1 CAVALRY DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services Adjutant and Quarter-Master General

8 June 1914 - 31 December 1915 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1098)

1008 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services Adjutant and Quarter-Master General, 1st Cavalry Division, covering August 1914 to December 1915 across 986 pages. It names 160 places across 177 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 66 reports, narratives and plans, eight appendices and two diagrams. Among the papers are: 1st Cavalry Division. Graph of "Reinforcements Received", "Sick Wastage" and "Battle; Cavalry Division for Supply Officers. app a; Army Routine orders, Adjutant General, British Army in the Field. 15th September, 1914; Instructions for Supply Column Officers. Appx 66; War Diary "Q" 1st Cavalry Division. Routine orders by Major-General H. De B. De Lisle; Routine orders Cavalry Corps; Routine orders by Major-General H. De B. De Lisle, C.B., D.S.O., Commanding 1st Cavalry; Special order H. de B. de Lisle,,, 1st. Cavalry Division; Special order by Major-General H. de B. de Lisle, C.B., D.S.O., Commanding 1st. Cavalry; Report of weight of Hay and Oats taken at 1st Cavalry Division Railhead; Extracts from Routine orders Cavalry Corps; The following instructions are issued in lieu.The diary opens at Willems Brs Aldershot on 6 August 1914. 1914 is the most travelled year, 150 places against 16 in the next busiest, and is spent at Le Nieppe, Maubeuge, Bailleul, St Vaast and Neuve Eglise. 1915 is spent at Le Nieppe, Esquelbecq, Grand Bois, Samer and Estree Blanche. It closes at Samer on 31 December 1915. Le Nieppe is where it spent longest, 170 days across six separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 35.In 1914 it is also recorded at Willems Barracks Aldershot, Need of a Cav-Divl HdQr in piece, Aldershot, Government Siding, Southampton, Le Havre, Busigny, Havre, Quiverain and Jenlain. In 1915 it is also recorded at Esquelbecq. Liettres, Liettres. Vaudricourt, Vaudricourt, Drouvin les Marais Labuissiere, Labuissiere to Marles les Mines, Marles les Mines, Estree Blanche Bomy, Bomy and Grand Bois. Samer.

• Reihe: War Diaries - Facsimile Reprints of Official War Office WO95 Documents
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Militärgeschichte Besondere Kriege und militärische Feldzüge Erster Weltkrieg
• ISBN: 9781474500111
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press