3 CAVALRY DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services Adjutant and Quarter-Master General

24 September 1914 - 31 December 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1143)

654 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 Adjutant and Quarter-Master General, 3rd Cavalry Division, covering November 1914 to December 1917 across 635 pages. It names 74 places across 115 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 63 casualty and personnel returns, thirty-one reports, narratives and plans, 74 Operation Orders, one defence scheme, sixteen appendices, three maps and four diagrams. Among the papers are: Casualties; 3rd Cavalry Division. Daily Casualties-25th to 28th September, inclusive. Appendix "A"; Casualties-November 1915 Appendix a; Routine orders. 3rd Cavalry Division; Routine Orders., C. B.M.V.O. 3rd Cavalry Division; The accompanying Notes and instructions are forwarded concerning the following questions; Traffic instructions in Case of a Thaw After a Hard Frost. Appendix "A"; Instructions for Salvage Officers. Appendix "B".The diary opens at Ypres on 1 November 1914. 1914 is spent at Hazebrouck, Ypres and Kruisstraat near Ypres. 1915 at Fruges, Dennebroeucq, Hazebrouck, Ypres and Ecquedecque. 1916 at Fruges, Tramecourt, Wailly, Daours and Chateau Le Fond Du Mouriez. 1917 is the most travelled year, 39 places against 25 in the next busiest, and is spent at Trepied, Busnes, Domart-En-Ponthieu, Villers Faucon Camp and Ligescourt. It closes at Domart on 31 December 1917. Fruges is where it spent longest, 141 days across seven separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Hazebrouck.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau Le Fond Du Mouriez and Ligescourt to Wavans chateau Beauvoin.In 1914 it is also recorded at Kruisstraat. In 1915 it is also recorded at Abeele, Westoutre, Winnezeele, Vlamertinghe, Steenvoorde, Houtkerque, Near Ypres, Reninghelst, Renescure and Near Vlamertinghe. In 1916 it is also recorded at Domart-En-Ponthieu, La Neuville, Hallencourt, Le Quesnoy Sur Airaines, Yvrench, Ligescourt, Maison-Ponthieu, Belloy-Sur-Somme, Vecquemont and Frohen-Le-Grand. In 1917 it is also recorded at Trepied to Maresquel, Maresquel, Conchy-sur-Canche to Gouy-En-Artois, Gouy-En-Artois to Duisans, "Q" Report Centre, Duisans, Duisans to Gouy-en-Artois, Gouy to Wavans, Wavans to Ligescourt, Ligescourt to Wavans chateau Beauvoin and Wavans to Talmas.

• 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: 9781474500685
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.04.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press