4 DIVISION 11 Infantry Brigade Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

22 August 1914 - 20 June 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1495)

654 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, 11 Infantry Brigade, 4th Division, covering August 1914 to June 1919 across 639 pages. It names 51 places across 66 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three casualty and personnel returns, 52 reports, narratives and plans, 105 Operation Orders, nine appendices, twenty-four maps and five diagrams. Among the papers are: Resume of casualties during the month of May 1918; Summary of casualties during month; Report on raid Reference Map Plouvain Sheet 1/10,000 Revised to 3/7/17; Report on operations from 4th to 7th October 1917; 1st Battalion the Hampshire Regiment report on operations of 28th March 1918; Amendments to operations order No. 1; Artillery Barrages; 1st Battalion the Hampshire Regiment operation order; Relief Table; Relief Table to Accompany operation No. 16; Warning order; Table to Accompany operation order No. 7.The diary opens at Harrow on 22 August 1914. 1914 is spent at Ligny, Southampton, Havre and Harrow. 1916 at Ramburelles and Merelessart Ramburelles. 1917 at Arras. 1918 at Arras, Preseau, Fosseux, About 4 Miles Mn Bethune and L'Ecleme and Cense La Vallee. 1919 at La Louviere Belgium, Binche Belgium and SE Bourg France. It closes at Binche Belgium on 20 June 1919. Arras is where it spent longest, 55 days across five separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Front Line in Pacaut Wood, Trenches 500x North Monchy, Chateau De La Haie, Trenches 1000 NE Monchy, Bde Reserve Trenches 2000x W Monchy, Trenches 1000x N.E Monchy and Trenches 1000x E. Monchy Le-Preux.In 1918 it is also recorded at In Trenches 1000x E. Monchy Le-Preux, Camp 2 Miles E Arras, Bde Reserve Trenches 2000x W Monchy, Trenches 1000 NE Monchy, Trenches 500x North Monchy, Trenches 1000x N.E Monchy, Camp 2 Miles SE Arras, Fosseux About 11 Miles West of Arras, Warlus and In The Line Near Arras.

• 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: 9781474505307
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press