1 DIVISION 1 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

13 August 1914 - 31 December 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1261)

678 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 1 Infantry Brigade, 1st Division, covering August 1914 to November 1916 across 662 pages. It names 77 places across 106 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 36 reports, narratives and plans, 118 Operation Orders, nine defence schemes, fifteen appendices, four maps and two diagrams. Among the papers are: Casualties; Report on raid on Enemy's trenches in the Neighbourhood of the Southern Crassier night; 1st Infantry Brigade narrative of operations Appendix VII D; Narrative of operations on 25th September 1916; Appendix D. report on operations October 21st to 23rd Appendix D; Report on operations from Oct.21st to Oct 23rd by 1st Brigade Appendix D; Description of IIIrd Corps Contact Patrol Aeroplane and Signals made by It; Operation orders; The Following Reliefs Will Take place on 13th July 1915; Orders for Relief on 28 July 1915; Orders for Relief on 31 July 1915; Instructions. the attached instructions were issued to us with Divisional orders.The diary opens at Le Nouvion on 16 August 1914. 1914 is spent at Vendresse, Veldhoek, Hazebrouk, Fesmy and Verneuil. 1915 at In Front of Hulluch, Lillers, Area B, Near Loos and Section 2. 1916 is the most travelled year, 50 places against 28 in the next busiest, and is spent at Quesnoy, Maroc, Calonne Section and Les Brebis & Petit Sains. It closes at High Wood on 30 November 1916. In Front of Hulluch is where it spent longest, 50 days across five separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 28 days at Quesnoy.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include High Wood, High Wood Section, Baizieux & Baizieux Wood, Brigade in Support Near Railway Copse, Henencourt Wood, Baizieux and Baizieux Wood and Support Near Railway Copse.In 1914 it is also recorded at Boue, Cartignies, Grand Reng, 2 Miles North of Missy-Aux-Bois, La Ferte Milon, Chambry, St Jouarres, St. Jduarres, Coulommieres and Coulonneres. In 1915 it is also recorded at Gn Section Y, Section Y, Billeting Area For Divisional Reseume, Gn Area "A", Noeux. Les Mines and Maz Ingarbe Noeux-Les-Mines Q Houchin. In 1916 it is also recorded at In Front of Hulluch, Allouagne & Burbure, Burbure, Les Brebis, Loos, Divisional Reserve les Brigade, Maroc Section, Barlin, Naours and Molliens Au Bois.

• 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: 9781474502535
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press