Winchester in the Great War
Reeks: Your Towns & Cities in the Great War
John J. Eddleston
- The
- war
- of
- 1914–18
- changed
- Britain
- forever.
- The
- movement
- for
- Irish
- Home
- Rule
- strengthened,
- women
- were
- in
- jobs
- they
- had
- never
- done
- before
- and,
- at
- the
- end
- of
- the
- war,
- were
- granted
- the
- vote
- for
- the
- first
- time.
- Political
- and
- military
- careers
- were
- won
- and
- lost
- and
- in
- all
- of
- these,
- Winchester
- played
- its
- part.
- Whilst
- this
- is
- a
- book
- about
- the
- Great
- War,
- that
- terrible
- conflagration
- which
- claimed
- so
- many
- lives,
- it
- is
- also
- expertly
- covers
- how
- that
- war
- touched
- the
- citizens
- of
- Winchester.
- It
- can
- be
- said
- that
- every
- city,
- town,
- village
- and
- hamlet
- contributed
- to
- the
- war
- effort
- but
- some
- cities,
- of
- which
- Winchester
- is
- certainly
- one,
- were
- of
- crucial
- importance
- to
- the
- final
- victory.
- It
- is
- true
- that
- Winchester
- was
- a
- major
- army
- depot,
- but
- it
- was
- also
- a
- city
- concerned
- with
- attempts
- to
- keep
- some
- normality
- in
- life.
- There
- were
- stories
- of
- loss
- but
- there
- was
- also
- humour,
- entertainment,
- fund
- raising,
- patriotism
- and
- tales
- of
- the
- darker
- side
- of
- life.
- With
- over
- thirty
- illustrations,
- some
- never
- seen
- before,
- Winchester
- in
- the
- Great
- War
- is
- a
- thorough
- account
- of
- the
- daily
- hardships
- and
- triumphs
- of
- those
- living
- in
- the
- city
- during
- one
- of
- the
- most
- defining
- and
- significant
- periods
- in
- the
- history
- of Britain.
