1 DIVISION Divisional Troops 39 Brigade Royal Field Artillery

4 August 1914 - 29 April 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1249)

626 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 39 Brigade Royal Field Artillery, Divisional Troops, 1st Division, covering August 1914 to April 1919 across 612 pages. It names 137 places across 170 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, eleven reports, narratives and plans, nine Operation Orders, one appendix, fifteen maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: 39 Bde RFA officers casualties since list of about 1 & 17; 39th Bde operation order No. Six; Addendum No. 1 to 2nd Brigade order No. 130; Standing orders of the Left Sub Group; Amendment to No. 3 Group order No. 1; No. 3 Group orders Number 1; Addendum to 41st Divisional Artillery order No. 92; Amendment to 41st Divisional Artillery order No. 92; 41st D.A. instructions No. 2; Second Army Offensive 41st Divisional Artillery instructions No. 1; 1st Divisional Artillery instructions No. 2 (a); Extracts from 24th Division instructions No. 4 Signal Communications.The diary opens at Bordon on 4 August 1914. 1914 is spent at Bordon, Nr Hooge, Courtonne Ridge, Goton Hill and Crotonne Ridge. 1915 at Loos Salient, Richebourg St Vaast, Nr Richebourg St Vaast and Lozenghem. 1916 at Maroc, Same Place, Auchel, Loos Salient and Bavelincourt. 1917 at Black Wood, Fontaine Les Cappy, Negro Farm, Borre and Fontaines Les Cappy. 1918 at Chau-des Pres, Alberta, Charpentier, Mazinghein and In Action. 1919 at Miel. It closes at Miel on 29 April 1919. Miel is where it spent longest, 119 days across five separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 57 days at Nr Hooge.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Loos Salient, Black Wood, Negro Farm, Mametz Wood, Bottom Wood and Perreuse Chateau.In 1914 it is also recorded at Southampton, Havre, France, Busigny, Villers-Sire-Nicole, Rouveroy, Bettignies, Grand Mesnil, Grand Fayt and Oisy. In 1915 it is also recorded at Near Richebourg St Vaast, Rue Du Bois, Ames and Auchel. In 1916 it is also recorded at Maroc Grenay Les Brebis, Same Places, Allouagne, Ville De Marcelet, Molliens Au Bois Near Amiens, Frechencourt, Near Moulin du Vivier, Batteries, Montauban Valley and Mametz. In 1917 it is also recorded at Molliens Au Bois, Mametz Wood, Aubigny, In The Train, Nr Reninghelst, Roosendael, Brielen, Cheddar Villa and Hardelot. In 1918 it is also recorded at Woesten, Amettes, Sailly-Labourse, Bois de Dames, Fosse 9 Annequin, Ourton, Wailly, Vis-En-Artois, Dury and Stewart Camp.

• 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: 9781474502337
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press