Ordnance - Philip Hamlyn Williams

Ordnance

Equipping the British Army for the Great War
Buch | Softcover
2018
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-8441-6 (ISBN)
22,40 inkl. MwSt
The story of the machine that kept the army supplied: ordnance on a vast scale
In August 1914, Kitchener’s ‘Contemptible Little Army’ was highly professional but small, equipped with only what they could carry – and they were facing a force of continental proportions, heavily armed and well supplied. The task of equipping the British Army was truly Herculean. Many able men had volunteered to fight in the trenches, and others would soon be called up, so this vital work was to be undertaken by the ordinary men and women left behind. In time, the government recognised the need for skills of engineering and logistics, and many of those who had survived the onslaught were brought back home to work. Ordnance is the story of these men and women. It traces the provision of equipment and armaments from raw material through manufacture to the supply routes that gave the British Army all the material it needed to win the war. It is a story of some failures, but also of ingenuity and effort on the part of ordinary people to overcome shortfalls in organisation. It is a story of some lessons learnt, but of others that weren’t, and these would have long-lasting repercussions.

Philip Hamlyn Williams is the son of Major-General Sir Leslie Williams, who commanded the RAOC during the Second World War. His interest in Ordnance was piqued when he discovered a treasure trove of albums in his family home; these would become the basis for War on Wheels. Ordnance came about as a result of a further quest to understand the experience of Ordnance Services in the Great War. He has an MA in Professional Writing and has spent much of his career working with the professional services and not-for-profit sectors.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 100 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort Stroud
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte 1918 bis 1945
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 0-7509-8441-4 / 0750984414
ISBN-13 978-0-7509-8441-6 / 9780750984416
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