8 DIVISION 2 Battalion Rifle Brigade. Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 2nd Battalion

5 November 1914 - 30 April 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1731)

432 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 2 Battalion Rifle Brigade. Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 2nd Battalion, Divisional Troops, 8th Division, covering January 1916 to March 1919 across 420 pages. It names 130 places across 159 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries ten reports, narratives and plans, two Operation Orders and five maps. Among the papers are: Report on raid carried out by 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade on 25th June Against trenches x 7 L; Raid by 2nd Rifle Brigade; Preliminary report on Attempted raid by 2nd Battn. Rifle Brigade North and South; Instructions for operation on March 10th 1915. App a; Battalion order Comdg 2nd Bn the Rifle Bde. App B; 2nd. Bn. the Rifle Brigade. Preliminary operation orders; Report of the Past played by the 2nd Battn the Rifle Brigade in the recent operations; 2nd. Battalion the Rifle Brigade operation order Ref. Map. LA Targette; Special order of the Day Heneker,, 8th Division.The diary opens at Rest Billets Boseghem on 1 January 1916. 1916 is spent at La Bourse, Warlus, Bac St Maur, Wireless and Millencourt. 1917 is the most travelled year, 73 places against 41 in the next busiest, and is spent at Warlus, Acquin, Reninghelst-Poperinghe, Nurlu and De Seule Camp Bailleul-Armentieres Road. 1918 at Woincourt, Tilques, Vimy, Rumes and Hocquincourt-Bannes-Grauves-Soullieres. 1919 at Enghien. It closes at Enghien Ath on 25 March 1919. Warlus is where it spent longest, 50 days across four separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 30 days at La Bourse.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Albert Trenches Left Sub Section, Trenches Hohenzollern, Red Lodge Near Ploegsteert Wood, Henencourt Wood, Brigade Reserve Trenches, Trones Wood, Hohenzollern Reserve Trench and Quarry Farm Sector Bouchavesnes.In 1916 it is also recorded at Sine of March, Fleurbaix, Henencourt Wood, Albert Trenches Left Sub Section, Albert Trenches Left. Sub-Sector, Long Valley, Ovillers La Boiselle, Song Valley, Allouagne and Annequin. In 1917 it is also recorded at Maurepas Fregicourt, Camp 14, Camp Maurepas, Maurepas Ravine, Maurepas Camp, Camp 13 Bray-Corbie Rd, Camp 13 Bray-Carbie Road, Camp 17 Suzanne, Quarry Farm Sector Bouchavesnes and Bouchavesnes Junction Wood. In 1918 it is also recorded at Bellevue Passchendaele Sector, "B" Camp Brandhoek Poperinghe-Vlamertinghe Road, Wieltje St Jean, Passchendaele, E of Steenvoorde, East of Steenvoorde, Steenvoorde, Poperinghe, Near Passchendaele and Brandhoek.

• 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: 9781474507271
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press