1 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff

1 January 1915 - 30 June 1915 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1228)

850 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 General Staff, 1st Division, covering March 1915 to June 1915 across 835 pages. It names 24 places across 38 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries four casualty and personnel returns, 37 reports, narratives and plans, 36 Operation Orders, four defence schemes, six appendices, twenty-six maps and seven diagrams. Among the papers are: Casualty Return; 1st Division Return of casualties March. 1915.; 1st Division Casualty Return for 9/5/1915; Plan of attack by the 3rd Infantry Brigade-South of the Bethune-La Bassee Road; Report on operations At Cuinchy on 25th January 1915; O.C., 1st Siege Battery. report on operations of Jany. 25th, 1915; Report on operations 25th January, 1915; Report of O.C. 1st Bn. Scots Guards; Subject.-Report on action on 12th January, 1915; German attack on 1st Division, 25th January, 1915; Artillery Support for Counter attack; German attack on 1st Divn, Jan 25th, 1915.The diary opens at Div. H.Q./Hinges on 3 March 1915. 1915 is spent at H.Q. Locon, H.Q./ Hinges, Vaudricourt, Locon and Marles-Les-Mines. It closes at Marles-Les-Mines on 30 June 1915. H.Q. Locon is where it spent longest, 42 days across six separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 20.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau Vaudricourt, H.Q Chateau Hinges and H.Q. Chateau Verquin.In 1915 it is also recorded at R.C./ Le. Hamel, Le Hamel, Hinges, H.Q Chateau Hinges, H.Q. Hinges After To Bethune, H.Q. Bethune, Chau De Pres Sailly, H.Q. Sailly-Labourse, H.Q. Verquin and H.Q. Chateau Verquin.

• 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: 9781474502153
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press