2 CAVALRY DIVISION Divisional Troops Royal Army Service Corps Divisional Supply Column (46 Company A.S.C.)

1 March 1915 - 13 May 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1129)

1006 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Royal Army Service Corps Divisional Supply Column (46 Company A.S.C.), Divisional Troops, 2nd Cavalry Division, covering March 1915 to May 1919 across 980 pages. It names 78 places across 164 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries eleven reports, narratives and plans and two Operation Orders. Among the papers are: Orders for Thursday 5th April 1917; Orders for Friday 6th April 1917; With Reference to 2nd Cavalry Division order No.29 dated 10th July 1917, billets of 1st; Orders of Move; Warning order; March Table "A" (issued with 2nd Cav Div. order No.31); March Table "B" (issued with 2nd Cav. Div. order No.31); Report on Post-mortem Examination on Body of No. M2/033109 Private Butt, A.P.The diary opens at Blendecques on 1 March 1915. 1915 is spent at Strazeele, Hazebrouck, La Nieppe, Esquerdes and St. Quentin. 1916 at Esquerdes, Hazebrouck, Regnauville, Meault and Grove Town. 1917 at Frevent, Regnauville, Saleux, Cartigny and Nampont-St-Martin. 1918 is the most travelled year, 38 places against 24 in the next busiest, and is spent at Beaurainville, Main Road W. of Pommera, Mons-En-Chaussee, Saleux and Main Road W. Pommera. 1919 at Ensival, Abbeville, Mons, Douai and Doullens. It closes at Abbeville on 13 May 1919. Esquerdes is where it spent longest, 210 days across eight separate stays, it came back to Saleux twenty-two separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Strazeele.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Main Wood Harbonnieres-Proyart.In 1915 it is also recorded at Vieux Berquin and Aire. In 1916 it is also recorded at Lilliers, Croix, Aubrometz, Haut Visee, Corbie, Meaulte, Daours and Bois Du Gard. In 1917 it is also recorded at Hesdin, Bouquemaison, Haute Visee, Doullens, Main Road Pont Noyelles-la Neuville, Main Wood Harbonnieres-Proyart, Proyart, Belle Eglise, Herlin-Le-Sec and St. Pol. In 1918 it is also recorded at Noyon, St Leger, Moyvillers, Loeuilly, Amiens, Londre, Long, Regnauville, Fauquemberges and Canlers.

• 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: 9781474500494
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press