4 DIVISION 11 Infantry Brigade Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 1st Battalion

4 August 1914 - 28 February 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1499)

726 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 1st Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry), 11 Infantry Brigade, 4th Division, covering September 1914 to February 1919 across 712 pages. It names 43 places across 65 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries four casualty and personnel returns, twenty-seven reports, narratives and plans, 57 Operation Orders, eight appendices, fourteen maps and four diagrams. Among the papers are: 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry Summary of Casualties, Reinforcements & Sick for month; Report on drive of trenches Held by "C" Coy 13th Somerset L.I; Report on "H" Defences; Instructions No. 2. to Accompany Preliminary operation orders No. 1, Dated 29-3-17; Appendix "E" to Accompany operation orders No. 1. Dated 6-4-17; Instructions No. 1, to Accompany Preliminary operation orders Date 1/5/17; Preliminary operation order; Relief orders Lt., Comdg., 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry; Battalion orders Lt. Comdg., 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry; Operation order Lt. Comdg. 1st Bn. Somerset Lt. Infantry; Operation orders, 1st Bn. Somerset Lt. Infantry; Defence orders While the Brigade is in Divisional Reserve Lt. Comdg. 1st Bn. Somerset Lt.The diary opens at Saintimes on 1 September 1914. 1914 is spent at Passy, Rozieres, Saintimes, Battle Of Verberie and Ch. La Mausadiere. 1915 at 1st Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry, Mesnil and Hedauville. 1916 at Lucheux, Beauval, Hannescamps Fonquevillers, Mesnil and Prouville. 1918 is the most travelled year, 22 places against 16 in the next busiest, and is spent at Curgies, Carvin, Haspres, Cambligneul and Mt. Bernenchon. 1919 at Haine Saint Pierre, Haine St. Pierre and Curgies. It closes at Haine Saint Pierre on 28 February 1919. Curgies is where it spent longest, 56 days across three separate stays, it came back to Mesnil seven separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 36 days at 1st Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Prospect Farm.In 1914 it is also recorded at Villeneuve Le Comte, Maisoncelles, La Ferte and Les Abymes. In 1916 it is also recorded at Hedauville, Sus St. Leger, Pommier, Mondicourt, Authieule, Yvrench, Amplier and Bertrancourt. In 1918 it is also recorded at Cense La Vallee, Mount Bernenchon, Riez Du Vinage, Lawrence Camp, Monchy, Eterpigny, Prospect Farm, Orange Hill, Berneville and Fontaine Notre-Dame.

• 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: 9781474505369
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press