9 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services Adjutant and Quarter-Master General

4 May 1915 - 30 April 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1744)

732 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services Adjutant and Quarter-Master General, 9th Division, covering May 1915 to April 1917 across 718 pages. It names 46 places across 73 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries sixteen casualty and personnel returns, 36 reports, narratives and plans, five Operation Orders, five appendices, fifteen maps and five diagrams. Among the papers are: Casualties for month of July.; Casualties in officers to 2nd October Divisional Headquarters.; 9th (Scottish) Division. casualties in officers to 2nd October. 26th Infantry Brigade; Order of Embarkation of the 9th Division. Advance Units. At Avonmouth for Rouen.; Instructions for meeting Gas Attacks; 9th Divisional Billeting order No. 6. Billeting Area. to Be Taken Up by 9th Division; Extract from Divisional Routine order No. 54 dated 12/7/15.; 9th. Division Instruction No. 9 (G).; 9th. Division instructions No. 9 (a); 9th Div. No. Q/3023/5 instructions as to occupation of Canada Huts and Camps by Units.; Routine orders.,, 9th (Scottish) Division. Thursday 28th October 1915; Routine orders, 9th (Scottish) Division. Sunday, 21st November 1915.The diary opens at Bordon on 4 May 1915. 1915 is spent at Hooggraafe, Locon, Busnes, Sailly La Bourse and Nieppe. 1916 is the most travelled year, 30 places against 17 in the next busiest, and is spent at Steenwerck, Camblain L'Abbe, Roellecourt, Merris and Duisans. 1917 at Etrun, Duisans, Hermaville, St Nicholas and Chelers. It closes at Hermaville on 29 April 1917. Steenwerck is where it spent longest, 106 days across four separate stays, it came back to Etrun five separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 47 days at Duisans.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Fricourt Farm.In 1915 it is also recorded at St Omer, Arques, Chau Le Nieppe, Philomel, Busnettes, Bethune, Hooggraafe-South of Poperinghe and Merris. In 1916 it is also recorded at Merris Nieppe, Nieppe, Steenwerck Merris, Merris Bomy, Bomy, Vaux au Amienos, Corbie, Etinehem, Grovetown and Bruay. In 1917 it is also recorded at Chelers Hermaville.

• 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: 9781474507387
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press