Rats Alley: Trench Names of the Western Front 9780750984904, 0750984902
Trench Nomenclature; Title; Copyright; Trench Names; Contents; Foreword by Alan Sillitoe; Preliminary Notes; Acknowledge
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English Pages 933 pages Year 2017
Table of contents :
Trench Nomenclature
Title
Copyright
Trench Names
Contents
Foreword by Alan Sillitoe
Preliminary Notes
Acknowledgements
The Scope of this Book
Explanatory Note
Method and Accuracy of British 1914-18 Map References
Archival and Other Sources
Treatment of Trench, Map Sheet and Place Names in the Text
Glossary
Introduction to the 2017 Edition
Introduction to the 2006 Edition: The Significance of Trench Names
Part One
I Trenches and the Landscape
II The Early Development of Trench Naming by the British, 1914-15. III British Trench Naming from the Battle of Loos to the End of the Somme BattleIV British Trench Naming in 1917 and 1918
V British Trench and Topographical Names --
Further Considerations
VI Military Names
VII Topographical Place Names
VIII French Trench Names
IX German Trench Names
X Afterthoughts
Bibliography
Part Two
Gazetteer of Names of Trenches and Other Tactical Features
Picture Section.
