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Wakefield in the Great War (Paperback)
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Wakefield in the Great War (Paperback)
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Loot Price R394
Discovery Miles 3 940
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The Great War saw thousands of Wakefield men enlist in the armed
forces, serving in every arm of the services. Wakefield in the
Great War tells the story of the men who fought and the families
they left behind. This was total war. Volunteers worked tirelessly
as nurses in local auxiliary hospitals, cared for Belgian refugees,
sent food parcels to prisoners of war, fed soldiers during their
long waits at railway stations and stitched sandbags to send to the
Front. At nearby country estates, the 'Gorgeous Wrecks' practised
manoeuvres at weekend camps. Wakefields engineering firms set the
model for war production from shells to backpacks. Children
gathered chestnuts and moss to help the war effort and stood
patiently for hours in long queues to feed their families. The
prison became home to conscientious objectors and the target for
running battles in the street outside so that men had to find ways
of sneaking over the walls to get back into jail. Wakefield in the
Great War is the untold story of a time that would change the city
forever.
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