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The Road to the Somme Philip Orr

The Road to the Somme von Philip Orr

The Road to the Somme Philip Orr

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Zusammenfassung

During the 1916 Battle of the Somme in WW1 the Ulster division lost over two thousand men. This book covers the events leading to the Somme - the birth of the UVF in 1912, the aftermath and the bravery that has become iconic in Northern Ireland tradition.

The Road to the Somme Zusammenfassung

The Road to the Somme: Men of the Ulster Division Tell Their Story Philip Orr

'a deeply moving account of wasted lives and purposeless slaughter'

Irish Times

'brilliantly researched and magnificently illustrated analysis'

Irish News

During the 1916 Battle of the Somme in WW1 the Ulster division lost over two thousand men, and more than three thousand suffered injuries. Their tragic story, and great bravery, has since become iconic in Ulster Protestant and Northern Ireland tradition and mythology.

The book covers the events that led up to the Somme - including the birth of the UVF in 1912 and the Ulster Division's formation, training, and journey to France - the battle itself, and the aftermath, when local papers were filled with long lists of casualties and the 12th July parades were replaced by a five-minute silence across Ulster at noon.

Based on Philip Orr's interviews with Somme veterans, this is the soldiers' story, told in their eloquent voices, exposing the reality of that bloody summer and its devastating and far-reaching impact on a close-knit community.

The Road to the Somme Bewertungen

Orr has used official records and published histories and memoirs of the Great War for his study. He has given his account an added richness by drawing on a wide range of personal testimony and memorabilia from the soldiers themselves ... This book is both a monument to the mythology of Ulster's role at the Somme and a corrective to that myth ... it throws valuable light on the Ulster Loyalist tradition.


brilliantly researched and magnificently illustrated analysis


... as Philip Orr shows us in his excellent book, history tends to be concerned with confusion far more than clarities, and the author is to be congratulated for recording with accuracy and sensitivity the confusion felt by the young men who went to fight in the Great War. An immensely important book.

Über Philip Orr

Writer and researcher Philip Orr lives in Carrickfergus, County Antrim. He taught English and Drama for many years at Friends School in Lisburn and is the author of many books, including Field of Bones: An Irish Division at Gallipoli (2006), Tom's Story - Sentry Hill and the Great War (2007), New Loyalties: Christian Faith and the Protestant Working Class and The Road to the Somme.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR002038790
9780856408243
0856408247
The Road to the Somme: Men of the Ulster Division Tell Their Story Philip Orr
Philip Orr
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Broschiert
Colourpoint Creative Ltd
20081001
288
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