Название: Your Towns and Cities in the Great War - Lancaster in the Great War
Автор: John Fidler
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1473846110
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 128
Размер: 17,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

Although Lancaster was the ancient County town, it had a population of only 40,000 in 1914. Of these, it is thought that some 5,000 men saw war service between 1914-18, and over 1,000 did not return. In consequence, the recruiting drives, the tribunals to consider exemption from 1916, and the ever-growing casualty lists provide the main theme for this book. Some 3,000 men had volunteered by December 1914, to join those already serving.