The book contains and explores the following:
* The first published record of the troops in Aldershot on 4 August 1914.
* The first published list of officers and men from Aldershot killed in the war.
* Lists the dead from WWI in Aldershot Cemetery.
* Outlines the activities of crucial figures in the War such as Smith-Dorrien, Haig and French in Aldershot in the period before the War.
* Traces the growth development of aircraft manufacture at Farnborough under the guidance of Mervyn O'Gorman from a balloon factory to major aircraft manufacture.
* Highlights the changes in the social fabric of Aldershot during the war.
* Records the experience of Aldershot as a premier training base through the eyes of Anthony Eden, Wilfred Owen and men of all ranks.