Southampton in The Great War

Many troops passed through Southampton on their way to the Western Front and it played a vital role as a staging post for departing troops and those returning badly injured.

Many of men from Southampton also joined up and the enormity of human sacrifice that the families of Southampton were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years was immense. 

The Great War affected everyone. At home there were wounded soldiers in military hospitals, refugees from Belgium and later on German prisoners of war. There were food and fuel shortages and disruption to schooling. The role of women changed dramatically and they undertook a variety of work undreamed of in peacetime. Meanwhile, men serving in the armed forces were scattered far and wide. Extracts from contemporary letters reveal their heroism and give insights into what it was like under battle conditions.

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Some books that may interest you

On the Road to Victory By: Michael Harrison	The Canal Line By: Jerry Murland	Slaughter Over Sicily By: Charles Whiting
Dunkirk Nine Days That Saved An Army By: John Grehan	English Collusion and the Norman Conquest By: Arthur C Wright	Unconditional Surrender By: Walter Ludde-Neurath Foreword by: Jürgen Rohwer
Battles and Battlefields of Ancient Greece By: Dr Matthew A. Sears, Dr C. Jacob Butera	A Storm of Spears By: Christopher Matthew	The Red Army in Combat 1941-1945 By: Bob Carruthers