England's Last Hope

England's Last Hope studies how the part-time auxiliary Territorial Force was raised, clothed, trained, housed and administered during the crucial years of its development in the years before the Great War. As such, it fills a fundamental gap in the understanding of how the force's units were able to take the field as part of the BEF in 1914.

Autorentext
K.W MITCHINSON is author of the acclaimed Gentlemen and Officers: the Impact and Experience of War on a Territorial Regiment and Pioneer Battalions in the Great War. England's Last Hope is the second in a trilogy examining Britain's auxiliary forces, the first volume of which, Defending Albion, was shortlisted for the 2005 Templar Prize. Dr Mitchinson is a member of the Centre for First World War Studies at the University of Birmingham and works as a freelance editorial consultant.

Inhalt
Introduction The County Associations Camping and Recruitment Transport Shooting and Cyclists Clothing and Equipping a Territorial Finance Reformation and Planning Mobilization Complementing and Contraction Bibliography General Index Index of TF Units Index of British Locations