Bibliography
70th Infantry Brigade Research
Bibliography
Entries are set out in the order of Author, Title, Publisher and ISBN reference (where known).
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Atkin Ronald Pillar of Fire. Birlinn. ISBN 1 84158 078 3
Auto-Ordnance Corporation Handbook of the Thompson Submachine Gun - Model of 1928. Edition of 1940.
Baggs CSM 4437339 Personal Account - Oral History - Imperial War Museum
Barker A.J. British and American Infantry Weapons of World War 2. Arms and Armour Press ISBN 85368 014 0
Barnes B. S. The Sign of the Double “T”. Sentinel Press ISBN 978 0 9534262 0 1
Barnett Correlli Britain and her Army. Cassell & Co. ISBN 0 304 35710 3
Baverstock Kevin Breaking the Panzers Sutton Publishing Ltd ISBN 0 7509 2895 6
Belchem Major-General David Victory in Normandy Book Club Associates, London ISBN 0-7011-2546-2
Black Watch Association (Newcastle Branch) The Tyneside Scotsman - Issues number 1 and 2. Published January and June 2001
Blaxland Gregory Destination Dunkirk. William Kimber ISBN 07183 0203 6
Brabyn Reverend F.J. Personal Memoir. Imperial War Museum.
Bravon Ledger Company Sten Machine Carbine - 9mm Mk. II and Mk. III. 4th Edition September 1942.
Brereton J.M. The British Soldier The Bodley Head, ISBN 0-370-30551-5
Bull Dr Stephen World War II Infantry Tactics – Squad and Platoon. Osprey ISBN 978 1 84176 662 1
Bull Dr Stephen World War II Infantry Tactics – Company and Battalion. Osprey ISBN 978 1 84176 663 8
Bull Dr Stephen World War II Street Fighting Tactics. Osprey ISBN 978 1 84603 291 2
Bullock Alan Hitler, a Study in Tyranny. Penguin ISBN 0 14 01.3564 2
Carver Field Marshal Lord Britain’s Army in the 20th Century. Pan ISBN 0 330 37200 9
Carter J. Anthony Allied Bayonets of World War 2. Arms and Armour Press ISBN 85368 017 5
Chamberlain Peter and Gander Terry Anti-Tank Weapons. Macdonald and Jane’s ISBN 0 356 08066 8
Chappell Mike British Battle Insignia (2) 1939/1945. Osprey ISBN 0 85045 739 4
Chappell Mike British Infantry Equipments 1908-1980. Osprey ISBN 0 85045 375 5
Churchill Winston S. The Gathering Storm. Penguin First published in Penguin 1960.
Collier Richard The Sands of Dunkirk. Fontana/Collins First published 1961.
Conniford Mike British Light Military Trucks 1939 – 1945. Bellona (Argus Books Ltd) ISBN 0 85242 447 7
Conniford Mike Bellona Military Vehicle Data No. 3. Bellona Publications Ltd ISBN 85076 025 9
Conniford Mike British Army Transport 1939/1945 Part 1. M.A.P. Publications
Cook Captain W.G. Personal memoir. Imperial War Museum.
Cormack A.J.R. Thompson Sub-Machine Gun. Profile Publications Ltd
Corrigan Gordon The Second World War – a Military History. Atlantic Books. ISBN 978 184354 894 2
Crang Dr Jeremy A The British Amy and the People's War, 1939-45 Manchester University Press. Published 2000.
Crew F.A.E. FRS The Army Medical Services - Administration Vol 1 HMSO London 1953
Dalgleish Major John We planned the Second Front. Victor Gollancz Ltd First published May 1945.
