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Tea, rum & fags : sustaining Tommy, 1914-18 / Alan Weeks.

Title
Tea, rum & fags : sustaining Tommy, 1914-18 / Alan Weeks.
Author
Weeks, Alan, 1934-
Publication
Stroud [England] : History, 2009.

Holdings

Details

Description
192 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
Alternative Title
Tea, rum and fags
Subject
  • Food Services > history
  • Food Supply > history
  • History, 20th Century
  • Military Personnel > history
  • Operational rations (Military supplies)
  • Soldiers > Nutrition > Great Britain > 20th century
  • United Kingdom
  • World War I
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Food supply
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-187) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction : 'mutinous mutterings' -- Bully beef and hard biscuits -- Tea and rum -- Fags -- Supplying the front -- Cookers -- Rations -- Bread and breakfast -- Food and drink during the big offensives -- Parcels -- Canteens -- Special occasions -- On the move : retreats and advances -- On the move : moving to and from the trenches -- Egg and chips in the estaminets -- Beer and wine -- Tommy enterprises -- Shops and restaurants -- Drunk and disorderly or incapable -- Officers' food and drink.
ISBN
  • 9780752450001 (hbk.)
  • 075245000X (hbk.)