First World War

This book, while not an official history, fills a void by describing the achievements of this unique and short-lived regiment and the colourful characters who served in it.

Author: Mark Perry.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 212pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781526736956

Weight. 546g.

Original Price: £19.99

Stanley Spencer enlisted with the Royal Fusiliers as a private in 1915 and was commissioned in 1917 and thereafter served with the West Yorkshire Regiment until demobilised in 1919. He saw almost continuous active service from 1915 to the end of the War. 

Author: Stanley Spencer.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 176pp. 15.5x23.3x1.4cm.

ISBN: 9781399074629

Weight: 300g.

Original Price: £14.99

The story of the 'Alphabet Company'

Author: Damien Finlayson.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Paperback. 329pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN 9781526740182

Original Price: £16.99

Martinpuich and the Butte de Warlencourt

This book is concerned with fighting south of the famous Albert-Bapaume road from mid September to the official end of the battle. 

Author: Bob Paterson.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 202pp. 13.8x21.5x1.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526764461

Weight: 400g.

Original Price: £14.99

The French Army on the Western Front 1914-1918.

Author: Ian Sumner.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Paperback. 248pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN 9781526721822

Original Price: £14.99

Author: Peter Doyle

Publisher: The Crowood Press

Paperback. 208pp. 21cm by 29.7cm.

ISBN: 9781785007637

Weight: 805g

Original Price: £25.00

Profusely illustrated and with excellent mapping, a hallmark of Christina Holstein's books, a visitor who follows the walks in this book will be left with a far clearer idea of the men who fought and died here and of the features of the battlefield and their significance in this battle that so challenged the endurance of the armies of two nations.

Author: Christina Holstein.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 186pp. 14cm by 21cm.

ISBN: 9781526717047

Weight: 391g

Original Price: £14.99

The grinding war: The Somme & Arras.

Author: Steven John.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 312pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781526700315

Original Price: £25.00

At the beginning of 1916, as the world entered the second full year of global conflict, the cities, towns and villages of Britain continued to lay vulnerable to aerial bombardment. 

Author: Ian Castle.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 382pp. 16x24x3.8cm.

ISBN: 9781399093927

Weight: 800g.

Original Price: £25.00