Western Front War Diaries - save £90 - BE QUICK!

War Diaries of the Western Front - British Infantry Battalions

Not for the first time, I have breathed a sigh of relief that I have the Naval & Military Press DVD-ROM version of the war diaries of battalions which served on the Western Front.

4,500 separate diaries, 1.52 million pages, and most pages indexed. Ancestry also publishes war diaries but finding them is quite another matter.

The N&MP DVD-ROM costs £450 but if you’re quick and buy it before the end of the month you’ll save £90. BUY IT NOW in the Winter Sale for £360. Furthermore, Naval & Military Press offers an easy payment plan so you can pay for this in instalments. Well and truly worth it.

Naval & Military Press - Winter Sale - 20% discount

Forget Next, John Lewis, Blah-de-blah; this is the sale that matters. Naval and Military Press already offer some great deals on hard-to-find books and now you can save an additional 20% on all orders placed by 6pm on 25th January 2016.

I also offer a comprehensive, fast and cost-effective military history research service. Follow the link for more information. 

Grab a pre-Christmas book bargain

 

 

Naval and Military Press have some great bargains in this flash sale. Grab them while you can. Click on the image above or HERE to go straight to the Naval & Military Press website.

War Diaries - Early bird offer closes soon!

I've just been sent a reminder by Naval & Military Press that the early bird offer on their War Diaries CD ROM ends on the 22nd December.

Have you been good this year? Well if you have, treat yourself to this CD ROM and save yourself a hundred quid. Better still, get the missus or fella to stump up instead. After 22nd December this essential resource is going to cost £450. Buy it now for £350.

Remember too that Naval & Military Press offers EASY PAYMENT options. Spread the cost of this over four or twelve months and pay NO INTEREST.

Bravery in the Field - British Army Military Medal recipients 1914-1920

 

 

Here's another essential publication for those with a World War One or medal interest: Great War British Army recipients of the Military Medal 1914-1920. This is a big book and now would be the time to buy it at this special introductory price. Click on the link or the images to go straight to the Naval & Military Press website.

Tick tock - Naval & Military Press sale ends soon

 

Naval & Military Press ends 6pm GMT on 25th August. Click the image.

Fill your boots - Naval & Military Press summer sale

Plenty of good stuff here and a twenty per cent discount on all titles except the Medal Rolls CD ROM which is already heavily discounted.  My own personal recommendation from this extensive catalogue - apart from the medal rolls - would be the four volume  "His Majesty's Territorial Army" which was originally published in 1909 and gives good background on the Volunteer Force as well as listing, by County Association, the units that each of these associations administered. I always have these volumes within easy arms' reach. Now would be the time to invest.

Click on the image to go straight to the Naval & Military Press website.

The First World War online - Naval & Military Press

The Naval and Military Press has long blazed the trail for naval and military books and offers arguably the most comprehensive selection of military books anywhere. I've been a customer - and a fan - for many years and whilst I would always prefer to buy an original regimental history or an original half-forgotten military memoir, the fact of the matter is that these books have become increasingly scarce and hard to come by. They were scarce when I first started seriously buying military books in the early 1980s. Now, many are virtually impossible to find, even if you do have bottomless pockets.

In addition to their impressive book catalogue, the company has also just launched a new website - Naval & Military Archive - which offers two extremely useful collections.

The first is a searchable database of the medal rolls for the 1914 Star, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Inter-Allied Victory Medal and Territorial Force Medal. The company has transcribed the information from the original medal rolls and the database - like N&MP's other databases such as Soldiers Died in The Great War - is effective and simple to use.  In many cases, the information you find on the rolls may be no more than you'd find on the medal index card - and in some cases in fact, less. On the other hand, some of the rolls state former service, giving battalion or unit details which may not have been included on the medal index card. In any event, no serious Great War researcher would NOT want to at least run a search on these medal rolls.

The other resource which is going to be a godsend for many, is the war diaries. As the website states,

"These War Diaries are the official accounts kept by most units of the British Army on active service during the Great War. Fully indexed, dates and locations of the unit are given along with intelligence reports, maps, precise plans for battles etc. These diaries are the most detailed, accurate and authentic accounts of what actually occurred on a daily basis during the war to the soldiers in the trenches."

So what could be better than to identify your ancestor's battalion from the medal rolls and then go straight to the war diaries to find out what he and his comrades were up to. And if your ancestor was an officer, you stand a greater chance of finding him mentioned by name, especially if he was a casualty.

I highly recommend this new resource which will become even better as more and more diaries are added. A site to bookmark.

Naval & Military Press - 20% Easter discount

 

 

Click on the image now, or the bunny gets it.