4 CAVALRY DIVISION Sialkot Cavalry Brigade Headquarters, `Q' Battery Royal Horse Artillery, 6 (King Edward's Own) Cavalry, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own), 19 Lancers, Divisional Signal Troop, 10 Cavalry Machine Gun Squadron and Royal Army Veterina

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Sialkot Cavalry Brigade Headquarters, `Q' Battery Royal Horse Artillery, 6 (King Edward's Own) Cavalry, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own), 19 Lancers, Divisional Signal Troop, 10 Cavalry Machine Gun Squadron and Royal Army Veterinary Corps Mobile Veterinary Section, Divisional Troops, 4th Cavalry Division, covering January 1916 to July 1918 across 502 pages. It names 132 places across 308 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, two reports, narratives and plans, six Operation Orders and four appendices. Among the papers are: Casualties; Relief Table to Accompany 4th Dismounted Cavalry Brigade order No.3; Relief Table to Accompany. 4th Cavalry Dismounted Brigade O.No.4.The diary opens at Sallinelle on 5 January 1916. 1916 is spent at Vaux-En-Amenois, Sallinelle and Airaines. 1917 is the most travelled year, 201 places against 29 in the next busiest, and is spent at St Christ, Pende, Ennemain, Hamelet and Ervillers. 1918 at St Christ, Tel-El-Kebir, Brie, Pissy and Creuse. It closes at Buttevant on 14 July 1918. St Christ is where it spent longest, 672 days across 38 separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 59 days at Pende.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Brosse Wood Jeancourt, BI Sector. Frand Priel Wood, Brosse Wood, Trenches Ossus, Brosse Wood Boucly, Rossignol Farm, Trenches Honnecourt Wood and Hamelet & Trenches.In 1917 it is also recorded at St Blimont, Cayeux, Mons, Arrest, Vaux-En-Amienois, Abbeville, Authie, Liercourt, Ville-S-Corbie and Maurepas. In 1918 it is also recorded at Pende, Athies, Cotewood Hargicourt, St Christ Guil Laucourt, Marcelcave, Bayonvillers, Proyart Crese, Prouzel, Bovelles and Molliens Vidame.

• 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: 9781474501132
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.04.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press