A Factory at War (Chichester)
Philip MacDougall
- Region:
- South East
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Semi-professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £65 + reasonable travel over 10 miles
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 25th March 2019
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From the declaration of war in August 1914 through to its final conclusion with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919 Ernest Shippam in Chichester really had his finger on the nation’s pulse. He, more than anyone else in the city, and possibly the nation as a whole, had a clear idea of not only how the war was going, but the attitude and morale of those on the front line. Whereas those who planned the war might have to hand data on the horrendous number of daily casualties, they were less well informed on front line troop confidence. This was because of hundreds of letters he received from those on the front line who regularly wrote to him - his former employees at the city's meat paste factory.
Views: 1561 | Enquiries: 13About Philip MacDougall
Philip MacDougall is a much-published local historian who has written several books on subjects relating to the south of England with books published on Chichester, the Medway Towns, and Portsmouth. His more specialised interest is naval dockyards and navies of the 18th century. Among his most recent books are detailed studies of the former royal dockyards of Portsmouth and Chatham with other books on the Russian and Ottoman navies. His current fee for a standard talk is £80 plus travel.
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Philip MacDougall
- A Saxon Naval Base in Chichester Harbour
- Chatham Dockyard: The Rise and Fall of a Military Industrial Complex
- If War Should Come: Defence Preparations on the South Coast, 1935-1939
- London and the Georgian Navy
- Murders and Misdemeanours in Chichester
- Portsmouth Dockyard – Once the Largest Dockyard in the World
- Spies and Saboteurs: German Covert Operations against Portsmouth Dockyard
- Spies and Saboteurs: German Covert Operations in the Medway Towns
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