Commission Cooper marked off the precise location of the special foundations he ...
The Last Battle: Victory, Defeat, and the End of World War I

H. Sulzbach, With the German Guns: Four Years on the Western Front, 1914–1918 (London: Leo Cooper, 1973), pp. 201–2. E. Morin, Lieutenant Morin: Combatant de la Guerre, 1914–1918 (Besançon, Cêtre, 2002), p. 287.
Gallipoli

Boxall himself was mortally wounded. The senior officers on board the River Clyde decided that they must stop this hopeless slaughter. I now saw that it was impossible to carry out the original plan of attack.
The I.R.A. at War, 1916-1923

Such a war was expected to last months, not days: Kathleen Clarke reported that the rebels thought they would be six months in the field, allowing time for German intervention and a popular uprising.45 The possibility of a German ...
Tales in Tandem

One day when we enjoyed a light meal at Fortnum and Mason , one of our favourite haunts , I thought it was about time I mentioned what had been on my mind since we met , having fulfilled Osborne's request to get to know Georgina first .
1918: A Very British Victory

53 IWM DOCS: W.Kerr, Transcriptaccount, pp.108–9 54 INTERNET SOURCE: K. W. Foster, Typescriptmemoir, Canadian Letters & Images Project, www.canadianletters.ca/ letters.php?etterid=4502&warid=3 &docid=5&collectionid=274 55 IWM DOCS: W.
Fire and Movement: The British Expeditionary Force and the Campaign of 1914

IWM DOCS: L. Tennyson, manuscript diary, 12–13/9/1914. 7. Private C. Gregory, killed 13 September 1914. ... E. J. Needham, The First Three Months: The Impressions of an Amateur Subaltern (Aldershot, UK: Gale and Polden, 1933), 55. 17.
The 16th Durham Light Infantry in Italy 1943-1945

But there was another battle being fought as they struggled to maintain their morale day by day, as their friends died and their seemed to be no end in sight. This is their story. Peter Hart was born in 1955.
Passchendaele: The Sacrificial Ground

German losses in the offensive were estimated at 260,000. Based on the archival holdings at the Imperial War Museum, this book gathers together a wealth of material about this horrific offensive.
The I.R.A. and Its Enemies: Violence and Community in Cork, 1916-1923

'We ran out of ammo', Donovan complained: 'five thousand .303 a day and I couldn't stop men firing.” These July skirmishes cost three Corkmen—and more from other counties—their lives, but these were light casualties even compared to the ...
The South Notts Hussars The Western Desert, 1940-1942

Observation post established by I) 'I'roop, 426 Bty during training at Hadera Camp, Palestine. Left to right: Gunner lsherwood, Battery Sergeant Major Wigley, Gunners Monteith, Widdowson and Lynch. All the real action was taking place ...
The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War

Focusing on the decisive engagements of World War I, the author explores the immense challenges faced by the commanders on all sides, looking at the changing weapons and tactics and offering his own assessment on what brought about the war ...
Jutland, 1916: Death in the Grey Wastes

Full of drama and pathos, of chaos and courage, JUTLAND, 1916 describes the sea battle in the dreadnought era from the point of view of those who were there.
Passchendaele

German losses in the offensive were estimated at 260,000. Based on the archival holdings at the Imperial War Museum, this book gathers together a wealth of material about this horrific offensive.