Davies W.J.K. German Army Handbook. Ian Allan ISBN 7110 0290 8
Davis Brian L. German Army Uniforms and Insignia 1933/1945 (2nd Edition). Military Book Society
D’Este Carlo Decision in Normandy. Penguin Published as a Classic Penguin 2001.
de Smet J.L. Colour Guide to German Army Uniforms 1933/1945. Arms and Armour Press ISBN 85368 179 1
Deighton Len Blitzkrieg. Jonathan Cape ISBN 0 224 01648 2
Delaforce Patrick The Polar Bears. Chancellor Press ISBN 0 75370 265 7
Delaforce Patrick Churchill’s Secret Weapons. Pen & Sword Military ISBN 1 84415 464 5
Delaforce Patrick Marching to the Sound of Gunfire. Sutton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0 7509 0780 0
Dennis Peter The Territorial Army 1907 – 1940. Royal Historical Society Studies in History 51. The Boydell Press ISBN 0 86193 208 0.
Durham History Curriculum Study Group Steady as a Rock - The DLI at War.
Durham Light Infantry Regimental Newsletters.
Eisenhower General D.D. D Day to VE Day. HMSO ISBN 0 11 702451 1
Ellis Chris and Bishop Dennis (Illustrator) Military Transport of World War II Blandford Press Ltd ISBN 0 7137 0702 X
Ellis Chris and Chamberlain Peter (Eds) Handbook on the British Army 1943. Military Book Society – published 1974
Ellis Chris and Chamberlain Peter British and American Tanks of World War 2. Arco Publishing Co Inc. ISBN 0 668 01867 4
Ellis John The Sharp End Aurum Press Ltd Paperback Edition published 2011 ISBN 978-1-84513-676-5
Ellis Major L.F. The War in France and Flanders 1939-1940 HMSO published 1953
Fergusson Bernard The Black Watch and the King's Enemies Collins 1950
Ford Ken Caen 1944 - Montgomery's Break-out Attempt Osprey Publishing Ltd 2004 ISBN 978-1-84176-625-6
Fraser David And We shall Shock Them. Book Club Associates Edition published 1983.
French Professor David Raising Churchill's Army Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-820641-0 Published 2000.
Garfield Simon We are at War. Ebury Press ISBN 9780091903879
Gilbert Stephen Bombardier. Faber and Faber Ltd First published 1944.
Gordon David B. Weapons of the WWII Tommy - 2nd Edition Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., Inc. Missoula, Montana. ISBN 978 1 57510 159 0
Gordon-Douglas S.R. German Combat Uniforms 1939/1945. Almark Publications ISBN 0 85524 017 2
Graydon A.R. Personal memoir. Imperial War Museum.
Green, Anderson & Schulz German Tanks of World War II in Color MBI Publishing Company
Gun Buster Return via Dunkirk. Hodder & Stoughton First published 1940.
Gun Buster Battle Dress. Hodder & Stoughton First published 1941.
Hackett General Sir John The Profession of Arms. Sidgwick & Jackson ISBN 0 283 98951 3
Halford-Forbes Emma and Smyth Tommy The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust ISBN 978-0-9564427-4-1
Hamilton Sir Denis Editor-in-Chief Hamish Hamilton Ltd 1989 ISBN 0-241-12591-X
Hanson I. M. A simplified catalogue of British Campaign Medals, Awards and Decorations Corbitt & Hunter Ltd First published 1970
Harman Nicholas Dunkirk – the necessary myth. Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 0 340 24299 X
Harris John Dunkirk – the Storms of War. David & Charles ISBN 0 7153 9202 6
Hastings Max Overlord. Papermac ISBN 0 333 59151 8
Hastings Max and Stevens George Victory in Europe. Artus ISBN 1 898799 07 5
Hawks Captain Ellison (Royal Artillery) Britain's Wonderful Fighting Forces Odhams Press Ltd Published 1941.
Haswell Jock The Intelligence and Deception of the D-Day Landings. B T Batsford Ltd ISBN 0 7134 2122 3
Hills Stuart By Tank Into Normandy. Cassell ISBN 978 0 3043 6640 8
Hobart Major F.W.A. (Ret’d) The Bren Gun. Profile Publications Ltd
Hodges Peter British Military Markings 1939 – 1945. Almark Publications. ISBN 0 85524 28 8
Hogg Ian Tank Killing. Sidgwick & Jackson ISBN 0 283 06285 1
Hogg Ian V. British & American Artillery of World War 2. Greenhill Books ISBN 1 85367 478 8
Holmes Richard The World At War. Ebury Press ISBN 9780091917517
Holmes Richard D-Day (First and Second Editions). Carlton ISBN 978 1 84732 492 4
Horrocks Lt Gen Sir Brian A Full Life. Collins (published 1960)
Howarth David Dawn of D-Day. Companion Book Club (published 1960)
Hughes F.K. A short history of 49th Division.
