Kitchener's Army, 1914-18 Book

A pictorial record, supported by an informative text, of the men and divisions, known as Kitchener's Army, in the First World War. - Formation of the New Armies and the early months of the war, describing the difficulties of clothing and training the thousands of volunteers who responded to Lord Kitchener's call to arms. - Through the use of the copious, and rare, photographs, the author describes the war service of the thirty divisions, the reserve battalions and service battalions. - Many photographs are of ordinary soldiers and, through their faces, we can share the strains of war. - Divisional signs, cap badges, shoulder titles, lapel and collar badges, orders of battle. - Indispensable reference work for all students of the First World War. The author is recognized as a leading authority on the First World War and on the Volunteer and Territorial Forces of Great Britain. He has published many books on these subjects as well as the definitive works on the collecting of metal shoulder titles. He runs a mail order book service in South Wales.Read More