Sheffield in the Great War.

Cover -- Dedication Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: 'The War That Will End War' -- This was the 'Great' war -- The catastrophe unfolds -- Counting the cost - people, animals and money -- Death, injuries and sickness -- Shell-shock -- Animals at the Front -- Billions of pounds -- Chapter 2: What Sort of Place Was Britain? -- King and Empire -- A country divided -- Votes for women -- Trade union unrest -- Conflict in Ireland -- Some welfare benefits -- Everyday living -- Ready for war? -- Chapter 3: Sheffield Before the War -- Politics, the press and the churches -- Roads and transport -- Housing and local facilities -- Medical and welfare services -- Entertainment and social activities -- Chapter 4: Autumn 1914: British Recruits and Belgian Refugees -- The war cloud bursts -- New soldiers -- Recruiting offices -- The first few months of war -- Homeless Belgians come to Sheffield -- Chapter 5: Born in Germany, living in Sheffield -- Germans in pre-war Britain -- The 'enemy in our midst' -- Riots, repatriation and internment -- What happened to internees? -- Naturalized Germans in the city -- Chapter 6: 1915 and 1916: Adapting to war -- Restrictions, regulations and the Defence of the Realm Act -- Sheffield in 1915 and 1916 -- News from the Front -- Propaganda and morale at home -- Propaganda from the government -- Propaganda from the community -- Conscription and military tribunals -- Aeroplanes, Zeppelins and government insurance -- Hospitals throughout the city -- The Third Northern General Hospital -- Wharncliffe War Hospital -- Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) -- The Silver War Badge -- Chapter 7: Giving and doing: the City's Voluntary Work -- Contributing clothes, food and vehicles -- Providing a service -- Helping soldiers -- Helping the city -- Giving money.

Money for the nation -- Money for people in need -- Chapter 8: Industry Responds to War -- National factories -- Controlled establishments -- War service badges -- Dilution and women workers -- Working conditions and health -- The city's factories -- Chapter 9: Sheffield in 1917 and 1918 -- Conscription, tribunals and conscientious objectors -- Shortages and rationing -- Prisoners-of-war and influenza -- The armistice and peace -- Chapter Notes -- Indexes -- Person Index -- Subject Index.

This fascinating new book is devoted to an almost unknown period in the history of Sheffield. It sets the city's people and events against a background of key national developments by looking also at the way government regulations were tightened, how the country's morale was maintained, and how industry was encouraged to deliver more output.

Sheffield in the Great War is written for the general reader, and a large number of the city's residents, companies and streets are mentioned by name. Many aspects of life and work are described and illustrated with more than one hundred original photographs. Numerous advertisements and excerpts are presented from the city's wartime newspapers, and highlighted Display Boxes in every chapter summarize particularly interesting or quirky themes. For more specialist readers, Notes at the end of the book provide additional detail and links to other publications and websites; general readers can of course ignore those. Two substantial Indexes make it easy to find personally-relevant people, topics and places.

The book thus offers to the general reader an easy-to-read narrative with many pictures, and it provides a valuable source of information and reference to those who would like to learn more. 

Sheffield in the Great War starts with a brief account of the conflict itself, looking at its enormous cost not only in terms of money but also in thousands and thousands of men and horses killed or disabled. Next it presents short reviews of Britain and the city in 1914 to introduce national features which became important in wartime Sheffield. The following chapters describe Sheffield life in the four and a half years of war, with special attention to recruiting and the creation of more than twenty new military hospitals. Huge numbers of people devoted themselves to voluntary work, and the book includes much

information that has been lost for the past hundred years.

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