4 DIVISION 12 Infantry Brigade King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion and Monmouthshire Regiment (Territorial Force) 2nd Battalion

4 August 1914 - 31 January 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1506)

466 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) 1st Battalion and Monmouthshire Regiment (Territorial Force) 2nd Battalion, 12 Infantry Brigade, 4th Division, covering August 1914 to March 1918 across 453 pages. It names 161 places across 233 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, three reports, narratives and plans, four Operation Orders, seven appendices, nine maps and five diagrams. Among the papers are: List of officers and Strength of Battalion; Report on raid by the enemy on Morning of 3rd February 1917 East of Bouchavesnes; Report on Minor Enterprise carried out on Morning 12th April 1916, on German Sap (Pipe; Attack orders Lt. 1st Battalion the King's Own Regiment.The diary opens at Shaft Barrah Dover on 4 August 1914. 1914 is spent at Le Touquet, St Marguerite, Wizerne, Period and Le Bizet. 1915 at Le Bizet, Beaussart, Le Biset, Bussus and Brigade Reserve. 1916 at Bertrancourt, Mailly, Louvencourt, Chateau Des Trois Tours Canal Bank and Trenches 2 1/2 Miles E of Colincamps. 1917 at Achicourt, Hermaville, Villeroy-Sur-Authie, Marquay and Monchy Le Preux. 1918 at Berneville and In Trenches. It closes at In Trenches on 31 March 1918. Le Touquet is where it spent longest, 69 days across fifteen separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Le Biset.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau Des Trois Tours Canal Bank, En route to trenches, Trenches, Trenches Round Auchonviller, Trenches N.E of Berles, Trenches 1 Mile N.E. of Berles, Belle Alliance Farm and Trenches East of Mailly Maillet.In 1914 it is also recorded at Cromer, Norwich, Horsham St Faiths, Wembley, Boulogne, Buitry, Ligny-En-Cambrensis, Viesly, Haucourt and Catelet Roisel Hancourt. In 1915 it is also recorded at Le Touquet, Bailleul, Wieltje, La Brique, Dort Hock, Irish Farm, Farm Billets Dorlhock A 23, Turco Farm, Belle Alliance and Left Sector Times Farm. In 1916 it is also recorded at Bussus, Bonneville, Halloy, Colincamps, Trenchs 2 1/2 Miles E of Colincamps, Bouquemaison, Meleroles, Baillomont, Billets At Baillomont and Trenches N.E of Berles. In 1917 it is also recorded at Corbie In Billets, Villers-Bocage in billets, Beauval in billets, Villers-Le-Hopital in billets, Villeroy-Sur-Authie in billets, Marquay in billets, Y Camp, H 22 art, Reserve Trenches Blangy and British 2nd Line.

• 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: 9781474505451
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press