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4 - Songs, Identity and Morale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2020

Emma Hanna
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University of Kent, Canterbury
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Shows how music played a key part in the unit’s identity on land, at sea and in the air. The squadron songs of the RFC, for example, tell us a great deal about how airmen dealt with combat stress and fear. The singing of songs on the march or at rest was a vital component of regimental identity as well as discipline.

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Sounds of War
Music in the British Armed Forces during the Great War
, pp. 76 - 94
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Songs, Identity and Morale
  • Emma Hanna, University of Kent, Canterbury
  • Book: Sounds of War
  • Online publication: 20 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108609449.005
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  • Songs, Identity and Morale
  • Emma Hanna, University of Kent, Canterbury
  • Book: Sounds of War
  • Online publication: 20 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108609449.005
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  • Songs, Identity and Morale
  • Emma Hanna, University of Kent, Canterbury
  • Book: Sounds of War
  • Online publication: 20 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108609449.005
Available formats
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