3 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services Commander Royal Artillery

2 February 1917 - 28 June 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1394)

482 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 Commander Royal Artillery, 3rd Division, covering February 1917 to June 1919 across 469 pages. It names 44 places across 57 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 108 reports, narratives and plans, 88 Operation Orders, twenty-four defence schemes and two appendices. Among the papers are: 3rd Divisional Artillery Daily Intelligence Summary No. 1 Period Noon 28/1/18 to Noon; 3rd Div. Arty Intelligence Summary No. 4 Period Noon 31/1/18 to Noon 1/2/18; 3rd Div. Arty Intelligence Summary No. 5 Period Noon 1/2/18 to Noon 2/2/18; Intelligence Summary-3rd Div. Arty. No. 31 Period Noon 27/2/18 to Noon 28/2/ numbered 1 to 31 (31 of them); 3rd Divisional Artillery Intelligence Summary No. 6 Period Noon 2/2/18 to Noon 3/2/18; March and Relief Table of 34th D.A. by 18th and 26th Army Brigades R.F.A; Addendum No. 1 to Artillery order No. 31 App O.2; Addendum No. 1 to 3rd D.A. operation order No. 47; March Table "A" (for Attachment to 3rd D.A. operation order No. 49); March Table "D" (for Attachment to 3rd D.A. operation order No. 50); Creeping Barrage with H.E; Creeping Barrage with Shrapnel.The diary opens at Boisleux au-Mont Siu A 41 on 2 February 1917. 1917 is spent at Boisleux au-Mont Siu A 41. 1918 at Labeuvriere, Gomiecourt, Boisleux au Mont, Ramecourt and Laboeuvriere. 1919 at Nideggen and Cologne. It closes at Cologne on 28 June 1919. Nideggen is where it spent longest, 92 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 59.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Quesnoy Farm and Dug-outs near Monchy-Au Bois.In 1917 it is also recorded at Boisleux au Mont. In 1918 it is also recorded at Bretencourt, Ladeuvriere, Fontaine-Les-Hermans, Rebreuvrette, Humbercourt, Quesnoy Farm, Dug-outs near Monchy-Au Bois, Boiry St Martin, Hametz Work and Ransart.

• 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: 9781474504164
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press