Menus, munitions and keeping the peace : the home front diaries of Gabrielle West, 1914-1917 / edited by Avalon Weston.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weston, Avalon, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Army--Medical personnel--Diaries.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Army.

Medical personnel.

Weapons industry.

Employees.

Cooks.

World War, 1914-1918--Hospitals--Great Britain.

World War, 1914-1918.

Cooks--Great Britain--Diaries.

Weapons industry--Great Britain--Employees--Diaries.

World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, British.

Genre:

Diaries.

Personal narratives -- British.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 184 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Barnsley : Pen and Sword History, 2016.

Summary:

Contrasts pre-war rural life in Britain with the WWI home front, Highlights the challenges of working in convalescent hospital kitchens and munitions factory canteens, Features convalescent soldiers' stories from the front, Includes a first-hand account of Zeppelin raids over London, Recalls being one of the first recruited policewomen in Britain, Witnesses Irish politics on Hereford Station: a riot between the English and Irish munitions factory girls, Describes conditions in the munitions factories, including fires, being bombed and how ether gave the factory girls epileptic fits, Includes the wartime adventures of Gabrielle's dog, Rip. He gets his pass for The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, catches rats, falls into the picric acid and turns yellow, Tells of the Belgian refugees who came to Gloucestershire, and the town that staged a concert for them Book jacket.

Contents:

The Diaries 1

1914 3

1915 43

1916 85

1917 131.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1473870860

9781473870864

OCLC:

968186961

Publisher Number:

99970227425