In Kitchener's Men John Hutton provides a absorbing account of the raising, training and fighting experiences of the Service and Territorial battalions of the King's Own Royal Lancasters in France during the Great War. His book gives a graphic insight into the daily routine and grim reality of warfare on the Western Front for men who were mostly recruited from the Furness area of the North-West. They came from the steel mills, shipyards and engineering workshops of this heavily industrialised part of Britain. They responded to the call to defend their country and its values at a critical moment in the nation's history, and the endured incredible hardship, suffering and violence as a result. All together, these battalions of the King's Own took part in every major campaign on the Western Front from the spring of 1915 until the end of the war. They had a remarkable record, and John Hutton's meticulously researched history allows the reader to follow them through every phase of the fighting. His account makes compelling reading. SALES ? Complete history of the 4th, 7th, 8th and 11th Battalions of the King's Own Royal Lancasters in the Great War ? Describes the part played by the King's Own in all the major campaigns ? Focuses on men who came from the Furness area of the North-West ? Features dramatic unpublished eyewitness accounts, diary extracts and letters ? Fully illustrated with archive photographs, modern photographs and maps ? Vivid insight into the lives of soldiers at war AUTHOR John Hutton is the Member of Parliament for Barrow and Furness and Secretary of State for Business and Enterprise. His book was inspired by the men he met in his constituency who served with the King's Own in the Great War.
