7 DIVISION 22 Infantry Brigade Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment 24th Battalion and Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 8th Battalion

13 December 1914 - 31 July 1915 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1663)

546 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment 24th Battalion and Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 8th Battalion, 22 Infantry Brigade, 7th Division, covering October 1915 to November 1917 across 529 pages. It names 125 places across 206 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two lists of honours and awards, ten casualty and personnel returns, fifteen reports, narratives and plans, 54 Operation Orders, three appendices, two maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: 20th Bn. the Manchester Regiment. honours Awarded during the month of October, 1917; 20th Battalion the Manchester Regiment. honours Awarded during the month of November, 1917; 20th Bn the Manchester Regiment. nominal roll of Officers, with Battalion 1st August 1917; Casualties for the month Ending 31st 1917; Narrative of operations 10th / 14th March; 24th Battalion the Manchester Regiment report on Patrol (20/516); Appendix One. instructions for Attachment of 20th Battn. the Manchester Regt; Corrections to "Operation Orders" Z. Z. 6; Warning order 20th Bn. the Manchester Regt; Supply of Ammunition & R.E. Stores. Ref Bn operation order Z. Z. 8; Instructions No. 1. issued with Reference to Bn O. O. Z Z 8 & Z. Z 9; 20th Manchester Regiment Administrative instructions in Connection with Pending operation.The diary opens at Larkhill on 31 October 1915. 1915 is spent at Boisbergues, Molliens Vidame, Autheux, Aumont and Larkhill. 1916 is the most travelled year, 111 places against 44 in the next busiest, and is spent at Morlancourt, Molliens Vidame, Aumont and C2 Sub. 1917 at Courcelles-Le-Comte, Val De Maison, Mailly-Maillet, Esquerdes and Le Val De Maison. It closes at Villafranca on 30 November 1917. Morlancourt is where it spent longest, 85 days across twenty-two separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 30 days at Molliens Vidame.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches C 2, Reserve Dug Outs S. Of Fricourt, Trenches D 1, Support Line Ploegsteert Wood, C 2 Trenches, Front Line Trenches-Ploegsteert Wood-Right Sector, Acheux Wood and Front Line Ploegsteert Wood.In 1915 it is also recorded at Southampton, Amesbury, Folkestone, Boulogne, Ostro-Hove, Lehavre, Pont Remy, Bouchon, Mouflers and Ergnies. In 1916 it is also recorded at Si Vast-En-Chaussee, Riencourt, Pont-Noyelles, St Vast, Reserve Dug Outs S. Of Fricourt, Trenches D 1, Citadel Line, Front Line Trenches D 1, Front Line Trenches C. 2 Sub-Sector and C. 2. Sub-Sector. In 1917 it is also recorded at Billets Louvencourt, Billets Mailly-Maillet, Bolton Camp, Louvencourt, Bertrancourt, White City, Puiseux-Au Mont, Prisoners-Of War Camp Acheux, Acheux Auchonvillers and Auchonvillers.

• 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: 9781474506663
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press