9 DIVISION Divisional Troops 64 Field Company Royal Engineers

11 May 1915 - 30 September 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1755)

452 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 64 Field Company Royal Engineers, Divisional Troops, 9th Division, covering May 1915 to August 1919 across 439 pages. It names 114 places across 152 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries twenty-six reports, narratives and plans, 40 Operation Orders, four appendices, three maps and ten diagrams. Among the papers are: March Table. issued with 9th. Division order No.2d/16/5/15. Ap. 3; Report on German raid on Hampshire T. Locality. 13/5/16. 64th Field Coy. Appendix A. May; Report on Effects of Bombardment on night May 13th; Routine orders, 9th (Scottish) Division. Sunday, 25th June 1916;? order for 16/7/16; 9th Divn. No. 14/8842. Preliminary instructions No.3 Regarding. Forthcoming operations; Instructions No.2 Regarding Forthcoming operations; Headquarters, 1st S.A. Infantry Brigade, 30th June 1916. R.M. 47/28/13/10. instructions; Relief Table; March Table to Be Substituted for One Sent out with 1st South African Infantry Brigade; March & Relief Table; Orders by O.C. 64th Field Coy. R.E. Appendix B.The diary opens at Bordon on 11 May 1915. 1915 is spent at Dickebusch, Essars, Bethune, Hamet Billet and L'Hallobeau. 1916 at Villers-Au-Bois, Arras, Plogsteert, Armentieres and Bazentin-Le-Brand. 1917 at Arras, Ruyaulcourt, Ledringhem, Gomiecourt and Heudecourt. 1918 at Krahen Hohe, Fins, Broodseinde, Reninghelst and Lynde. 1919 at Krahen Hohe Germany, Horrem Germany and Kahen Hohe Germany. It closes at Horrem Germany on 22 August 1919. Arras is where it spent longest, 149 days across six separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 72 days at Krahen Hohe.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Plogsteert Doudou Farm, Montauban Alley and N,End Billon Wood Valley.In 1915 it is also recorded at Southampton Dock, Havre, Rouen, St Omer, Wiserne, Pihem, Abbaye Wostein, Le Verrier, Steenwerck and Letouquet. In 1916 it is also recorded at Plogsteert Doudou Farm, Ploegsteert, Plogsteert Doudou Fm, Cuhem, Bois Malars Nr. Caipilly On The Somme, Near Chipilly, N,End Billon Wood Valley, Maldon St. S Of Machine Gun Wood, Montauban Alley and Happy Valley. In 1917 it is also recorded at St. Nicholas, Blangy, Y Huts, Moncheaux, Lathieuloye, St. Laurent Blangy, Fosseux, Surrey Camp, Uxem Wormhoudt and Wormhoudt Zermezeele. In 1918 it is also recorded at Bray, Saillyle Sec, Moislains, Flavy, Au Goozecourt, Maricourt, Corbie, Dernancourt, Fieffes Candas and Abeele La Clytte.

• 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: 9781474507479
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press