9 DIVISION South African Brigade 3 South African Infantry Regiment

1 October 1916 - 31 March 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1783)

382 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the South African Brigade 3 South African Infantry Regiment, Divisional Troops, 9th Division, covering October 1916 to March 1917 across 371 pages. It names 31 places across 39 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 47 reports, narratives and plans, 79 Operation Orders, six appendices, three maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: Patrol report O.C. "W" Coy; Patrolling; C.C. W. Coy. Bank Patrols; O.C. W. Coy Z Coy Bank, Patrols; O.C. "B" Coy "C" Coy. Bank, Patrolling.; Operation Order. O.C. a Coy D Coy. B Coy. Patrols.; 1st South African Infantry Brigade. Schedule to operation order 71; 1st South African Infantry Brigade operation order No. 73; Schedule Accompanying operation order No. 69; Move order; Move Order.. 3rd S.A. Infantry (Transvaal Regiment) order No. 17 in the Field 22/10/1916; 1st S.A.I. Brigade and attached Units March Table-Operation order 63 7th Oct 1916.The diary opens at Grand Rullecourt on 1 October 1916. 1916 is spent at Wanguetin, Sub Section J III, Arras, High Wood and Wanquetin. 1917 at J III Arras, Arras, Marquay and No I Section Right. It closes at Arras Centre Battn on 31 March 1917. Wanguetin is where it spent longest, 30 days, including a single unbroken stay of 30 and it came back to Arras four separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include High Wood, Starfish Trench, Mametz Wood and Trenches.In 1916 it is also recorded at Bonnieres, La Haussoye, Starfish Line, Acid Drop, Starfish Trench, Bazantin & Grand, Mametz Wood, Millencourt and Herrissart. In 1917 it is also recorded at Arras J III Sub. Sec, J III Sub Sec, J III Batt Hqrs-, Arras old J III Sub Section, Reserves Old J III Hqrs Arras, Etrun Y Huts Penin, Penin, Haute Avesnes, Y Hutments Etrun and In Trenches.

• 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: 9781474507790
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press