Alexandra Churchill: 2 books
Blood and Thunder
The Boys of Eton College and the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
A photograph of three friends on the football field, taken in 1912. Less than five years later all three would be killed and buried beneath the fields of Belgium. This story is typical of many schoolboys across Britain who signed up for or were conscripted to fight in World War I. In this groundbreaking...
Over Land and Sea
Chelsea FC in the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Chelsea Football Club had only been in existence for nine years when war was declared in 1914, but it already formed a vibrant new part of the community. At home they participated in their first FA Cup Final (dubbed the "Khaki FA Cup Final") in 1915, held recruitment drives at matches, debated...