5 DIVISION Divisional Troops 27 Brigade Royal Field Artillery

1 November 1916 - 30 April 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1530)

892 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 27 Brigade Royal Field Artillery, Divisional Troops, 5th Division, covering November 1916 to April 1917 across 870 pages. It names 9 places across 15 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 183 reports, narratives and plans, 45 Operation Orders, two appendices, four maps and nine diagrams. Among the papers are: List of Officers. 27th Brigade R.F.A; Report on raid carried out by "A" Coy. 12/Gloucester Regt. on 5th March 1917 in Canal; Intelligence Summary. 5th Divisional Artillery; 5th Divisional Artillery Intelligence for 24 hours ending 8 AM 2/11/16; Patrol Identification raid on Embankment Redoubt; 6th Division Composite Artillery Intelligence for 24 hours ending 12 noon 30/11/16; 37th Division Composite Artillery Intelligence report for 24 hours ending 8.0 A.M; 5th W D Intelligence report; Intelligence report 5th Divisional Arty for 24 hours ending 5.0 A.M. 21st April. '17; Special order of the Day Haig, G., G., K.C.I.E., A.D.C. Commander-in-Chief, British; Table showing dates and frontages of Infantry reliefs by 6th Division on the one hand; Relief Table 5th Divisional Artillery 2.The diary opens at Bethune on 1 November 1916. 1916 is spent at Bethune and Vielle Chapelle. 1917 at Le Preol, Loisne, Vimy, Bethune and La Targette. It closes at Vimy on 30 April 1917. Bethune is where it spent longest, 51 days across five separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 30.In 1917 it is also recorded at Fouquieres, Mesnil and Verdrel.

• 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: 9781474505611
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press