8 DIVISION Divisional Troops 490 Field Company Royal Engineers

1 March 1915 - 7 May 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1700)

814 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 490 Field Company Royal Engineers, Divisional Troops, 8th Division, covering January 1917 to May 1919 across 794 pages. It names 73 places across 80 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 95 reports, narratives and plans, 123 Operation Orders, one defence scheme, ten appendices, seven maps and two diagrams. Among the papers are: Appendix casualties; Report on operations carried out by the 25th Infantry Brigade on March 4th, 1917; 8th Divl. R.E. Warning Order.; Table of Inter-Battalion Reliefs; R.E. Instructions.; Provisional orders by OC. 22nd D.L.I. (3) 9/2/17; Administrative Instructions.; 8th Div. R.E. instructions; Barrage Table attached to Appendix a; Appendix "C" to 25th Infantry Brigade order No. 162.; Amendment No. 1 to 25th Infantry Brigade order No. 171; Table to Accompany 25th Infantry Brigade order No. 163.The diary opens at Mouchoir Copse Near Fregicourt on 1 January 1917. 1917 is spent at Les Trois Pipes, Nurlu, Moislains, Brisbane Dump. Ypres and Heudecourt. 1918 at St Quentin Lamotte, Winter Lane Trench B14a45, Froidmont 6.O.9590, Froidmont. 6 D 9590 Tournai 1:100,000 and Hoves. 1919 at Hoves 4 A 4003 Brussels 1:100,000, Villers-St-Amand 5 I 4580 Tournai 1:100000, Dunkirk and Villiers-St-Amand 5 I 4580 Tournai 1:100,000. It closes at Dunkirk on 7 May 1919. Les Trois Pipes is where it spent longest, 74 days across three separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 37 days at St Quentin Lamotte.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Winter Lane Trench B14a45, Junction Wood, Mouchoir Copse Near Fregicourt, Junction Wood B28B3.8, Grand Bel Lay Wood and Wood At Romigny-Jonquerry.In 1917 it is also recorded at Combles, Camp 112, Leforest, Junction Wood B28B3.8, Littledale Dump B30B5.5, Gurlnwood, Hendecourt, P. C. Sieta Susanne, Sailly-Le Sec and Strazeele. In 1918 it is also recorded at Amiens. 17 Caix, Amiens 17 Jumel, Jumel, Amiens Shee 17. Cottenchy, Lens. Conde, Amiens. Camon, Seringes, Montigny, Grand Berriaux Camp and Le Cholera.

• 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: 9781474506977
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press