Ordinary Heroes: The Story of Civilian Volunteers in the First World War

by Sally White

Ordinary Heroes is the first book to focus on the staggering achievements of hundreds of thousands of civilian volunteers and charity workers, the majority of them women, during the First World War, both at home and abroad. It shows what a mass of untried and frequently untrained women and men from all backgrounds achieved through their innovation, adaptability, bravery and dogged commitment. As Lloyd George said, the war could not have been won without...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445676664
• ISBN13: 9781445676661
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"