‘Kitchener’s Mob’: Myth and Reality in Raising the New Army, 1914-15
Doyle, Peter.
2021.
‘Kitchener’s Mob’: Myth and Reality in Raising the New Army, 1914-15.
In: Kevin Linch and Matthew Lord, eds.
Redcoats to Tommies: The Experience of the British Soldier from the Eighteenth Century.
Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, pp. 58-81.
ISBN 9781783276028
[Book Section]
Popular memory holds that the volunteer army raised by Lord Kitchener in the opening weeks of the First World War was formed in the wake of a great recruiting campaign; that thousands lined up outside the recruiting offices; and that Kitchener’s Army, as it came to be known, was an army of ‘Pals Battalions’ whose engagement on the Somme in 1916 was to have far-reaching implications for the British nation.
| Item Type | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Departments, Centres and Research Units | History |
| Date Deposited | 01 Mar 2024 10:33 |
| Last Modified | 01 Mar 2024 10:38 |
-
picture_as_pdf - 03 Doyle, Kitchener's Mob clean.pdf
-
subject - Accepted Version
-
lock - Restricted to Administrator Access Only
Downloads