2 CAVALRY DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff

15 September 1914 - 31 December 1915 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1117)

890 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff, 2nd Cavalry Division, covering September 1914 to December 1915 across 870 pages. It names 71 places across 124 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries ten casualty and personnel returns, nineteen reports, narratives and plans, eighteen Operation Orders, eight appendices, four maps and six diagrams. Among the papers are: List of casualties in units 2nd Cavalry Division on the 14.2.15.; Report on operations of 2nd. Cavalry Division. 30th. 31st. October and 1st. Nov; Report of operations of 2nd Cavalry Division. 30th, 31st Oct. and 1st Nov. 1914 (Supplied; Instructions to G.O.C. Cavalry Corps; Routine orders H. De La P. Gough,, 2nd Cavalry Division; Extract from narrative of 8th. French Army, 25th. January 1915; Administrative orders; Operation order Distribution W G 812; Op. Order. Distribution; Operation order Distribution; Translation of a German Division order Regarding the improvement of first Line Defences; Report on the part taken by the 2nd Cavalry Division in the operations of April 22nd-May.The diary opens at Lime on 15 September 1914. 1914 is the most travelled year, 82 places against 27 in the next busiest, and is spent at Vieux Berquin, Kemmel, Braine and St. Jans Cappelle. 1915 is spent at Vieux Berquin, Hervarre, Le Nieppe, Roquetoire and Wizernes. It closes at Hervarre on 31 December 1915. Vieux Berquin is where it spent longest, 116 days across ten separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Red Chateau on Ypres-Menin road, Morbecque Chateau, Chateau N of H in Hollebeke and Chateau H of Hollebeke.In 1914 it is also recorded at Hartennes, Fleury, Verberie, Le Ployron, Berteaucourt, Fresnoy, Le Fresnoy, St Vast, Conteville and Bermicourt. In 1915 it is also recorded at Ypres, Blendecques, Boeschepe, Vlamertinghe, Railway Crossing 1 m w of Ypres, Main Red Chateau on Ypres Menin road, Red Chateau on Ypres-Menin road, Esquelbecq, Reninghelst and Monchy Cayeux.

• 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: 9781474500319
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press