A selection of recommended books that I’ve read or are in my collection that I feel are essential reading
Zero Hour, Z Day volumes 1 & 2 Jonathan Porter
Somme Lynn Macdonald
British Army Cap Badges of The First World War Peter Doyle & Chris Foster
Rats Alley Peter Chasseaud
Death of a Division David Martin
A Taste Of Success: The First Battle Of The Scarpe Jim Smithson
The Middlebrook Guide to The Somme Battlefields Martin & Mary Middlebrook
Missing: The Need For Closure After The Great War Richard Van Emden
The Somme: Day By Day Account Chris McCarthy
Percy: A Story Of 1918 Peter Doyle
The History of 89th Brigade 1914-1918 F.C.Stanley
British Widows Of The First World War Andrea Hetherington
The West Riding Territorials In The Great War Laurie Magnus
Somme 141 Days, 141 Lives Alexandra Churchill with Andrew Holmes
The Somme 1916: Touring The French Sector David O’Mara
Walking Ypres & Walking The Somme Paul Reed
The Last Battle: Endgame On The Western Front 1918 Peter Hart
Fritz And Tommy: Across The Barbed Wire Peter Doyle & Robin Schäfer
Slaughter On The Somme 1st July 1916 Martin Mace & John Grehan
In The Shadow Of Bois Hugo Nigel Atter
The Last Fighting Tommy Harry Patch with Richard Van Emden
A Frenchman In Khaki Maze P
My Bit A Lancashire Fusilier at War 1914-18 George Ashurst
Manchester Pal : A History of the Two Manchester Brigades Michael Stedman
High Wood Michael Harrison
Doing Our Bit: Middleton 1914-1919 Martin Purdy & ian Dawson
Great War Reflections 