The British Sailor of the First World War

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The British Sailor of the First World War
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Quintin Colville
SeriesShire Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:72
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 149
Category/GenreBritish and Irish History
First world war
ISBN/Barcode 9780747814405
ClassificationsDewey:940.45941
Audience
General
Illustrations 42 b/w; 32 col

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Shire Publications
Publication Date 10 April 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

How the Royal Navy saw off the U-boat challenge in the Great War, and the daily lives of its sailors. In 1914 Great Britain's navy was the largest and most powerful the world had ever seen - but what was the everyday experience of those who served in it? This fully illustrated book looks at the British sailor's life during the First World War, from the Falkland Islands to the East African coast and the North Sea. Meals in the stokers' mess and the admiral's cabin; the claustrophobic terrors of the engine room or submarine; the long separations from loved ones that were the shared experience of all ranks; the perils faced by Royal Naval Air Service pilots - drawing on previously unpublished materials from the National Maritime Museum collections, this is an authoritative and vivid account of lives lived in quite extraordinary circumstances.

Author Biography

Dr Quintin Colville is Curator of Naval History at the National Maritime Museum, and was lead curator of both its 'Forgotten Fighters: the First World War at Sea' exhibition and its 'Nelson, Navy, Nation' gallery.