3 CAVALRY DIVISION 6 Cavalry Brigade 1st Dragoons (Royals)

19 September 1914 - 31 March 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1153/1)

306 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 1st Dragoons (Royals), 6 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division, covering December 1914 to March 1919 across 297 pages. It names 82 places across 102 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries eight lists of honours and awards, sixteen casualty and personnel returns, four reports, narratives and plans, two appendices and two diagrams. Among the papers are: 1st (Royal) Dragoons War Diary Volume VIII Appendix II Honour awards Mentions for Good; 1st. (Royal) Dragoons.1st. (Royal) Dragons. War Diary Vol' IX Appendix NO. III. honours; Report on raid carried out by Man of Royal Dragoons with Scouts of 6th. Cav& Bde; Report on raid carried out night 24th/25th. by A. Party; Raid carried out on the night of June 24/25th. 1917 by the Royal Dragoons.The diary opens at Cappel Boom North France on 1 December 1914. 1914 is spent at Cappel Boom North France. 1915 at Thiennes, Crequy North France, Amettes Area Armentieres, Armentieres and Blaringhem-N.France. 1916 at Ovillers, Crequy N France, Fressin, Bonnay and General. 1917 is the most travelled year, 38 places against 26 in the next busiest, and is spent at Plumoison, Haverskerque, Vron, Long and Neighbourhood of Epehy. 1919 at Jehay-Bodegnee, Cologne, Sprimont, Theux and Raeren. It closes at Paffendorf on 31 March 1919. Plumoison is where it spent longest, 100 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 95 and it came back to Thiennes four separate times.In 1915 it is also recorded at Blaringhem-North France, Merville-Estaires, Vlammertinge, N of Zillebeke J. B.C, General, Bruay, Cauchy A La Tour, Ligny Les Aire, Ligny-Lez-Aire and Crequy. In 1916 it is also recorded at Allery, Vaux-Sur-Somme, La Neuville, Lamesge, Neuf Moulin, Maintenay, Dominois, Drucat, La Chaussee and Bussy-Les-Daours. In 1917 it is also recorded at Fortel, Fosseux Duisans Arras Duisans, Duisans Arras Hill 100, Duplicate, Hill 100, W. of Arras, Arras Fosseux, La Neuville, Fosseux Le Ponchel and Le Ponchel Vron. In 1919 it is also recorded at Warden and Oberembt.

• 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: 9781474500920
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.04.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press