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Author Matthews, Gethin, author.

Title Having a go at the Kaiser : a Welsh family at war / Gethin Mathews
Published Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2018

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Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Abbreviations; 1: Introduction -- the Eustis family; the local community; the letters; 2: Richard and Gabriel, 1913-1915; 3: Richard Eustis in Egypt, 1916-February 1917; 4: Ivor Eustis at school, 1914-1916, and in north Wales, May-November 1916; 5: Gabriel Eustis aboard HMT Saxon, to February 1917; 6: Richard Eustis in Egypt, March 1917-January 1918; 7: Ivor Eustis in north Wales, 1917; 8: Richard Eustis in Palestine and Egypt, February 1918-June 1918
9: Ivor Eustis on the Western Front, December 1917-September 191810: Gabriel Eustis aboard HMT Saxon, November 1917-October 1918; 11: Richard Eustis in Egypt, July 1918-November 1918; 12: Ivor Eustis in England and Wales, October-November 1918; 13: November 1918-January 1919; 14: Aftermath; 15: Patterns and perspectives; Appendix 1: List of all the extant letters and postcards sent by the Eustis brothers; Appendix 2: Servicemen from Mynyddbach/Tirdeunaw/Treboeth mentioned in the text; Appendix 3: Information on servicemen from other parts of Swansea and West Glamorgan mentioned in the text
Select bibliographyIndex; Back Cover
Summary Three brothers from Swansea who served in the First World War sent over a hundred letters to their family, providing a picture of what they thought and how their ideas evolved on a range of issues, dealing with such key concerns as identity and duty
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 14, 2018)
Subject Eustis, Richard -- Correspondence
Eustis, Gabriel -- Correspondence
Eustis, Ivor -- Correspondence
Eustace family.
SUBJECT Eustace family fast
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Welsh
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
Genre/Form Personal narratives
Personal narratives
Personal correspondence
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Form Electronic book
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