1 CAVALRY DIVISION 1 Cavalry Brigade Headquarters, I Battery Royal Horse Artillery and 1 Machine Gun Squadron

4 August 1914 - 31 March 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1108)

798 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, I Battery Royal Horse Artillery and 1 Machine Gun Squadron, 1 Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, covering August 1914 to March 1919 across 781 pages. It names 209 places across 316 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two casualty and personnel returns, one return of horse casualties, twenty-two reports, narratives and plans, 32 Operation Orders, one defence scheme, thirteen appendices, ten maps and eight diagrams. Among the papers are: Casualties At Ypres; Herewith Casualty Return Period from 8th. to 12th. August 1918. Appendix G; Herewith Horse Casualty Return. Period 8th-12th. August 1918; Report on operations at Messines on 20th-23rd October, 1914.; Report on Operations, 21-11-17 11th Hussars; Summary of the, 1st Cavalry Brigades report on the operations at Messines on 20th-23rd; With reference to the attached message Cpl. S.S. Horne, 5th Dragoon Guards, is in relief; 1st Cavalry Brigade March order; March Table issued with operation order No. 9; 1st Cavalry Brigade Administrative instructions No. 1; Orders to Affiliated Squadrons of 11th Hussars and 5th Dragoon Guards for. March; In the event of an enemy attack on a large scale.The diary opens at Mobilization Generally on 7 August 1914. 1914 is spent at Thieshouk, Borest, Oeuilly, Audregnies and Aubepierre. 1915 at Liettres, Recques, Ypres, Nielles Lez Blequin and Eecke. 1916 at Lefaux, Montcavrel & C, Liettres, Recques and Hubersent. 1917 at Lefaux, Menneville, Isques, Carly and Suzanne. 1918 at Buire, Leverguier, Amplier, Boucly and Raye-sur-Authie. 1919 at Esche Germany and Berrendorf Germany. It closes at Berrendorf on 31 March 1919. Lefaux is where it spent longest, 235 days across eight separate stays, it came back to Buire nine separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 90 days at Montcavrel & C.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau Du Forestel, Chateau D'Ansenne and St. Pierre Vaast Wood.In 1914 it is also recorded at Brigade Mobilization Notes, Aldershot, Havre, H.Q. Marpent, Villers St Ghislain, Nery, Borest Foret, Moussy-Le-Vieux, Gournay and Chevonne. In 1915 it is also recorded at Houtkerque, Wormhoudt, Vlamertinghe, Ypres & Vlamertinghe, Zermezeele and Ergny. In 1916 it is also recorded at Givenchy, Richebourg. St Vaast, Widehem, Enocq, Lacalotterie, La Jumette, Ponchel, St Ouen, Querrieu and Pont Noyelles. In 1917 it is also recorded at Armentieres, Hazebrouck, Racquinghem, Fauquembergues, Sempy, Estrees, Royon, Torcy, Aix-En-Essart and Huclier. In 1918 it is also recorded at Templeux, Bihecourt, St. Christ, Mereaucourt, Miracourt, Vendelles, Marchaines, Corchy, Cappy and Carnoy.

• 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: 9781474500227
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.04.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press