First World War Centenary News Archive

Publisher’s Description:’On 27th September 1915 John Kipling, the only son of Britain’s best loved poet, disappeared during the Battle of Loos. The body lay undiscovered for 77 years. This is the first biography of John’s short life, analysing the devastating effect it had on his famous father’s work.’

Publisher’s Description:’The Battle of Loos saw a change in Allied strategy, which up until then had been a series of small-scale assaults that achieved little or no ground gained. In the end the ‘Big Push’ saw little achieved with Allied losses of about 50,000 men.’

Publisher’s Description:’Martin Middlebrook’s classic account of the blackest day in the history of the British army, first published in 1971, takes in the accounts of hundreds of survivors: normal men, many of them volunteers, who found themselves thrown into a scene of unparalleled tragedy and horror.’

Publisher’s Description: ‘When Britain’s empire went to war in August 1914, rugby players were the fi rst to volunteer: they led from the front and paid a disproportionate price. When the Armistice came after four long years, their war game was over; even as the last echo of the guns of November faded, it was time to play rugby again. As Allied troops of all nations waited to return home, sport occupied their minds and bodies.’