Ashton-Under-Lyne in the Great War
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Ashton-Under-Lyne in the Great War
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Summary
This title highlights the social and economic effects on those left at home while the troops were at the Front. It focuses on the regiments based in Ashton and the high number of casualties from the town. It also Highlights effects of the 1917 explosion when 5 tons of TNT blew up in Ashton town centre.
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Ashton-Under-Lyne in the Great War by Glynis Cooper
A new book on Ashton-under-Lyne during World War I is being published as part of a series on Towns and Cities in the Great War to commemorate the centenary of the beginning of the War. It focuses on the economic and social conditions, problems and hardships of those left at home in England played out against a background of military action on the Western Front, in Turkey, Egypt and Palestine. Ashton was both a garrison town and a mill town. There were three Battalions based locally and over 1500 local men lost their lives. Sir Max Aitken, later Lord Beaverbrook, was Liberal Unionist MP for Ashton. In the summer of 1917 five tons of TNT exploded at an Ashton munitions factory destroying mills and houses, setting gasometers on fire and hurling acid drums into the river. Fifty people died and five hundred were injured. The book chronicles the difficulties, hardships, restrictions and morale of the town year by year as the War dragged on; the constant fear of Zeppelin raids; and the determined spirit of the folk of Ashton that the Kaiser would not beat them.
Glynis Cooper was born in Manchester, but grew up in Suffolk before returning 'home' thirty five years ago. Much of her working life has been spent in libraries. She has had several books on local history published and she has also written two novels set in the Isles of Scilly.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781473823136 |
| ISBN 10 | 1473823137 |
| Title | Ashton-Under-Lyne in the Great War |
| Author | Glynis Cooper |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2015-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |