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Welsh at War: The Grinding War - The Somme and Arras
Welsh at War: The Grinding War - The Somme and Arras
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Cyfrol arall gan yr ymchwilydd trylwyr Steven John am filwyr Cymru yn y Rhyfel Mawr, yn arbennig brwydrau'r Somme (Gorffennaf - Tachwedd 1916) ac Arras (Ebrill - Mai 1917).
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
The Welsh at War trilogy is the culmination of over twelve years of painstaking research by the author into the Welsh men and infantry units who fought in the Great War, in particular the battles of Somme (July - November 1916) and Arras (April - May 1917).
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781526700315
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781526700315
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Welsh at War: The Grinding War - The Somme and Arras
- Awdur / Author
- John, Steven
- Current Price ex VAT
- £25.00
- Current Price inc VAT
- £25.00
- Availability Status (EN)
- Available
- Availability Status (CY)
- Ar gael
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2018-02-01
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Limited
- Media Type (EN)
- Hardback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr caled
- Pages
- 288 pages
- Size
- 156 × 234 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Hanes, Hanes Lleol, Arferion Gwlad, Llên Gwerin (yn Saesneg) | EN: History, Welsh Life and Customs, Local History, Folk Tales (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: 20fed Ganrif (yn Saesneg) | EN: 20th Century (in English)
Cynnwys / Table of Contents
The Grinding War – The Somme and Arras records the gallant work of Welsh units and servicemen during the period between the arrival of the 38th (Welsh) Division in France during December 1915 until the aftermath of the Battle of Arras in the summer of 1917, covering: the campaigns in Mesopotamia, Salonika, Egypt and Palestine; the Battle of Jutland; the Somme offensive; the German Withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line; the Battle of Arras; the Battle of Messines Ridge; and the build up to the Third Battle of Ypres.
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
STEVEN JOHN was born in Laugharne, west Wales. His move to Shropshire inspired an interest in his family tree, through which he discovered that his great-grandfather, David Thomas John, was killed in the Great War. This discovery led to Steven’s research in to the men of Laugharne who died in both world wars, and the eventual publication of his books Carmarthen Pals , Carmarthen in the Great War and Welsh Yeomanry at War . His latest work, the trilogy Welsh at War , is the culmination of his research on all aspects of the Welsh soldier during the Great War, and includes the stories of all of the Welsh infantry regiments during the confict.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
These units included the four regular regiments – the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, South Wales Borderers Welsh Regiment and Welsh Guards – as well as the Territorial Monmouthshire Regiment, the Yeomanry regiments: the Denbighshire Hussars, Pembroke Yeomanry, Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, Glamorgan Yeomanry and Welsh Horse Yeomanry and their amalgamation into service battalions for the regular regiments during 1917. Welsh troops fought with great courage in every theatre of the war – the Western Front, Aden, China, Gallipoli, Egypt, India, Italy, Salonika and in Palestine – and in addition to the casualties suffered during these campaigns, many men gained recognition for acts of gallantry. The three volumes, split chronologically, cover all of the major actions and incidents in which each of the Welsh infantry regiments took part, as well as stories of Welsh airmen, Welshmen shot at dawn, Welsh rugby players who fell, Welsh gallantry winners and the Welshmen who died in non-Welsh units, such as the Dominion forces and other units of the British armed forces.
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