Tea, rum & fags : sustaining Tommy, 1914-18 /
Weeks, Alan.
Stroud : History Press,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-187).
Introduction : 'mutinous mutterings' -- Bully beef and hard biscuits -- Tea and rum -- Fags -- Supplying the front -- Cookers -- Rations -- Bread and breakfast -- Food and drink during the big offensives -- Parcels -- Canteens -- Special occasions -- On the move : retreats and advances -- On the move : moving to and from the trenches -- Egg and chips in the estaminets -- Beer and wine -- Tommy enterprises -- Shops and restaurants -- Drunk and disorderly or incapable -- Officers' food and drink.
World War, 1914-1918
Operational rations (Military supplies)
Soldiers