2 DIVISION Divisional Troops 11 Field Company Royal Engineers

15 August 1914 - 30 November 1915 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1331/1)

478 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 11 Field Company Royal Engineers, Divisional Troops, 2nd Division, covering August 1914 to November 1915 across 467 pages. It names 78 places across 119 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, thirteen reports, narratives and plans, four Operation Orders, four maps and seven diagrams. Among the papers are: 11th Field Coy R.E list of casualties in the unit for month of August 1914; In orders or Messages; Report on Road Bridge At Esblys; Operation orders by Lt Col J. Fielding Commanding 4th Generals Brigade; 6th Infantry Brigade order by Brig General H Daires 6B; Operation orders Lt from Cmdg Advance Guard 2nd Division; In order to ensure regularity the line of march watering without permission; 2nd Div operation order; Orders by Lt Col R.H.H. Btys D.S.O. R.E Commanding R.E 2nd Division; Report on Work Done by Nos 324; The orders awaiting me at Battalion H.Q; 6th Inf Bde orders.The diary opens at Government Siding Aldershot on 15 August 1914. 1914 is spent at Mozenaaretshoek, Bourg, Pont Arcy, Chavonne and Soupir. 1915 at Annequin and M.B Dee Plan. It closes at Annequin on 30 November 1915. Annequin is where it spent longest, 40 days, including a single unbroken stay of 30 and it came back to Pont Arcy eleven separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Metz Farm.In 1914 it is also recorded at Southampton Docks, Rouen, Camp des Bruyeres, Wassigny, Hannappes, Sambreton, Vieux Mesnil, Givry, Harmignies and Quarries At Givry.

• 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: 9781474503280
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press