12 DIVISION 35 Infantry Brigade Suffolk Regiment 7th Battalion

8 May 1915 - 31 May 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1852)

772 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, 35 Infantry Brigade, 12th Division, covering May 1915 to May 1919 across 755 pages. It names 84 places across 162 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 70 reports, narratives and plans, 84 Operation Orders, one defence scheme, ten appendices, six maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: Appendix II (Note: Appendices I, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X & XI appear to be; Report on raid carried out by 7th Suffolk Regiment. Appx II; 7th Battalion the Suffolk Regiment App II report on operations in the Vicinity of Albert; Bn order 42 Will be Ammended as Under; Battn orders by Lt-Col C. Parry-Crooke; Report on operation; Orders Crooke Sk 934; Orders Crooke Sk 52; Orders by Lt Col C. Parry Crooks; Orders by Lt Col C. Parry Crooke; Orders C Parry Crooke; Order of Relief.The diary opens at G.H.Q. Reserve on 8 May 1915. 1915 is spent at Ploegsteert, Bethune, G.H.Q. Reserve, Nieppe and Trenches H Q Reserve Fm. 1916 at Reserve, Support and Brigade Reserve. 1917 at Beaurains, Fontaine Le Etalon, Training, Support and Reserve. 1918 at Woincourt, Haudricourt, Velingham, St Michel and Bois Grenier. 1919 at Havre. It closes at Havre on 31 May 1919. Reserve is where it spent longest, 140 days across twenty-nine separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 80 days at Woincourt.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches H Q Reserve Fm, Support Trenches, Loos Trenches and Front Line Trenches.In 1915 it is also recorded at Aedershot, Fockestone, Boulogne, Lumbres Acquin, Acquin, Campagne, Gradelle, Pont De Nieppe, Ploegsteerts and Merris. In 1916 it is also recorded at Rest Battn, Houchin, Brigade, Bois Des Boeufs, Arras, Hermaville, Lignereuil, Sibiville and Fontaine. In 1917 it is also recorded at Working Battn Attached 26th Infy Bde, Training Area Beaufort, Arras, Bois Des Boeufs, Fontes, La Pierriere and Calonne. In 1918 it is also recorded at Chapelle Duvelle, Morville, Sailly Sur La Lys Rue Bavlecolle, Fleurbaix Right Sub, Sailly District, Line Left Bois Grenier Sec, Line Left Bois of Sailly, Sailly and Bac St Maur, Fleurbaix Res and Fleurbaix & Estaires.

• 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: 9781474508384
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press