8 DIVISION 24 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

29 January 1916 - 1 July 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1717)

604 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 24 Infantry Brigade, 8th Division, covering July 1916 to January 1917 across 591 pages. It names 11 places across 16 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three casualty and personnel returns, 56 reports, narratives and plans, 102 Operation Orders, one defence scheme, sixteen appendices, two maps and three diagrams. Among the papers are: O/O's Nos 108-9.10 apparently Missing; Casualties for April 1917; Casualties in officers of Units of 24th Inf. Bde. during April. 1917; Report on operations on the night 13th/14th April. 1917; 24th Infantry Brigade. special Patrol report; 24th Infantry Brigade. Intelligence Summary; Brigade. operation order No. 83. 84, 85, 86 & 87; March Table issued with operation order No. 86; Relief Table to Accompany operation order No. 92; March Table issued in conjunction with operation order No. 93; Detailed programme of relief by 88th Inf. Bde. issued with 24th Bde. O.O. No. 118; Amendment. No. 1 to 24th Inf Brigade operation order No. 131.The diary opens on 1 July 1916. 1916 is spent at Quarries Section, Hohenzollern Section, Camp Sandpits and Reserve Area. 1917 at Back and Divl. Reserve. It closes at Back on 28 January 1917. Quarries Section is where it spent longest, 57 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31.In 1916 it is also recorded at Divl. Reserve and Cuinchy Section.

• 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: 9781474507141
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press