Yorkshire's War: Voices of the First World War

Yorkshire's WarVoices of the First World War\nAuthor(s): Tim Lynch\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Amberley Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: Amberley Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781445634487, 978-1445634487\nSynopsis\nAt [url] [url] on Saturday 1 July 1916, the British Expeditionary Force rose from its trenches and stepped into a blizzard of fire that would echo for generations to come.\n\nSetting out that day were regiments from every part of the country but, with no fewer than twenty-nine battalions, Yorkshire contributed the largest contingent, and the countys close-knit mill towns and pit villages paid a heavy price. Two months later, Zeppelins brought the war to streets still mourning their dead and added women and children to the growing casualty lists. This was total war.\n\nUsing letters, diaries, archives, newspapers and local histories, Yorkshires War tells the story of a county at war: of children sewing sandbags; of old men guarding the coast; of young men going off to war ay