7 DIVISION 22 Infantry Brigade Honourable Artillery Company 2 Battalion and Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

1 June 1916 - 30 September 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1662)

614 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Honourable Artillery Company 2 Battalion and Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion, 22 Infantry Brigade, 7th Division, covering June 1916 to November 1917 across 598 pages. It names 67 places across 81 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 70 reports, narratives and plans, 88 Operation Orders, two appendices, twenty-three maps and three diagrams. Among the papers are: 2nd Honourable Artillery Company Infantry. narrative of operations 8/11th October 1917; Intelligence Summary for Period: 9 a.m. 21st to 9 a.m. 22nd July 1917; Intelligence Summary for Period 9 a.m. 23rd to 9 a.m. 24th July 1917; Daily Intelligence Summary for Period 9 a.m. 26th 9 a.m. 27th July 1917; Copy of Correspondence Be the Conduct of the Patrol of the 10/11th Inst. Headquarters; Starting orders Whilshire Reserve Area; Relief Table; Operation orders by Lt Col R.J. Morris D.S.O. Comdg. Rain; Headquarters 22nd Infantry Brigade. raid to Be carried out by 2nd H.A.C. Inf; Notes for Relief on night of 21st/22nd July; Report of Paid Ordered to Be carried out by 2nd H.A.G. on the night of 22nd/23rd Inft; Programme of raid.The diary opens at Moay Valley on 25 June 1916. 1916 is spent at Somme, Ploegsteert, Beavmont Hamel, Febvin and Bertrancourt. 1917 is the most travelled year, 59 places against 16 in the next busiest, and is spent at Honeghem, Rail, Rubempre, Courcelles and Bertrancourt. It closes at Arsego on 30 November 1917. Honeghem is where it spent longest, 157 days, including a single unbroken stay of 157 and it came back to Bertrancourt six separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Logeast Wood and Zillebeke Dugouts.In 1916 it is also recorded at Right Of Bullecourt, Tower Of London, Southampton, Havre, Steenwerke, Papot, Steenwerck and Moulle. In 1917 it is also recorded at Beaumont Hamel, Mailley Mallet, White City, Mouse Pt, Puisseux, Mailly, Ablainzeville, Mory, Stledger and Longatte.

• 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: 9781474506656
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press