Item #359484 Tea, rum & fags: sustaining Tommy, 1914-18 / Alan Weeks. Alan Weeks.

Tea, rum & fags: sustaining Tommy, 1914-18 / Alan Weeks

2009, 1st Edition. Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #359484

Physical description: 192 pages. Contents: 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.
Subjects: World War (1914-1918). World War, 1914-1918 Food supply. Soldiers Nutrition Great Britain 20th century. Operational rations (Military supplies). Food supply.
Operational rations (Military supplies).

Price: €18.00

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