2 CAVALRY DIVISION 5 Cavalry Brigade 12 (Prince of Wales) Lancers and 20th Hussars

16 August 1914 - 28 February 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1140)

894 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 12 (Prince of Wales) Lancers and 20th Hussars, 5 Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, covering August 1914 to February 1919 across 876 pages. It names 199 places across 311 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries six reports, narratives and plans, sixteen Operation Orders, three defence schemes, two appendices and four maps. Among the papers are: Preliminary orders for Relief 12th Royal Lancers; Extracts from report of G.O.C. 9th Inf. Bde. 3rd Australian Division attached to 61st; 6th Cavalry Brigade operation orders; Instructions for use of Vermorel Knapsack Sprayers; 5th Cavalry Brigade operation order No 14; Appendix E Relief of Posts Hetty 6 and 7.The diary opens at Norwich on 16 August 1914. 1914 is spent at Steenwerck, Couvrelles, Steenwerk, Havre and In The Trenches Wulverghem. 1915 at Campagne, Caudescure, Clairmarais, Fauquembergues and Racquinghem. 1916 at Fauquembergues, Caudescure, Vieux Berquin, Auchy-Les-Hesdin and Wail. 1917 at Auchy-Les-Hesdin, Mezerolles, Hamel, Outrebois-Barly and Wail. 1918 at Offin, Athies, Fricamps, Ennemain and Vraignes. 1919 at Sart Lez Spa and Sart Belgium. It closes at Sart Belgium on 28 February 1919. Campagne is where it spent longest, 172 days, including a single unbroken stay of 131 and it came back to Caudescure ten separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Beauvoir Chateau, Chateau La Clays, Cote Wood, Dessart Wood, The Trenches Wulverghem, Adinfer Wood and High Wood.In 1914 it is also recorded at Southampton, Ostend-Tournai Zandvootde, St Jans Capelle and Dranoutre. In 1915 it is also recorded at Guarbecque, Wandonne, Ypres, Hazebrouck Pont Du Hem, Estaires, Mont Des Cats, Vlamertinghe, Potigje, Busseboom and Ledringhem. In 1916 it is also recorded at Fouqieres, Noyelles, Vermelles, Sailly La Bourse, Bonningues, Campagne, Tournehem, La Claye, Chateau La Clays and Le Claye. In 1917 it is also recorded at Hornoy, Nempont, Tigny Noyelle, Remaisnil, Raye, Grincourt, Wailly, Beauvoir Chateau, Outrebois and Halloy. In 1918 it is also recorded at Aix en Issart, Cote Wood, Hesbecourt, Hornoy, Bovelles, Vers, Harbonnieres, Proyart, Ennemain Quesmy and Quesmy.

• 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: 9781474500609
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press