1 CAVALRY DIVISION Divisional Troops Royal Army Medical Corps 3 Cavalry Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 9 Cavalry Field Ambulance and 9 Sanitary Section

13 August 1914 - 31 May 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1105)

1038 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Royal Army Medical Corps 3 Cavalry Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 9 Cavalry Field Ambulance and 9 Sanitary Section, Divisional Troops, 1st Cavalry Division, covering August 1914 to September 1919 across 1,017 pages. It names 383 places across 608 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three reports, narratives and plans and three diagrams. Among the papers are: Special order of the Day French, G., G.,, Commander-in-Chief, British Army in the Field; Phase "B": Battle of Arras, April-May 1917. 1st Period-Attack on Vimy Ridge, April.The diary opens at Curragh Co Kildare on 13 August 1914. 1914 is spent at Nr Berthen, Villers, Neuve Eglise, Dranoutre and Near St Jean Capelle. 1915 at Verlincthun, Ledringhem, Ledringham, Berthen and Rolet. 1916 at Rolet, Desvres, Querrieu, Beussent and Courset And Desvres. 1917 at Samer, Robecq, Rolet, Desvres And Courset and Recques. 1918 at Courcelles, Le Ponchel, St. Josse, Tatincloux and Le Mesnil. 1919 at Cologne, Bolheim, Colais and Harff. It closes at Colais on 16 September 1919. Rolet is where it spent longest, 322 days across eleven separate stays, it came back to Querrieu fourteen separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 184 days at Verlincthun.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau L'Abbaye and Pereuse Chateau.In 1914 it is also recorded at Curragh, Quenstown, Le Havre, Maubeuge, Cusorle, Givry, Quieverant, Jawlain, Near Orsinval and Vertain. In 1915 it is also recorded at 9th Sanitary Section, Near Berthen, Hondeghem, Near Staple U. 15, Staple, Steenvorde, Poperinghe, Aldershot, St. Jans Ter Biezen and Advanced Dressing Stn S.W. Bosinghe. In 1916 it is also recorded at Bethune Verquigneul, Verquigneul Labourse, Verquigneuil, Labourse, Ecault And Desvres, Verlincthun, La-Paix Faite, Labroye, Rapechy and Auxi-le-Chateau. In 1917 it is also recorded at Samer Pas de Calais, Bellvue, Courset And Bezinghem, Bezinghem, Monchy Cayeux, Moves & Transfer to Monchy Cayeux, Le Carbaret Blanc, Moves To Le Cabaret Blanc, Libessart And Le. Met and Wavrans Pas de Calais. In 1918 it is also recorded at Poeuilly, Bihecourt, Vermand, Bernes. 62c Q.10, Courcelles And Lemesnil, Devise, Villers-Carbonnel And Morchain, Potte, Curchy and Cappy. In 1919 it is also recorded at Bolheim Germany 2L 4L.

• 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: 9781474500197
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press