The country house and the Great War
Subtitle: Irish and British experiences
By: Terence Dooley & Christopher Ridgway, editors
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Dublin; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781846826177
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; British Personal narratives; Irish Personal narratives; Social aspects; World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746
Description: Drawing on archival materials, and incorporating never-before-seen images, this volume presents a spectrum of experience: from owners, to servants and tenants, as well as the local communities that lived in the shadows of the country houses. These personal narratives identify lost or forgotten figures, uncover unknown stories and military records and excavate the more hidden histories of those who endured the war at home. They are a powerful reminder of the experiences common to many during the 1914-18 period, as well as a record of how individual lives were shaped by personalities and unique circumstances.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The death of the Pallastown heir: Lt Robert Heard, Irish Guards / Fergal Browne; title: A winged aristocracy: air power and the country house elite / Edward Bujak; title: Behind the front in France: the story of the heir to Monksgrange / Philip Bull; title: 'Not another son': the impact of the Great War on two Irish families / Fidelma Byrne; title: Captains and cowmen: Brodsworth Hall's community during the Great War / Caroline Carr-Whitworth; title: 'Lay spring flowers on our boy's grave': Norman Leslie's short war / Ian d'Alton; title: Augusta Bellingham and the Mount Stuart Hospital: temporary therapeutic transformations / Ronan Foley; title: The Bellingham family of Castlebellingham, Co. Louth, 1914{u2013}24 / Donal Hall; title: Lanhydrock: a Cornish parish torn apart / Paul Holden; title: 'Let each man do his best': the Percy family and their staff in the Great War / Chris Hunwick; title: Lady Londonderry and the Great War: women, work and the Western front / Brett Irwin; title: The Hely-Hutchinson brothers of Seafield and the Great War: two sons, one inheritance / Colm McQuinn; title: King Elmes: a Wexford Protestant doctor dies in Messines Ida Milne; title: 'The sons of South Hill and Mervue': T.E. Lawrence, Pierce Joyce and the Great War in the Middle East / David Murphy; title: 'Like shooting snipe at Ballindoolin': William Upton Tyrrell and the Great War / Ciarán Reilly; title: The Talbot family at war / Dawn Webster.