The British Sailor of the First World War

by Quintin Colville

In 1914 Great Britain had the largest and most powerful navy the world had ever seen - a well-known fact, but what of the everyday experience of those who served in her? This fully illustrated book looks at the British sailor's life during the First World War, from the Falkland Islands to the East African coast to the North Sea. Meals in the stokers' mess and the admiral's cabin; the claustrophobic terrors of the engine room or submarine; the long...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747814406
• ISBN13: 9780747814405
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.1"