8 DIVISION Divisional Troops Royal Army Medical Corps 24 and 25 Field Ambulance

4 November 1914 - 30 April 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1703)

796 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Royal Army Medical Corps 24 and 25 Field Ambulance, Divisional Troops, 8th Division, covering November 1914 to April 1919 across 779 pages. It names 138 places across 223 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two casualty and personnel returns, seven reports, narratives and plans, 47 Operation Orders, four appendices, nine maps and four diagrams. Among the papers are: Wounded admitted to 12 Noon as dated; Medical Instruction to Deal with wounded which may Occur in an action on be carried out; 24th Field Ambulance. operation order No 2. by Lt. Col Pickard R.A.M.C. (T); Operation order of the 24th Field Ambulance No 8; Manoeuvres. 8th. Division. 19th to 23rd. Dec. 1915 24th. Field Ambulance Orders; Order. R Pickard. for 10th. Feb. 1917; Extract from 8th Div. order No. 200 of 13/6/17; Copy of operation order issued 25 Field Ambulance operation order no. 9.The diary opens at Hursley Park on 4 November 1914. 1914 is spent at Estaires, La Gorlgue, Bleville, La Gorgue and Le Havre. 1915 at Sailly, Doulieu, Estaires and Morbecque. 1916 at La Bourse, Lavieville, Doulieu, Dromesnil and Nouveau Monde. 1917 at Moislains, Nurlu, Pont D'Achelles and Landbouvier. 1918 at Les 4 Vents, Nibas, Quatre Chins, Vlamertinghe and Montigny. 1919 at Ath Belgium and Enghien Belgium. It closes at Ath Belgium on 30 April 1919. Doulieu is where it spent longest, 168 days across nine separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 57.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Labrielle Farm-Doulieu, Henencourt Wood, Landbouvier Farm, Chateau Hendrick, Moated Farm Vlamertinghe, Vlamertinghe Mill and Farm N of Le Garde.In 1914 it is also recorded at Neuf Berewan. In 1915 it is also recorded at Estaires 8th Divn, Labrielle Farm-Doulieu and Doulieu Ferme de la Wastine. In 1916 it is also recorded at Morbecque, Estaires, Calonne, Flesselles, Rainneville, Millincourt, Millencourt, Henencourt Wood, Belgium Battery Cornor and Molliens Vidame. In 1917 it is also recorded at M Bray L.9.b5.5, Sailly Le Sec, Fresnoy, As? page 114, Albert 1 & 40,000, Camp 12, Sailly Laurette, Camp 17, Camp 117 and Langton. In 1918 it is also recorded at Steenvoorde, Ath 6 Rne Hennipen, Watou, Acquin, Pertain, Chaulnes, Lihons, Vauvillers, Marcelcave and Moreuil.

• 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: 9781474506991
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press