STAFFORD In the Great War - World War 1 Local History Book, New

Stafford in the Great War: Towns and Cities [Paperback] Thomas, Nick\n\nStafford in the Great War by Nick Thomas\n\n Stafford in the Great War tells the fascinating story of a county town and its people between the catastrophic years of 1914-18 . The title was written as a companion volume to the author's earlier work, Stafford at War 1939-45, and adopts the same successful formula. The book examines the work of local men and women on the Home Front, before providing details of the towns contribution in every theatre of the war. Early chapters examine the role of Staffordians who served in the British Expeditionary Force, nicknamed The Contemptible Little Army by Kaiser Wilhelm II, and who took part in the Christmas Truce, 1914. The story of the Stafford Territorials of the Stafford Battery, the Staffordshire Yeomanry and the North and South Staffordshire Regiments is also explained, along with the fate of Kitchener's Volunteer Army. The events surrounding the service of a number of 9