7 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services Commander Royal Artillery

10 March 1914 - 31 December 1915 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1638)

872 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services Commander Royal Artillery, 7th Division, covering September 1914 to December 1915 across 857 pages. It names 23 places across 36 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two casualty and personnel returns, 61 reports, narratives and plans, 95 Operation Orders, 32 appendices, twenty-seven maps and eight diagrams. Among the papers are: Appendices 17-30 App. 1-16 are missing; Percentage of wounded Shell & Rifle Fire; Seventh Divisional Artillery. report on operations of September 25-26th etc; 7th Division. Warning order; Special instructions for B.G. Commanding 21st Infantry Brigade; Instructions for 1st Divisional attached Artillery Appendix No. 12; Instructions for 7th Divisional attached Artillery Appendix No. 15; Operation orders Appendix No. 17; 7th Div. operation orders No. 4.5.6.7. 9.10.11.12.13.14. Appendix A/1-11; BGC RA Copy of operation order Herewith; Special instructions for the Infantry; Op. order No. 6 A/3 BGC RA.The diary opens at Polygon Hotel Southampton on 3 September 1914. 1914 is the most travelled year, 17 places against 10 in the next busiest, and is spent at Sailly, Lyndhurst, Ypres-Menin Road, Polygon Hotel Southampton and Bruges. 1915 is spent at Estaires, Sailly, Fosse, Givenchy-Festubert and Busnes. It closes at Cavillon area on 31 December 1915. Sailly is where it spent longest, 114 days across five separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31.In 1914 it is also recorded at Zeebrugge, Ostend, Ghent, Beernem, Thielt, Ypres, 3 1/2 Miles E. Of Ypres and Bailleul. In 1915 it is also recorded at Pradelles, Vermelles, Bethune and Lombres.

• 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: 9781474506397
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press