HUmber Ltd Driver's Handbook for HUMBER War Vehicles - 1940 models
Humber Ltd Super Snipe Utility Vehicle Instruction Book. Published under War Office Contract.
Imperial War Museum Prisoners of War - British Army - 1939 - 1945. Published by J.B.Hayward with I.W.M.
Jackson Robert Dunkirk. Ted Smart ISBN 0 304 35968 8
Jarvis David The DLI in Europe Published 1987
Jewell Brian Overlord. Broadwater House ISBN 0 9521009 5 9
Jobson Philip Royal Artillery Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations The History Press Ltd ISBN 978 1 86227 476 1
Keegan John Six Armies in Normandy The Viking Press ISBN 0-670-64736-5
Kentish Major B.L. Memoir. Imperial War Museum.
Lampe David The Last Ditch. Cassell ISBN 304 92519 5
Lane C.F. Personal memoir. Imperial War Museum.
Laurie Barbara Bishop Auckland in Wartime. Barbara Laurie ISBN 0 9523461 2 5
Levine Joshua Forgotten Voices - DUNKIRK Ebury Press in association with IWM. ISBN 978-0-09193-221-3
Lewin Ronald Ultra Goes To War. Arrow Books Ltd ISBN 0 09 922770 3
Lewin Ronald (Ed) The War on Land. Arrow Books Ltd ISBN 0 09 905710 7
Lewis Jon E. (Ed) D-Day as They Saw It. Robinson ISBN 1 84119 941 9
Lindsay Martin So Few Got Through. Arrow Books Ltd ISBN 09 000690 9
Linklater Eric The Northern Garrisons. H.M.S.O. 1941
Longden Sean Dunkirk – the men they left behind. Constable ISBN 978 1 84529 977 4
Longmate Norman If Britain had Fallen. Arrow Books Ltd ISBN 0 09 909900 4
Longmate Norman How we lived then. Arrow Books Ltd ISBN 0 09 908080 X
Lord Walter The miracle of Dunkirk. Penguin ISBN 0 14 00 5085 X
Love Vivienne and Merrington Jim Brancepeth at War Brancepeth Community Association
Lynch Tim Dunkirk 1940 “whereabouts unknown”. Spellmount ISBN 978 0 7524 5490 0.
Macksey Kenneth Invasion. Wrens Park ISBN 0 905778 79 0
Macksey Major K.J. M.C. Panzer Division – the mailed fist. Purnell
Macksey Kenneth Tank Warfare. Panther ISBN 586 04302 0
Miller James The Northern Isles at War - The North Atlantic Front Birlinn 2005 ISBN 1-84341-027-3
Mollo Andrew and McGregor Malcolm Army Uniforms of World War 2. Blandford Press ISBN 0 7137 0611 2
Montgomery of Alamein Memoirs. Companion Book Club Published in 1960 S.160.XR.
Moore William The DLI (Famous Regiments Series).
Myatt Frederick The British Infantry 1660-1945. Blandford ISBN 0 7137 1392 5
Nicholls Lt Col T.B. M.B. Ch.B. RAMC Organisation, strategy and tactics of the Army Medical Services in War Bailliere, Tindall & Cox 1937.
North John North-West Europe 1944-45.
North Midland District - Interpretation Squad Battle Drill Procedure. Published 12th November 1942.
Oliver Harry 7 Men to a Loaf - 5 Years as a PoW Privately published.
O’Neill William L. The Oxford Essential Guide to World War II. Berkley Reference ISBN 0 425 18662 8
Pexton Sgt L.D. Personal memoir. Imperial War Museum.
