Gosling Press

11/06/2024

We have 4 great speakers at the Not the Western Front Conference on 2 Nov in Wakefield just off the M1

the first speaker is Paul Knight
The Second Battle of Ramadi – the most perfectly fought battle of the war?

The Second Battle of Ramadi was fought in Mesopotamia in September 1917. Perceptions of the Mesopotamia Campaign are dominated by the disaster of the Siege of K*t. K*t was an anomaly. Second Ramadi followed the standard approach to battle which shows how British Army generals wanted to fight battles. Success at Second Ramadi occurred because technology now allowed commanders to overcome the difficulties of operating in such an extreme environment.

30/05/2024

Only 2 days left to grab a discounted ticket to our Not The Western Front Conference in Wakefield just off the M1 on 2nd November. 4 Great speakers and lunch, whats not to like! https://goslingpress.co.uk/not-the-western-front-conferance/

10/05/2024

Not much time left to grab a discounted ticket to our Not The Western Front Conference in Wakefield just off the M1 on 2nd November. 4 Great speakers and lunch, whats not to like! https://goslingpress.co.uk/not-the-western-front-conferance/

28/04/2024

Another audio edition from Peninsula Press for today. This time showing that Peninsula Press covered an eclectic mix of stories. For more information about the book with all 96 issues go to goslingpress.co.uk/store…

16/03/2024

The latest book from Gosling Press is Peninsula Press - For the first time all 96 editions of this newspaper produced at Gallipoli in one volume. This is an oportunity to read reports about Gallipoli shared with the men on the peninsula as well as an eclectic range of international news. More information at https://goslingpress.co.uk/store/

24/01/2024

So the News from Gosling Press is our Conference on 2nd November in West Yorkshire close to the M1.

4 Great speakers and lunch. Even better the chance for a discount on the ticket price if you book before 31st May!
https://goslingpress.co.uk/not-the-wester

03/01/2024

The latest book from Gosling Press is a biography of Lieutenant General Maude

Lieutenant General Maude is perhaps unfortunately mostly remembered for his part in the evacuation of Gallipoli. During the evacuation Maude worked hard to ensure that Headquarters Kit was evacuated, whether by this he meant the headquarters paperwork or his personal kit is unknown but he arrived at the beach just minutes before the last boat left commenting “before we left the shore the bonfires had begun to blaze and the explosives were going off” This incident spawned a number of poems and songs based on the popular music hall song “come into the garden Maud” repurposed as “Come into the lighter Maude”

Unfortunately this pushes into the background his service in the Boar War as well as his brigade command at the beginning of the first world war in France and then his and his hard work in Mesopotamia leading to the recapture of K*t and Baghdad in 1917.
More details are available at bit.ly/3RFF4y9

18/10/2023

Well thanks to some great help both here and in other places we have now found most of the issues of Peninsula Press that we were looking for however issues 82,93 and 96 are still missing. Greatful for any further help and suggestions

04/10/2023

Gosling press have released 4 books so far this year on "not the western front" why not have a look at them https://goslingpress.co.uk

27/09/2023

The latest book from Gosling Press A Record of the 58th Rifles F.F. in the Great War. 1914–1919 by Colonel A. G. LIND, D.S.O..

During the First World War, the regiment was sent with Force A to France to serve with the 21st Infantry Brigade part of the 7th Meerut Division. At the end of 1915, the regiment was sent to Egypt where it initially served with the 31st Indian Brigade and then in 1916, it was transferred to the 20th Indian Brigade. It then served with the Egyptian Expeditionary force for the remainder of the war.

This volume is of particular interest for its coverage of the story of the desertion of Jemadar Mir Mast and others of the regiment’s Afridi Company.
https://goslingpress.co.uk/a-record-of-the-58th-rifles-f-f/

08/09/2023

04/08/2023

On this day at Gallipoli

27/07/2023

The latest book from Gosling PressOperations Of The Mounted Troops Of The Egyptian Expeditionary Force is now available either direct at goslingpress.co.uk or from Amazon

21/07/2023

More from the Girdwood collection

19/07/2023

A great photo from the Girdwood Collection

17/07/2023

A picture of probably the 69th Punjabis coming ashore at Gallipoli on W Beach

14/07/2023

For those of you who are shor on space this summer, Our book on the 89th Punjabis is now available on Kindle

The 89th Punjabis had a most distinguished record of service during the First World War. They have the unique distinction of claiming to have served in more theatres of war than any other unit of the British Empire. These included: Aden (Yemen), Egypt, Gallipoli, France, Mesopotamia, North West F...

02/05/2023

This is interesting as it has some detail about the 89th's short stay on the Gallipoli peninsula all the details are at https://goslingpress.co.uk/regimental-history-of-the-1st-batt-8th-punjab-regiment/

24/03/2023

I could not help thinking of our final scheme at the Staff College, the preparation of a plan of campaign against Turkey, when a lot of the Staff College students decided that the best plan was to create a riot in Egypt bring out a mass of troops from England to quell it, and suddenly shoot them off at right angles to the Dardanelles. This scheme would have worked most perfectly, I imagine instead of the disastrous loss of life that is now taking place. Cecil Allanson ^th Gurkha Rifles https://goslingpress.co.uk

21/03/2023

Listen to this episode from Pete & Gary's Military History on Spotify. It's the anniversary of the ill-fated Allied naval attack on the Dardanelles, the opening round of the Gallipoli campaign! To mark the occasion, please enjoy this special re-release of our episode from March 18, 2021.Presenters:....

21/03/2023

This week's podcast will be another episode in Our Jutland series: Run up to the Battle, 1914-16. We take a glance at how the naval war was going and see the background to Jellicoe's cautious approach. Out Thursday.

21/03/2023

Just out this interesting first hand account of Gallipoli. more details are available at https://goslingpress.co.uk