From the Front Line
eBook - ePub

From the Front Line

Family Letters & Diaries: 1900 to the Falklands & Afghanistan

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

From the Front Line

Family Letters & Diaries: 1900 to the Falklands & Afghanistan

About this book

From the Frontline is an extraordinary record of a familys military service over the last 100 years. Thanks to careful editing, each individual tells his story through letters and diaries which capture the military scene and reflect family ties that bind them all closely. The eight family members served in South Africa, West Africa, Korea, Aden, the Falklands and Afghanistan as well as both World Wars. One lost his life and others were wounded. Two became generals, many were decorated. Their records may span a century when warfare changed greatly. Yet the tone of the letters remains surprisingly constant reflecting confidence in their fellows, a pride in service to Crown and Country, love of family and understatement of the dangers. Being thinking men, their views on the conduct of operations is sometimes critical as are their opinions of their leaders. This collection is highly unusual and totally enthralling.

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Information

Publisher
Pen & Sword Military
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9781844158126
eBook ISBN
9781781598443
Topic
History
Subtopic
Historical Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Sources and Acknowledgements
  7. Chapter One - Reggie Tompson – Aro Expedition, Southern Nigeria, 1901 – 2
  8. Chapter Two - Sydney Pike and Bessie Huddleston (‘B’) – South Africa, Mauritius and Blackheath, 1900 – 7
  9. Chapter Three - Reggie Tompson and Bridget Thicknesse, Western Front, 1914 – 16
  10. Chapter Four - Frank Thicknesse, Passchendaele, 1917
  11. Chapter Five - Reggie and Bridget Tompson, 1918 – 37
  12. Chapter Six - Willie Pike, Dunkirk, 1940
  13. Chapter Seven - Bridget Tompson, Bentley, Hampshire, 1940
  14. Chapter Eight - Hew Tompson, North Africa, 1942
  15. Chapter Nine - Willie Pike, Tunisia, 1943
  16. Chapter Ten - Cuthbert Thicknesse, St Albans and Hiroshima, 1945
  17. Chapter Eleven - Willie Pike, Korea, 1951 – 2
  18. Chapter Twelve - Hew Pike, Radfan, May 1964
  19. Chapter Thirteen - Hew Pike, Falklands, 1982
  20. Chapter Fourteen - Will Pike, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 2006
  21. Epilogue
  22. Glossary of Abbreviations
  23. Index