The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts The Western Front 1916 The Full Year
RCC8290
At All Costs The British Army on the Western Front 1916
ISBN
9781915070951
Purchase Price
£28.00 (new)
Date Purchased
September 11, 2025
Publisher
Helion & Company, Limited (2022, Warwick)
Notes
This book is No. 37 in the Wolverhampton Military Studies Series.. It is a collection of essays by prominent academics and military historians from various backgrounds. As a result, it could well be a very useful book for researchers and others who are particularly interested in the year 1916, which some may regard as the critical year of the war, especially for the BEF, which during the year could be regarded as having put aside the "amateurism" of its performances in the war to date, and started to develop into the highly professional army which finished the war. The essays are: 1. "The Battle of The Somme and British War Plans, 1916" by Stephen Badsey 2. "The Puppetmaster: Sir William Robertson as CIGS in 1916" by John Spencer 3. "Douglas Haig and The Somme" by Andrew Wiest 4. "British Intelligence and the Battle of Verdun" by Jim Beach 5. "The Changing Nature of Supply: Transportation in the BEF during the Battle of The Somme" by Christopher Phillips 6. "Lessons Unlearned: The Somme Preparatory Bombardment June - 1 July 1916" by Bill McCormick 7. "The Battle in Miniature: The BEF and the Art of Trench Raiding 1916" by John Pratt 8. ""I shall hope to try an officer and at least one corporal for cowardice". The German Trench Raid 11 April 1916 and the British Response" by Michael Locicero" 9. "Henry Horne as Corps Commander on The Somme" by Simon Innes-Robbins 10. "XIII Corps and the attack at Montauban" by Spencer Jones 11. "French XX Corps and Preparations for The Somme Offensive 1 July 1916" by Tim Gale 12. "Learning from Defeat: 32nd Division and 1 July 1916" by Stuart Mitchell 13. "Co-operation on The Somme: The Application of Firepower on Pozieres Ridge" by Meleah Hampton 14. "Lessons and Legacy: Notes on 1st Canadian Division Attack, Regina Trench 8 October 1916" by Kenneth Radley 15. "Early Tank Training and Doctrine" by Philip Ventham" 16. "A Ragged Business: Officer Training Corps, Public Schools and the Recruitment of the Junior Officer Corps of 1916" by Timothy Halstead 17. "In Jaunty Battalion Command on The Somme 1 July to 18 November 1916" by Peter Hodgkinson 18. "Muddy Grave? The German Army at the End of 1916" by Tony Cowan 19. "Ripples of The Somme: Commemorating and Remembering the Battle, 1919 - 2016" by Mark Connelly 20. "The Somme: War Memoirs and Personal Memories" by Brian Bond
9781915070951
Purchase Price
£28.00 (new)
Date Purchased
September 11, 2025
Publisher
Helion & Company, Limited (2022, Warwick)
Notes
This book is No. 37 in the Wolverhampton Military Studies Series.. It is a collection of essays by prominent academics and military historians from various backgrounds. As a result, it could well be a very useful book for researchers and others who are particularly interested in the year 1916, which some may regard as the critical year of the war, especially for the BEF, which during the year could be regarded as having put aside the "amateurism" of its performances in the war to date, and started to develop into the highly professional army which finished the war. The essays are: 1. "The Battle of The Somme and British War Plans, 1916" by Stephen Badsey 2. "The Puppetmaster: Sir William Robertson as CIGS in 1916" by John Spencer 3. "Douglas Haig and The Somme" by Andrew Wiest 4. "British Intelligence and the Battle of Verdun" by Jim Beach 5. "The Changing Nature of Supply: Transportation in the BEF during the Battle of The Somme" by Christopher Phillips 6. "Lessons Unlearned: The Somme Preparatory Bombardment June - 1 July 1916" by Bill McCormick 7. "The Battle in Miniature: The BEF and the Art of Trench Raiding 1916" by John Pratt 8. ""I shall hope to try an officer and at least one corporal for cowardice". The German Trench Raid 11 April 1916 and the British Response" by Michael Locicero" 9. "Henry Horne as Corps Commander on The Somme" by Simon Innes-Robbins 10. "XIII Corps and the attack at Montauban" by Spencer Jones 11. "French XX Corps and Preparations for The Somme Offensive 1 July 1916" by Tim Gale 12. "Learning from Defeat: 32nd Division and 1 July 1916" by Stuart Mitchell 13. "Co-operation on The Somme: The Application of Firepower on Pozieres Ridge" by Meleah Hampton 14. "Lessons and Legacy: Notes on 1st Canadian Division Attack, Regina Trench 8 October 1916" by Kenneth Radley 15. "Early Tank Training and Doctrine" by Philip Ventham" 16. "A Ragged Business: Officer Training Corps, Public Schools and the Recruitment of the Junior Officer Corps of 1916" by Timothy Halstead 17. "In Jaunty Battalion Command on The Somme 1 July to 18 November 1916" by Peter Hodgkinson 18. "Muddy Grave? The German Army at the End of 1916" by Tony Cowan 19. "Ripples of The Somme: Commemorating and Remembering the Battle, 1919 - 2016" by Mark Connelly 20. "The Somme: War Memoirs and Personal Memories" by Brian Bond