Poett General Sir Nigel Pure Poett.
Reynolds E.G.B. The Lee-Enfield Rifles. Profile Publications Ltd
Rissik Major David The DLI at War Published 1962
Samson J.L.R. Geordie and Jock Published - J L R Samson ISBN 0 906304 01 6
Samson J.L.R. Samson Scrapbook - held at The Black Watch Museum Archive - reference BWRA 0843/11
Sebag-Montefiore Hugh Dunkirk. Penguin (Viking) ISBN 0 670 91082 1
Shannon Stephen D. (Editor Iain Watson) The Faithful Durhams Published by County Durham Books 1993, ISBN 1-897585-02-0
Short Lieut E.W. The Story of the Durham Light Infantry Published in aid of PoW Fund 1943.
Small Ken The Forgotten Dead Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd ISBN 0 7475 0433 4
Spencer William Family History in the Wars. The National Archives ISBN 978 1 903365 95 3
The Foreign Office Instructions for British Servicement in France 1944 Reproduced from the original and reprinted by the Bodleian Library.
The War Office Army Training Instruction No. 6. Published 31st October 1941.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 26. Published November 1939.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 29. Published February 1940. (An extract from No. 29 - "The British Army" - intended for Junior Officers, was also published separately).
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 30. Published March 1940.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 31. Published April 1940.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 34. Published July 1940.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 35. Published August 1940.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 36. Published September 1940.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 38. Published February 1941.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 39. Published April 1941.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 40. Published August 1941. The copy in the author's collection once belonged to Lt J L S Morant, son of the then Colonel of the DLI.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 41. Published October 1941.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 42. Published January 1942.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 43. Published May 1942.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 45. Published May 1943.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 46. Published October 1943.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 47. Published January 1944.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 48. Published May 1944.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 49. Published June 1944.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 50. Published August 1944.
The War Office Army Training Memorandum No. 51. Published November 1944.
The War Office Artillery Training - Volume I - General Tactical Employment - Pamphlet No. 9 Anti-Tank Tactics 1943. Published 3rd July 1943.
The War Office Artillery Training - Volume I - Pamphlet No. 11 Air Defence 1943. Published 18th October 1943.
The War Office Artillery Training - Volume II - Pamphlet No. 5 Deployment of an Anti-Tank Regiment 1944. Published 8th August 1944.
The War Office Artillery Training - Volume VI - Pamphlet No. 4 General Principles and Practice of Flash Spotting. Published 26th June 1951.
The War Office Elementary Map Reading 1942 Reprinted with amendments Nos. 1 to 3 1943. Published November 1943.
The War Office Gas Training 1942 Published 17th June 1942.
The War Office Infantry Training - Training and War 1937 H.M.S.O. Published 1937 (26/Manuals/1447)
The War Office Infantry Training, 1937 Supplement No. 1 Tactical Notes for Platoon Commanders. Published 3rd October 1941.
The War Office Infantry Training, 1944 Part I: The Infantry Battalion Published 15th January 1944.
The War Office Infantry Training, 1944 Part IV: The Mortar Platoon Published 20th May 1944.
The War Office Infantry Training, 1944 Part VIII: Fieldcraft, Battle Drill, Section and Platoon Tactics. Published 4th March 1944.
The War Office Infantry Training Memorandum No. 7 - Ground and Battle. Published July 1945.
The War Office Infantry Training Memorandum No. 8 - Counter-Attack. Published July 1945.
The War Office Infantry Training Volume 1 - Infantry Platoon Weapons Pamphlet No. 2 Fieldcraft (All Arms) Published 1948 - reprinted with amendment no.1 1949.
The War Office Inspection, Maintenance and Care of Army Vehicles (Wheeled) Published 11th November 1940.
The War Office Inspection, Maintenance and Care of B Vehicles 1945 Published April 1945.
The War Office Operations - Military Training Pamphlet No 23 Part III - Appreciations. Orders, Intercommunication and Movements. Published October 1939.
