8 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services Royal Army Medical Corps Assistant Director Medical Services

4 November 1914 - 27 March 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1687)

752 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services Royal Army Medical Corps Assistant Director Medical Services, 8th Division, covering November 1914 to March 1919 across 738 pages. It names 85 places across 145 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three casualty and personnel returns, twenty-four reports, narratives and plans, 83 Operation Orders, two defence schemes and nine maps. Among the papers are: 8th Division R.A.M.C. scheme of Evacuation of casualties for attack on Green Line.; 8th Division Medical Arrangements for Evacuation of casualties; March Table-Issued with 8th Div. operation order No. 30 March Table for Right attack; March Table for Left attack; Sanitary report of 8th Division for June 1917; 8th R.A.M.C. Instructions. No. 3.; A.D.M.S. No. 10/20/1/A. 8th Division R.A.M.C. instructions; A.D.M.S. 8th Div. No. 10/20/A. 8th Division R.A.M.C. instructions; 8th Divn. No. C/230/30/A 8th Division instructions No. 16.; Move Table issued with 8th Division R.A.M.C. order No. 91; Move Table "A" issued with 8th Division R.A.M.C. order No. 87; Supplement to 8th Division R.A.M.C. order No. 87,.The diary opens at Hussley Ponr Hanto on 4 November 1914. 1914 is spent at La Gorgue, Merville, Havre, Hussley Ponr Hanto and Shauther. 1915 at Sailly, La Gorgue, Blaringhem and Blairinghem. 1916 at Henencourt, Labourse, Sailly Sur La Lys, Belloy St Leonards and Blaringham. 1917 at Steenwerck, Wizernes, Gurlu Wood, Scottish Lines Camp and Belloy St Leonards. 1918 is the most travelled year, 36 places against 26 in the next busiest, and is spent at Chateau D'Acq, Tournai, Canal Bank Ypres, Friville and Steenvoorde. 1919 at Enghien and ATH. It closes at ATH on 27 March 1919. Sailly is where it spent longest, 231 days across ten separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 62 days at La Gorgue.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau D'Acq, Canal Bank Ypres and Gurlu Wood.In 1914 it is also recorded at La Corcue. In 1915 it is also recorded at Sailly-Sur-Lys, Blairingham, Roquetoire, Therouanne and Roqetoire. In 1916 it is also recorded at Sailly, Flesselles, Fresselles, Belloy, Cavillon, Bruay, Bethune, Hallencourt, Treux and Minden Post. In 1917 it is also recorded at Bray, Chipilly, Corbie, P.C. Chapeau Near Curlu, Albert Combined 1/40,000, P.C. Bonnet, Heilly, Merris, Caestre and Winnipeg Camp. In 1918 it is also recorded at Dead End, Ypres, Abeele, Villers Carbonnel, Foucaucourt, Cottenchy, Cavillon, Bertangles, Glisy, Vaux-En-Amienois and Roucy.

• 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: 9781474506885
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press