The story of conscientious objection in Britain begins in 1916, when conscription was introduced for the first time. Some 16,000 men — the first conscientious objectors — refused conscription because...
* The first book to detail life in Derbyshire during the First World War * An in depth book full of original research * Well illustrated with archive photographs * Covers every aspect of life on the home front, from the outbreak of war, recruitment of men, munitions factories, rationing, refugees etc.
The Great War of 1914-1918 was the world’s first total conflict. It drew the whole population into the war effort as never before. The armed forces recruited on a scale that was previously unimaginable,...
The Great War was the first in our history to have a deep impact on every aspect of civilian life. In an overdue attempt to portray the real effect of the War on life at home, David Bilton examines...
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