London Pride : the London Territorial Force in Peace and War, 1908-1921 Volume 1: Peacetime, Society and the Transition to War

This book is Vol 1 of a projected series, we don't know how many more volumes there will be, or if they will be relevant to our subject. It is a large book, exceptionally heavy comprising just over 500 closely packed pages with many images, tables and maps, all up to the usual Helion standard. It is a collection of essays by academics, military historians and other experts, as follows: Part 1 Antecedents to and Establishment of the London TF 1. Edwardian London. A City of Imperial Zenith by Charles Fair, Richard Hendry & Tom Thorpe. 2. Antecedents by Ian F.W. Beckett. 3. Establishing London's Territorial County Associations by Bill Mitchinson. 4. The Drill Halls of the London Territorial Force by Charles Fair. 5. Partial Failure or Qualified Success? Recruitment and Retention in the County of London Territorial Force 1908-1914 by Charles Fair & Richard Hendry. 6. From Prominence to Obscurity; From Uniformity to Diversity: The Experience of the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps, 1865-1916 by Christopher Phillips. Part 2. The Social and Economic Background 7. The Same But Different. An Analysis of the Characteristics of London's Territorial Units by Stephen Manning and Charles Fair. 8. Clubs, Communities and Networks: London Schools and the London Territorials in 1914 and 1915 by Tim Halstead. 9. Railwaymen of the Great Western Railway and the London Territorial Force by Sandra Gittins. Part 3. Recruitment, Expansion and Transition from Peace to War 10. The London Irish at Peace and War 1908-1915 by Stephen Sandford 11.The Men Who Sailed on the Australind: A Study of 1st Battalion Artists Rifles by Michael Orr. 12. "We Became Loyal 19th Men". The Changing Character of the London TF - 1914-1918. The Case of the 19th Londons by Charles Fair. 13. The London Territorial Force and the Royal Flying Corps by Jonathan Darg. 14. Parliament, The London Regiment and the Question of Territorial Transfers by Bill MItchinson. 15. Theatre of War. An Examination of the Role of Concert Parties in the London Territorial Force by Stephen Manning. 16. The London Regiment and its Chaplains 1900-1920 by Peter Howson. Part 5. London Mens' Experience of War 17. Alexander Paterson and the Bermondsey Battalion by Harry Potter. 18. Will the Real Patrick McGill Please Stand Up? Changing Perspectives on the Experience of War in the Writings of Rifleman 3008, aka "The Navvy Poet" by David Taylor. 19. Henry Williamson, Chronicler of Nature and War by John Akeroyd. Part 6. Researching London Men and Their Units 20. The Hazeley Wail, Fusilier Whisper, and Bleatings. An Examination of the Periodical Publications Produced by Units of the London Territorial Force in the First World War by Sarah Paterson. 21. Bringing John Smith Back to Life. A Chance Find and a Willesden Man's Experience of War by Chris Baker.