Tynedale In The Great War Your Towns And Cities In The Great War Brian Tilley by Brian Tilley 9781473828018, 1473828015 instant download after payment.

The remote moors and valleys around Hexham in Northumberland have been producing fighting men for countless millennia.
From repelling invading Romans and Vikings, to locking swords with William Wallaces rampaging Scots, and the lawless days of the Border Reivers, the men of Tynedale have always rallied to the cause. So when Kitcheners call went out in 1914, Tynedales farmers, estate workers, pitmen and the gentry flocked to the colours in their thousands. Pitched straight into the front line against battle-hardened German troops just a week after landing in France in 1915, the Tynedale-based Territorials, the 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, acquitted themselves so well they received a personal commendation from the Allied Commander in Chief, Sir John French.