Books by Kevin Shannon

Almost 1,100 Territorials of the Liverpool Rifles deployed overseas in early 1915, but by the end of the war, less than 100 remained with the battalion. This book narrates their daily struggle in the pitiless arena of modern warfare; from their apprenticeship during the Second Battle of Ypres, to their epic actions with the famed 55th Division.

The 2/5th King's Own deployed overseas for the first time in February 1917 against an experienced and aggressive foe. This book narrates their daily struggle to learn the necessary survival skills in the pitiless arena of modern warfare that was the Western Front, and their progress to become the fighting equal of any battalion by the end of 1918.

The Great War told through the combat exploits of a single battalion