Having a go at the Kaiser : a Welsh family at war / Gethin Mathews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matthews, Gethin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2018.

Summary:

Three brothers from Swansea who served in the First World War sent over a hundred letters to their family, providing a picture of what they thought and how their ideas evolved on a range of issues, dealing with such key concerns as identity and duty.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

Illustrations

Abbreviations

1: Introduction - the Eustis family

the local community

the letters

2: Richard and Gabriel, 1913-1915

3: Richard Eustis in Egypt, 1916-February 1917

4: Ivor Eustis at school, 1914-1916, and in north Wales, May-November 1916

5: Gabriel Eustis aboard HMT Saxon, to February 1917

6: Richard Eustis in Egypt, March 1917-January 1918

7: Ivor Eustis in north Wales, 1917

8: Richard Eustis in Palestine and Egypt, February 1918-June 1918

9: Ivor Eustis on the Western Front, December 1917-September 1918

10: Gabriel Eustis aboard HMT Saxon, November 1917-October 1918

11: Richard Eustis in Egypt, July 1918-November 1918

12: Ivor Eustis in England and Wales, October-November 1918

13: November 1918-January 1919

14: Aftermath

15: Patterns and perspectives

Appendix 1: List of all the extant letters and postcards sent by the Eustis brothers

Appendix 2: Servicemen from Mynyddbach/Tirdeunaw/Treboeth mentioned in the text

Appendix 3: Information on servicemen from other parts of Swansea and West Glamorgan mentioned in the text

Select bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781786833488

1786833484

OCLC:

1061860628