The 56th Division
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- University teachers and students researching First World War military history
- Researchers interested in British Territorial units and London military history
- Military-history enthusiasts with background knowledge of the First World War
- Readers needing unit lineage and orders-of-battle reference materials
Not a good fit for
- Complete beginners with no First World War background seeking battlefield stories
- Readers expecting a Chinese translation or light popular narrative
- Readers preferring broad strategic analysis over unit chronicles
Reading tips
- Read the preface and unit lineage sections first to establish a framework of organization and timeline.
- Read alongside a concise campaign table of the First World War Western Front to reduce confusion over place names and battles.
- Treat orders of battle and appendices as reference tools, consulting them as needed rather than reading straight through.
- Mark map locations as you read specific operations to build a spatial impression.
About the publisher
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About the author
Charles Humble Dudley Ward (born 1879) was a British writer of military history. Public information about his life is limited; only his nationality and year of birth are known, and one of his works is held in this collection. His representative work, The 56th Division, recounts the wartime history of the British Army's 56th Division in the First World War and belongs to the genre of unit histories. Works of this kind typically draw on operational records and first-hand accounts, tracing a unit's formation, deployment and actions in chronological order, with attention to organizational changes and campaign detail; they serve researchers of military history and the commemoration of those who served. His writing continues the British tradition of divisional histories of the First World War and offers a systematic reference for studying the division's wartime experience.
