3 DIVISION 76 Infantry Brigade King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 8th Battalion and Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Battalion

26 September 1915 - 31 January 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1436)

576 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 8th Battalion and Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Battalion, 76 Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, covering September 1915 to April 1919 across 562 pages. It names 190 places across 346 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one report or narrative and two diagrams. Among the papers are: Special Farewell order. to 10th Royal Welsh Fusiliers.The diary opens at Aldershot on 26 September 1915. 1915 is spent at Eecke, British Expedy. Force, British Expeditionary Force, Verbranden Molen and Renninghelst. 1916 is the most travelled year, 128 places against 86 in the next busiest, and is spent at British Expeditionary Force, Bertrancourt, Eecke, Thieushouk and Courcelles. 1917 at Mory, Arras, Fremicourt, Halloy and Barastre. 1918 at Hendecourt, Blairville, Wancourt, Marqueffles Farm and Guemappe. 1919 at Cologne, Turnich and Brauweiler. It closes at Brauweiler on 30 April 1919. Eecke is where it spent longest, 82 days across seven separate stays, it came back to Mory twelve separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 34 days at Cologne.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Louverval Trenches, Bullecourt Trenches, Marqueffles Farm, Trenches SW Of Verbranden Molen, Serre Trenches, Loos Trenches, Bronfay Farm and Kemmel Trenches.In 1915 it is also recorded at Havre, Boulogne, 27 Officers 822 Rank & File, Merris, Lampernisse, Ploegsteert, Bailleul, Poperinghe, Sanctuarywood Hooge and Trenches SW Of Verbranden Molen. In 1916 it is also recorded at Verbranden Molen, Halloy, Trenches SW Of Verbranden Molen, Renninghelst, Amplier, Neuvillette, Aute Cote, Hellebrouk, Near Poperinghe and Trench 31 S S Of Verbranden Molen. In 1917 it is also recorded at Courcelles, Serre Trenches, Rubempre, Puchevilliers, Amplier, Barly, Sibiville, Villers-Brulin, Bethonsart and Wanquetin. In 1918 it is also recorded at Beaurains, Guemappe Trenches, Beurains, Bde Support, Warluzel, Dieval, Hinges, Chocques, Locon and Brigade Support. In 1919 it is also recorded at Turnich Germany.

• 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: 9781474504713
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press