11 DIVISION 32 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

1 October 1917 - 30 June 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1808)

786 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 32 Infantry Brigade, 11th Division, covering October 1917 to June 1919 across 773 pages. It names 45 places across 73 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 70 reports, narratives and plans, 131 Operation Orders, nineteen defence schemes, thirty-one appendices, eight maps and ten diagrams. Among the papers are: Casualties October 1917; Report on operations of 32nd. Infantry Brigade, for Period covered From:- Concentration; 32nd Infantry Brigade report on operations from Nov. 1st to Nov. 11th 1918; 11th Divisional Artillery Intelligence Summary for period from 12 noon, 21-6-18 to 12; 32nd Infantry Brigade instructions numbered 1 to 8 (3 of them); Amendments and Divisional to 32nd. Infantry Brigade instructions No. 7; Appendix a Relief Table; Administrative instructions issued in Conjunction with 32nd Infantry Brigade order No. 115; Embussing orders; Administrative orders issued in Connection with 32nd Infantry Brigade orders 116 and 117; The attack Will Be Supported By-; Appendix (To Accompany 32nd. Brigade order No.).The diary opens at Caen Post on 1 October 1917. 1917 is spent at In The Line Hill 70, Serques, Busnes, Vaudricourt and Houtkerque. 1918 is the most travelled year, 44 places against 13 in the next busiest, and is spent at St Elie Section, Divisional Reserve, Hulluch Section, Wallers and Hohenzollern Section. 1919 at Wallers and Denain. It closes at Denain on 30 June 1919. Wallers is where it spent longest, 91 days across six separate stays, it came back to Divisional Reserve ten separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Wallers Nord.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Gifford St To Burbure Alley.In 1917 it is also recorded at Varna Fm, Equedecques, Divisional Reserve and Completing Move From Line To Busnes. In 1918 it is also recorded at Beuvry, Cambrin Section, Hay Section, Moving Into The Line, Chelers Sub-Area For Training, Chelevs, Holding Line On 2 Bn Front Epinoy, In Line Eswars, Reserve Thun. St Martin and Haspres. In 1919 it is also recorded at Wallers Nord.

• 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: 9781474508001
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press