Kensington in the Great War / G. I. S. Inglis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Inglis, G. I. S., author.

Series:

Your Towns and Cities in the Great War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--England--London.

World War, 1914-1918.

Kensington and Chelsea (London, England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Place of Publication:

South Yorkshire, England : Pen and Sword Military, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How the experience of war impacted on the town, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Kensington were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years. A record of the growing disillusion of the people, their tragedies and hardships and a determination to see it through. The Royal Borough of Kensington was an area of huge contrasts: vast riches in the south, but marked poverty in the north. It was close enough to the heart of London that national and L

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: War; Chapter 2: 1915; Chapter 3: 1916; Chapter 4: 1917; Chapter 5: 1918; Appendix Post-War; Notes; Acknowledgements; Key to Illustrations; Sources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 27, 2014).

ISBN:

9781473841901

1473841909

9781473842120

1473842123