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The men and women of Bradford, along with their cousins in other British towns and cities, made a distinguished if unhappy contribution to the First World War, as war memorials all around the city make clear. This book weaves together many personal accounts to tell the full story of Bradford at war - not just the experience of the trenches but primarly the impact that the war had at home: the part played by factories that manufactured aircraft and machine tools, the story of one of Britain's foremost sons, J.B. Priestley (publishing for the first time some of his letters home), the background to a massive munitions explosion, and of course, everyday life on the home front. Amply illustrated and impeccably researched, this book will appeal to anyone who is interested in Bradford's history.
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Bradford World War 1 Group actively researched all matters relating to the Great War on 1914-18. They are based at the Mechanics' Institute in Bradford and its members have jointly written this book.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Military - family - social - Bradford: history for all!,
By JCR "john" (West Yorkshire) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bradford in the Great War (Paperback)
This book succeeds in presenting a comprehensive record of life in and beyond one of the most important northern cities of the early twentieth century. Known as the cloth manufacturing and marketing capital of the whole West Riding of Yorkshire, Bradford was a hugely wealthy and influential European city. In addition, a large number of its merchants were of German origin which lends a unique difficulty to preparations for war.
The chapters on the manufacture of cloth, planes, motorcylces and munitions for the war effort are well researched and detailed. The stories of the various Bradford and West Yorkshire regiments will appeal to military and family historians in equal measure. The emergence of women as fund raisers, factory workers, campaigners for peace and political activists is also chronicled. The development of the Military Hospital (St Luke's) receives detailed and fascinating treatment and of particular interest will be the excellent account of JB Priestley's war service and his later remembrance and assessment of it. Many illustrations in this chapter are published for the first time from the Priestley Archive at the University of Bradford. The final chapter shows how the city commemorated the huge loss of life suffered by the 'Pals' and territorial regiments and the links the city has with both the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The attempts to find employment for returning men who were handicapped by their wounds and the various acts of remembrance in succeeding years were a lasting testimony to the war. The book is lavishly illustrated throughout with contemporary photographs, postcards and other ephemera and the quality of production is excellent. Comprehensive references, a useful list of websites and a full bibliography complete a real achievement for the authors. The World War 1 Group in Bradford and the publishers are to be congratulated on this extremely valuable local resource which will appeal to readers with a wide range of interests. Bradfordians from all over the world will enjoy this reminder of their once great manufacturing city and the contribution made by their forebears to the Great War.
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This review is from: Bradford in the Great War (Paperback)
I enjoyed this book, especially as I was born and grew up in the city of Bradford myself. The previous reviewer has excellently described the contents of the book in detail and there is little that I can add to this.
What books there are on this subject naturally concentrate on the destruction of the two battalions of the Bradford Pals at Serre on 1/7/16. Here, in addition, there are stories of the lesser known Bradford Territorial battalions. However, more importantly, here are individual essays on life in the city itself which fill the background void behind the soldier's lives. An avid researcher into Bradford's Great War history myself, I found much new to learn in that Bradford practically clothed the entire British Army, Fabian Ware - the initiator of what was to become the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and David Railton - the man behind the idea of the 'unknown warrior', both had Bradford roots. I have met and worked with the Bradford World War I group on several occasions. What they have produced is a credit to them and is indeed a tribute to our city. Producing such a book when the events portrayed are almost beyond living memory was indeed a very difficult task. They have succeeded in producing a lasting record and one I hope readers from outside the locality will read and come to learn why those of us from this essentially industrial city are proud of our forebears.
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