12 DIVISION 37 Infantry Brigade Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 6th Battalion, Brigade Machine Gun Company and Brigade Trench Mortar Battery

6 May 1915 - 31 August 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1863)

854 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 6th Battalion, Brigade Machine Gun Company and Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, 37 Infantry Brigade, 12th Division, covering May 1915 to September 1919 across 834 pages. It names 200 places across 334 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries four casualty and personnel returns, 50 reports, narratives and plans, 38 Operation Orders, seven appendices and twenty-six maps. Among the papers are: Return Shewing Strength of Battalion on 31st August & casualties during month; Return Shewing Strength on September 30th to casualties in during month and Totals Up; Appendix IX (Note Appendix X Mentioned in the Diary Is Missing); Detailed instructions for the Occupation of the Le Touquet Salient.; Operation order No I Copy No. 6th Bn. the Queens Regt; Instructions for Creating Smoke; Instructions Regarding the Supply of Bombs; 6th. Batt. the "Queen's" Regt. orders for operations; