1 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services Commander Royal Engineers

1 May 1915 - 30 April 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1245)

914 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 Commander Royal Engineers, 1st Division, covering May 1915 to April 1916 across 901 pages. It names 17 places across 30 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, seven reports, narratives and plans, thirteen Operation Orders, two appendices and one diagram. Among the papers are: 23rd Field Co RE Casualty report 20/12/15; Narrative of operations from 24th to 25th Sept 15 re work of 23rd Fd Coy RE & Two; Report on Amount Completed Work Laid Down in in Remarks Programme; Instructions; 1st Division System of Reliefs; Instruction for R. E in Case of enemy attack; 1st Divisional Engineers. report of Work for Ensuing Week.The diary opens at Locon on 1 May 1915. 1915 is spent at Vaudricourt, Mazingarbe, Marles Les Mines, Bethune and Gosnay. 1916 at Noeux Les Mines, Lillers and Mazingarbe. It closes at Noeux Les Mines on 30 April 1916. Mazingarbe is where it spent longest, 78 days across five separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Vaudricourt.In 1915 it is also recorded at Sailly, Marles, Vaudricourt Gosnay, Mazingarbe Vermelles, Vermelles, Mazingarbe & Drouvin and Drouvin. In 1916 it is also recorded at Noeux.

• 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: 9781474502306
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press