1 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services Adjutant and Quarter-Master General

1 August 1918 - 27 June 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1238)

752 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, 1st Division, covering August 1918 to June 1919 across 733 pages. It names 22 places across 28 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three casualty and personnel returns and 220 reports, narratives and plans. Among the papers are: 1st Division casualties Dated 23rd April 1918; 1st British Division casualties Dated 1st September 1918; Casualties for 20th October 1918; Routine orders 1st Division. Appendix a; Routine orders 1st. Division; Special order; Special order of the Day 1st Division.The diary opens at Ruitz on 1 August 1918. 1918 is spent at Ruitz, Meraucourt, Vaux Andigny, Monchy Cayeux and Arras. 1919 at Rheinbach and Eicholz. It closes at Eicholz on 27 June 1919. Rheinbach is where it spent longest, 91 days across four separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 36 days at Eicholz.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau Copreaux and Ostemree Chateau.In 1918 it is also recorded at Bayonvillers, Vermand, Vraignes, La Baraque, Brancourt, Fresnoy Le Grand, Favril, Chateau Copreaux, Barbencon and Ostemree Chateau.

• 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: 9781474502252
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press