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Much has been written about the men who left to fight in the First World War but what was life really like for those left behind on the Home Front? A bustling market town profoundly touched by the war, St Albans is the perfect place of which to ask this question, thanks in part to the survival of exceptionally rich archives of records from the period.

This book explores the immediate challenges the townspeople faced during the war as well as the longer-term effects on the city. When the war finally ended, could life ever return to 'normal' as some 3,000 soldiers returned home?

Table of Contents
1. St Albans in 19142. The City's Contribution to the Army3. The Army in the City4. Administering the City in Wartime5. The Challenges to Business6. Feeding the City7. Daily Life in the City8. The Aftermath

St Albans: Life on the Home Front, 1914-1918

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A Paperback / softback by Sue Mann, Jonathan Mein

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    Publisher: University of Hertfordshire Press
    Publication Date: 30/10/2016
    ISBN13: 9781909291744, 978-1909291744
    ISBN10: 1909291749
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Much has been written about the men who left to fight in the First World War but what was life really like for those left behind on the Home Front? A bustling market town profoundly touched by the war, St Albans is the perfect place of which to ask this question, thanks in part to the survival of exceptionally rich archives of records from the period.

    This book explores the immediate challenges the townspeople faced during the war as well as the longer-term effects on the city. When the war finally ended, could life ever return to 'normal' as some 3,000 soldiers returned home?

    Table of Contents
    1. St Albans in 19142. The City's Contribution to the Army3. The Army in the City4. Administering the City in Wartime5. The Challenges to Business6. Feeding the City7. Daily Life in the City8. The Aftermath

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