1 CAVALRY DIVISION 9 Cavalry Brigade Bedford Yeomanry, 1/1 Warwickshire Battery Royal Horse Artillery, `Y' Battery Royal Horse Artillery, 9 Machine Gun Squadron and 9 Cavalry Pioneer Battalion

1 October 1914 - 9 July 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO

412 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Bedford Yeomanry, 1/1 Warwickshire Battery Royal Horse Artillery, `Y' Battery Royal Horse Artillery, 9 Machine Gun Squadron and 9 Cavalry Pioneer Battalion, 9 Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, covering October 1914 to April 1919 across 396 pages. It names 240 places across 383 dated entries.The diary opens at Newbury on 1 October 1914. 1914 is spent at Vieux-Bercquin, Newbury, Esquerdes, Thatcham and In Port-atta Havre. 1915 at Ledringhem, Desvres, La Motte, Roquetoire and Dohem. 1916 at Desvres, L'Eclene, Gamaches, Questrecques and Querrieu. 1917 is the most travelled year, 107 places against 82 in the next busiest, and is spent at Carly, Estaires, Longvillers, Labeuvriere and Bourthes. 1918 at Lemesnil-Bruntel, Maretz, Le Ponchel and Auchy Au Bois. 1919 at Millendorf, Kaster, Chendore and Duren. It closes at Chendore on 30 April 1919. Desvres is where it spent longest, 337 days across six separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 141 and it came back to Ledringhem thirteen separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include The Trenches Loos-Maroc, Tommy Trench, "T" Battery's Trenches and Trenches Near Fleurbaix.In 1914 it is also recorded at At-Laheve, Esquerdes-Eblinghem Vieux-Bercquin, Vieux Berquin, In "T" Battery's Trenches, In Trenches Near Fleurbaix, Near Fleurbaix and Fleurbaix. In 1915 it is also recorded at Vieux Berquin, Vielle Chappelle, Near Le Touret, Guarbecque, Estaire, Worm. Hout, Ledringham, Vlamertinghe, Ypres and Stansted. In 1916 it is also recorded at Desires, Therouanne, Euston Corner, Sequieres, L'Ecleme, Ecault, Bezingham, Dompierre, Prochen Estinal and Noeux. In 1917 it is also recorded at Wirwignes, Noeux-Les Mines, Les Brebis, In The Trenches Loos-Maroc, Loos-Maroc, Desvres, In Billets at Bourthes, Montcavrel, Blangy and Aubigny. In 1918 it is also recorded at Templeux-Le-Guerard, Le Mesnil, Near Jeancourt, Jeancourt, Vraignes, Bernes, Hervilly, Marchelpot, Curchy and Froissy.

• 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: 9781474500302
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.04.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press