Your Towns and Cities in the Great War Ser.: York in the Great War by Karyn…
By Karyn Burnham (Author). York in the Great War (Your Towns & Cities in the Great War). When the Great War finally ended in November 1918, York was changed forever. The ancient City of York had been a garrison town for over a hundred years before the outbreak of war in 1914 but although the citizens of York were used to a military presence, nothing could prepare them for the changes that would envelop their city over the coming years.