2 DIVISION 5 Infantry Brigade Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion and Machine Gun Company

4 August 1914 - 28 February 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1351)

548 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion and Machine Gun Company, 5 Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division, covering August 1914 to February 1918 across 532 pages. It names 50 places across 65 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries twenty-six reports, narratives and plans, 92 Operation Orders, four appendices, one map and two diagrams. Among the papers are: Patrol report 15th; Table "A" issued with 5th Bde Infy Coy order No. 2; Table issued with operation order No. 104 of 17/3/16 Moves for 19th Inst; Correction Slip to 5th Infantry Brigade operation order No. 117; Relief Table issued with operation orders No. 119; March Table issued with operation order No. 120; Table "A" issued with operation order No. 121 of 5th Infantry Brigade, dated 19/5/16; Relief Table issued with 5th Infantry Brigade operation order No. 123; Special instructions Machine Gun Sections Appendix "A"; Artillery Barrages Appendix "D"; Instructions Regarding the Use of Tanks Appendix "F"; Amendment (No 1) to No 5 Mac. Gun. Coy's order No. 8.The diary opens at Aldershot on 4 August 1914. 1914 is spent at Boulogne and Aldershot. 1916 at Petit Sains, Maison Ponthieu A. 4 55. 51, Le Hamel, Ourton and Le Cornet Bourdois. 1917 at In The Line R. 29 Central, Albert W. 28 Central, Camblain-Chatelain F. 1, Winnizeele and Marest E.1. 1918 at Metz. It closes at Metz on 5 February 1918. Petit Sains is where it spent longest, 36 days across four separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Maison Ponthieu A. 4 55. 51.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Malanoy Farm.In 1916 it is also recorded at Malanoy Farm, Bethune, Hersin, Bruay, Estree Cauchie, Ville-Sur Ancre, Picquigny, Flesselles, Fienvillers and Bus-Les-Artois. In 1917 it is also recorded at Gezaincourt D. 5. 8.7, Le Val-De Maison E.6.3.5 1/2, Bouzincourt, Houvelin F. 2, Maroeuil I. 3, Coy. H.Q. Ecoivres I.2, Bethonsart G. 2, Lcoivres I. 2, Bray I. 2 and Ecoivres F. 13 Central.

• 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: 9781474503570
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press