3 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff

1 April 1915 - 31 July 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1377)

1048 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 General Staff, 3rd Division, covering April 1915 to July 1916 across 1,033 pages. It names 20 places across 33 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries five casualty and personnel returns, 34 reports, narratives and plans, 82 Operation Orders, twenty-eight maps and eight diagrams. Among the papers are: The Sketch Map Referred to on operation 4 Is Missing; 3rd Division casualties for 16th & 17th June 1915; 3rd Division casualties for month of June 1915; Narrative of operations of 3rd Division; Report on operations; Report of Work of 2 Trench Howitzer on Evening of 11th April; March Table to Accompany operation order No. 13; Operations order for 22nd June 1915; Special order by G.O.C. 3rd Division; Report on the Bluff; Amendments to 3rd Division operation order No. 65; Amendment to 3rd Division operation order No. 67.The diary opens at Mont Noir With Advd Day H.Q. Scherpenberg on 1 April 1915. 1915 is spent at Reninghelst, Div. H.Q. Reninghelst, Ypres and H.Q. 1 Mile S.E. of Poperinghe. 1916 is the most travelled year, 14 places against 11 in the next busiest, and is spent at Reninghelst, Fletre, Westoutre, Nordausques Rest and Tilques. It closes at Treux on 31 July 1916. Reninghelst is where it spent longest, 153 days across eight separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Div. H.Q. Reninghelst.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Copse B.In 1915 it is also recorded at Reninghelst With Advd Day H.Q. Behind Dickebusch, Westoutre, H.Q. Reninghelst and Steenvoorde. In 1916 it is also recorded at Nordausques, Le Meillard, Flesselles, Corbie, Bray and Copse B.

• 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: 9781474503990
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press