GUARDS DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services Commander Royal Artillery

1 September 1916 - 31 July 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1199)

690 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services Commander Royal Artillery, Guards Division, covering September 1916 to July 1917 across 675 pages. It names 21 places across 35 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 46 reports, narratives and plans, 44 Operation Orders, seven defence schemes, sixteen appendices, six maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: Guards Divisional Artillery instructions No.2; Advance of Guns and order for F.C.O.S. Appendix F; 18-Pdr Creeping Barrages, including instructions for answering Zone Calls by 18-Pdrs; Standing and Back Barrages.; Special Barrages. Appendix D; Advance of Guns and orders for F.O.O's. Appendix F; Amendment to Appendices B, C and D of Guards Divisional Artillery instructions No.2. Appx; Relief of Guns; March Orders, Guards Divisional Artillery. Appx 35; Guards Divisional Artillery-March Orders. Appx 36; Move of Guards Divnl:- Administrative orders (Supplies); Guards Divnl: Arty: March orders.The diary opens at Allonville on 1 September 1916. 1916 is the most travelled year, 16 places against 9 in the next busiest, and is spent at Bernafay Wood, Arrowhead Copse, Minden Post, Hangest and Meaulte. 1917 is spent at Maurepas, Coppernoll-Ehoek, Morlancourt, Arrowhead Copse and Strazeele. It closes at Coppernoll-Ehoek on 31 July 1917. Maurepas is where it spent longest, 70 days across three separate stays, it came back to Minden Post six separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Bernafay Wood.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Bernafay Wood and Arrowhead Copse.In 1916 it is also recorded at Sailly Le Sec, Citadel, Ginchy, St Saveur, Argoeuves and Bussy-Les-Daours. In 1917 it is also recorded at The Citadel, Renescure, Ravelsburg Camp, Caestre and Herzeele.

• 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: 9781474501804
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press