THE GUNNERS OF AUGUST 1914 – Review by Wayne Osborne
“Here, in my view, lies the real story of the war.” Says John Hutton of his book on p.vii of the Preface. “First and foremost,…
UNDERSTANDING THE SOMME 1916 – Review Dr Wayne Osborne
Battlefield guide books!? We didn’t use guide books on the Somme in ma day lad, we just got on with it and found out for…
UNDERGROUND WARFARE 1914 – 1918 – Review by Wayne Osborne
Thousands of miners on both sides joined their countries’ armies in the Great War. In Britain, during 1914/15 the output of the pits was put…
A WOOD CALLED BOURLON – Review by Wayne Osborne
This is another re-published work. William Moore’s book about Bourlon Wood first hit the shelves in 1988 and it seeks to discuss the so-called ‘cover-up’…
FIRE AND MOVEMENT – Review by Wayne Osborne
It is my Royal and Imperial Command … that you address all your skill and all the valour of my soldiers, to exterminate first, the…
AMATEUR GUNNERS – Review by Wayne Osborne
If you are interested in Great War artillery or animals in the war or if you are interested in the rise of the British Army…
MEMOIRS OF THE BEF – Review by Wayne Osborne
Well, memoirs from a part of the BEF. The original title, while dull, does what it says on the can, the new title flatters to…
BILLY CONGREVE DIARY – Review by Wayne Osborne
This is yet another diary from the Great War and it is a very good read for either the casual reader or the historian. Billy…
LEAD SHOT – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne
“The core of this book is an intensive analysis of 1,800 projectiles that were fired in practice in a Northamptonshire deer park during the English…