Great War railwaymen : Britain's railway company workers at war 1914-1918 /
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| Author / Creator: | Higgins, Jeremy, author. |
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| Imprint: | London : Uniform Press, [2014] |
| Description: | 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10388998 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction General Lord Dannatt
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Before the War
- The War
- Part 1. Stories of Railwaymen at War
- Chapter 2. Army Railwaymen on the Western Front
- Chapter 3. Army Railwaymen in Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, Palestine and other Fronts
- Chapter 4. Military Railway Operations on the Western Front and Palestine
- Chapter 5. Aviator Railwaymen
- Chapter 6. Naval Railwaymen
- Chapter 7. Maritime Railwaymen
- Part 2. Stories of Railwaymen Who Died
- Chapter 8. The Railway Works - including Derby and Swindon - Depots & Stations
- Chapter 9. Railway People
- Chapter 10. Gallantry and Decorations
- Part 3. Stories of Railway Companies at War
- Chapter 11. The Railway Companies
- Chapter 12. Reflections
- Thanks and Acknowledgements
- Appendices
- Appendix 1. Methodology
- Appendix 2. The railway dead in the Great War and where the 12,500 came from
- Appendix 3. Numbers of railwaymen recorded on the 'St Paul's Service, 1919' by railway company
- Appendix 4. The 12,500 and with whom they served
- Appendix 5. The top 18 Commonwealth War Graves Cemeteries where 5,212 of the 12,500 are commemorated
- Appendix 6. The worst days for railwaymen
- Appendix 7. Railwaymen killed on 1.7.16 on the Battle of the Somme
- Appendix 8. List of Commonwealth War Graves Cemeteries of the 242 who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme
- Appendix 9. Royal Navy vessels sunk with railwaymen on board
- Appendix 10. Railway maritime ships sunk
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Index
- Index of Names