9 DIVISION South African Brigade 2 South African Infantry Regiment

1 January 1916 - 28 February 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1781)

434 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the South African Brigade 2 South African Infantry Regiment, Divisional Troops, 9th Division, covering July 1916 to February 1918 across 423 pages. It names 85 places across 123 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, twenty-six reports, narratives and plans, 104 Operation Orders, four appendices, fourteen maps and two diagrams. Among the papers are: There Were no casualties; 2/lt Mills report 17/8/1917. report on raid on Femy Scrub; 2nd Regiment South African Infantry. report on operations from 9th April, 1917 to 15th; 2nd Regiment South African Infantry order No. 28; Appendix No II raid N.M. of 16/17 April. 1917; March Table issued in Connection with order No. 86; March Table issued with order numbered 87 to 104 (3 of them); Entraining Table issued in Connection with order No. 94., 10.10.1917; Preliminary Instruction issued in Connection with Move on 10/10/1917; Preliminary instructions in Connection with Move-28.10.1917; Instruction in Reference to Move To-Morrow; 2nd S.A.I. Instruction issued in Connection with Move 20-10-17.The diary opens at Grove Town on 1 July 1916. 1916 is spent at Estree Cauchy, Sub-Section J. II, Agnes Les Duisans and Lattre St. Quentin, Lattre St Quentin and Mametz Wood. 1917 is the most travelled year, 67 places against 29 in the next busiest, and is spent at Arras, Sub-Section J. II, Monchy Breton, Simencourt and No 2 Section Right. 1918 at Suzanne, Gouzeaucourt Trenches, Gouzeaucourt Support Trenches, Heudicourt and Sorrel. It closes at Suzanne on 28 February 1918. Sub-Section J. II is where it spent longest, 51 days across four separate stays, it came back to Arras seven separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 23 days at Estree Cauchy.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Gouzeaucourt Trenches, L'Abbaye De Neuville Farm, Mametz Wood, Delville Wood, Couzeaucourt Trenches, Gouzeaucourt Support Trenches, Grovetown Valley Trigger Wood and Irish Farm.In 1916 it is also recorded at Grovetown Valley Trigger Wood, Talus Boise, Bernafay Wood, Montabaun and Delville Wood, Delville Wood, Long, La Thieuloye, Camblain L'Abbe, Lignereuill and Fortel. In 1917 it is also recorded at Arras, Forrester ND. St. Nicholas, Sub Section Right Sector, Hermaville, Y. Hutments, X. Huts, Orlencourt, L'Abbaye De Neuville Farm, 'Y' Huts, Larasset and Laresset. In 1918 it is also recorded at Gouzeaucourt Support and Sorrel Le Grand.

• 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: 9781474507776
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press