The War Office Operations - Military Training Pamphlet No 23 Part V - The use of Gas in the Field Published 15th November 1941.
The War Office Operations - Military Training Pamphlet No 23 Part VI - Withdrawal. Published May 1940.
The War Office Operations - Military Training Pamphlet No 23 Part X - The Infantry Division in the Advance. Published 22nd September 1941.
The War Office Military Training Pamphlet No.24 - Training of Motor Cyclists. Published 26th November 1941.
The War Office Military Training Pamphlet No 33 - Training in Fieldcraft and Elementary Tactics. Published March 1940.
The War Office Military Training Pamphlet No 46 - Camouflage - Part I - General principles: Equipment and Materials (All Arms) Published March 1940.
The War Office Military Training Pamphlet No 46 - Camouflage - Part 2 : Field Defences. Published 20th JUne 1941.
The War Office Military Training Pamphlet No 61 - Umpiring. Published February 1944.
The War Office The Pattern 1908 Web Equipment Reprinted with corrections 1.9.1911.
The War Office The Pattern 1937 Web Equipment Issued 23.10.1939. following Army Council Instruction for the week ending 25th October 1939.
The War Office The Regimental Officer’s Handbook of the German Army 1943. Reprinted by Naval and Military Press.
The War Office Royal Engineers Training Memorandum No. 2 1942. Published 22nd July 1942.
The War Office Royal Engineers Training Memorandum No. 11 1944. Published May 1944.
The War Office Signal Training (All Arms) Pamphlet No. 9 - Training 1942. Published 26th September 1942.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 1, 1942 Weapon Training Published 18th July 1942.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 2, 1942 Application of Fire Published 17th June 1942.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 3, 1942 Rifle Published 17th June 1942 . Plus amendments Published June 1945.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 4, 1942 Light Machine Gun. Published 12th August 1942.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 5, 1937 Anti-Tank Rifle Published 31st October 1937.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 6, 1937 Supplement No.1 Anti-Aircraft (Including Aircraft Recognition) Published 7th June 1941 .
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 7, 1939 .303-inch Machine Gun Part I - Mechanical subjects. Published 8th February 1939.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 7, 1939 .303-inch Machine Gun Part II - Training. Published 8th March 1939.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 7, 1939 .303-inch Machine Gun Part III - Fire Control. Published 9th May 1942.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 8, 1942 Mortar (2-inch). Published 15th July 1942.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 11, 1941 Pistol (.38-inch). Published 28th June 1941.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 12, 1942 Bayonet. Published 10th June 1942.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 13, 1942 Grenade. Published 15th July 1942.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 13, 1937 Supplement No. 1 - No. 68 Anti-Tank Grenade (Rifle) No. 69 Bakelite Grenade (Hand). Published 8th February 1941.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 13, 1937 Supplement No. 2 - No. 73 Anti-Tank Grenade (Hand), The S.T. Grenade (Hand), The Hand Incendiary Bomb. Published 27th August 1941.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No 14, Annual Courses, Regular Army Published January 1938
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 18 1939, Range Courses (War) Published 4th October 1939.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 18 1939, Supplement No. 1 Individual Battle Practices 1943 Published 31st March 1943.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 18 1939, Supplement No. 3 Pistol Course 1940 Published 14th December 1940.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 18 1939, Supplement Anti-Tank Rifle Course Published 14th February 1940.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 20 1939, '303-inch Lewis Machine Gun Published 5th December 1939.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 21 1944, The Machine Carbine Published 15th April 1944.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 22 1942, Sten Machine Carbine Published 22nd August 1942.
The War Office Small Arms Training Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 24 1943, Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT). Published 5th June 1943.
The War Office Surprise - the first principle of ATTACK - A Handbook for NCOs. Published 8th September 1942.
The War Office Weapon Training Memorandum - WAR - No. 1 (Includes amendments to Small Arms Training Vol. 1) Published March 1940.
The War Office Weapon Training Memorandum No. 8 (Lessons on the Rifle and LMG) Published January 1945.
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