Blackpool To The Front
Published on 4. April 2014
341 pages
978-1-84889-836-3 (ISBN)
Description
`Blackpool to the Front!' was a rallying cry first heard at the Battle of Etreux in August 1914 when the Royal Munster Fusiliers halted an entire German Army Corps. The experience of the hundreds who enlisted from the industrial Cork suburb of Blackpool mirrors the experience of the 200,000 Irishmen who joined up. At least sixty-nine Blackpool men made the ultimate sacrifice: factory workers, sons, husbands and fathers. Some enlisted to escape poverty, some to defend `the rights of small nations'. They fought in France, Flanders, Gallipoli, Palestine and on the high seas. This is their story.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
Ireland
Publishing group
Gill
Illustrations
black & white photos
File size
5,98 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84889-836-3 (9781848898363)
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Person
Mark Cronin was born and reared on Dublin Hill/Blackpool. At the North Monastery School he gained a great love of history. A member of the Blackpool Historical Society and the Western Front Association, his other interests include literature, theatre, cinema and music. His grandfather, Gus Birmingham, was one of the Blackpool men who survived the First World War.
Content
- Cover
- About the Author
- Dedication
- Title page
- Imprint page
- Contents
- Map of Blackpool
- Map of North Blackpool
- Map of the Western Front
- Map of Gallipoli
- Blackpool Soldiers and Sailors who died in the First World War
- Introduction
- The story of Blackpool and the Lead-up to the Great War
- "Blackpool to the Front!' The Beginning of the War on the Western Front
- The Blackpool Home Front and Support for the War
- Gallipoli and Loos: Defeat and the Long War
- Blackpool, Easter Week 1916 on the Western Front and the Somme
- The Naval War and Blackpool 1914-1918
- Bravery of Blackpool Soldiers as the War Continues - 1917
- Blackpool and the Last Year of the War - 1918
- Integration and Remembrance in a New Ireland
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- If you have enjoyed this book .
