8 DIVISION 25 Infantry Brigade Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, London Regiment 1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise's Kensington Battalion) and Royal Irish Rifles 1st Bat

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, London Regiment 1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise's Kensington Battalion) and Royal Irish Rifles 1st Battalion, 25 Infantry Brigade, 8th Division, covering August 1914 to April 1918 across 679 pages. It names 248 places across 479 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, seven reports, narratives and plans, one Operation Order, two maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: Nominal roll; 2nd Bn. Div. Ref. report on operation from 10th-14th; Copy of operation order No. 12; Report on Minor raid carried out by 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment on night of 19/20th; Report on Action of Battn from 2.30pm 1.12.17 M. N. 2/3 12.17; Order in the Victory in the 13 Reserve Bn London Regt T. F.The diary opens at Aden on 6 August 1914. 1914 is spent at Aden, Picantin, Trenches F Lines, Rue De Tilleloy and Laventie. 1915 at Fleurbaix, Bac St Maur, Bois Grenier, Laventie and Sailly. 1916 at Heucourt, Hohenzollern, Laleu, Cordonnerie and Albert. 1917 at Dominion Camp, Nurlu, Passchendaele, De Seule and Hollebeque Camp Near Steen Werck. 1918 at Goudberg Sector Nr Passchendaele, Near Abeele, Nr Watou, Bac St Maur and Wieltje. It closes at Near by Faucissart on 30 April 1918. Fleurbaix is where it spent longest, 148 days across twenty-seven separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 54 days at Aden.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches F Lines, Henencourt Wood, Trenches E Lines, Trenches, Trenches Near Les Beoufs, Trenches N Of La Basseville, Red Lodge In Ploegsteert Wood and Trenches Near Warneton.In 1914 it is also recorded at Liverpool, Winchester, Hurolay Park Nr Winchester, Southampton, Havre, Le Havre, Strazeele, La Couronne, Strazil and Mieux Berquin. In 1915 it is also recorded at Rue Tilleloy, Ft D'Esquin, Ft D'Enquin, Trenches E Lines, Lanentie, E Lines, Bans, Div Reserve Billets Laventie, Divn Res Billets Laventie and Tilleloy. In 1916 it is also recorded at La Belle Hotesse, Sercus, Estaires, Vieux Berquin, Fleurbaix, La Boutillerie, Sailly, Rue Quesnon, Rue de Quesne and Rue De Bruges. In 1917 it is also recorded at Sailly, Saillisel, Camp 24, Camp 14 Near Morlancourt, Nr Bray, Heucourt, Laleu, Camp 124 Sailly-Laurette, Camp 21 Near Suzanne and Rancourt. In 1918 it is also recorded at Nr Paschendaele, Nr Vlametinghe, Abeele, German Attack On Vimy March 28th 1918, La Boutillerie Q3 R3 and Fleurbaix.

• 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: 9781474507264
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press