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Howard's recommended book list

The War the Infantry Knew
by JC Dunn
This is about JC Dunn's experiences during the Great War in the Royal Welch Fusiliers. His battalion was in the same brigade as 1st Middlesex (and later 33rd. Division) for most of the war and the book contains many references to 1st Middlesex. An excellent guide to the conditions and daily life in the same areas ISBN 0349106355 Published by Abacus
Fred’s War, A Doctor in the Trenches by Andrew Davidson Fred’s War tells the story of the 1st Cameronians (in the same Brigade as 1st Middlesex) and Fred Davidson their 25-year-old medical officer. Many of the 250 photographs are of the same places and at the same times as 1st. Middlesex actions. ISBN: 9781780721811
The Western Front
by Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes is fascinating to read and to listen to ISBN 056338493 X Published by BBC
A Military Atlas of the First World War
by Arthur Banks
Full of lovely maps ISBN 0850525632 Published by Leo Cooper
The Topography of Armageddon
by Peter Chasseaud
Trench maps and a full explanation of how to read them and how they were drawn ISBN 0951208012 Published by Mapbooks
Before Endeavours Fade
by Rose Coombs
A guide to what remains of the battlefields ISBN 0900913851 Published by Battle of Britain International
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