Chatham in the Great War
Wynn, Stephen, 1958-2017
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Chatham played a very important part in the nation's Great War effort. It was one of the British Royal Navy's three 'Manning Ports', with more than a third of the town's ships manned by men allocated to the Chatham Division. The war was only six weeks old when Chatham felt the affects of war for the first time. On 22 September 1914, three Royal Naval vessels from the Chatham Division, HMS Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue, were sunk in quick succession by a German submarine, U-9. A total of 1459 men lost their lives that day, 1260 of whom were from the Chatham Division.
Main title:
Chatham in the Great War / Stephen Wynn.
Author:
Wynn, Stephen, 1958-, author
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2017.
Collation:
176 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781473827882 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
82529
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