This addition to a very popular series is written by a local East Anglian author, of obvious interest to all those who live in and around Peterborough, but also to anyone with an interest in WWI history. The author has produced a charming account of the changes to Peterborough through the Great War. There is good illustration through the body of the book – Very Highly Recommended
NAME: Your Towns & Cities in the Great War, Peterborough in the Great War FILE: R2916 AUTHOR: Abigail Hamilton-Thompson PUBLISHER: Pen and Sword BINDING: soft back PAGES: 111 PRICE: £12.99 GENRE: Non Fiction SUBJECT: WWI, World War I, World War 1, First World War, The Great War, The Home Front, Eastern England, Peterborough, anti-German fever, casualty rates, total war, terror bombing, war production, engineering, munitions, recruits, local regiments, Edith Cavell
ISBN: 1-47386-012-1
IMAGE: B2916.jpg BUYNOW: tinyurl.com/y4d83sv2 LINKS: DESCRIPTION: This addition to a very popular series is written by a local East Anglian author, of obvious interest to all those who live in and around Peterborough, but also to anyone with an interest in WWI history. The author has produced a charming account of the changes to Peterborough through the Great War. There is good illustration through the body of the book – Very Highly Recommended The series is building into a very valuable account of the effects of total war on the towns and cities of Great Britain. What leaps out is the realization that every town and city was on the front line, including Peterborough. The threat of terror bombing by German aircraft and airships was everywhere, although some towns suffered much more than others. There was raging anti-German feeling and in Peterborough this resulted in the engineering firm of Werner Pfeiderer & Perkins becoming Perkins Engineers. The young men of Peterborough joined the colours and only one in six returned home. Every street saw sons lost, many in the carnage of the Western Front. The women stepped into the gaps in factories and new war production plants. Social change was dramatic, leaving scars, but Peterborough survived and prospered in the peace. Among the famous fallen of Peterborough was local girl Edith Cavell who had become a nurse and who was executed by the Germans for helping British prisoners to escape. She is still remembered in Peterborough but was buried in great pomp at Norwich Cathedral. A fascinating account of the fortunes and tribulations of Peterborough during the Great War.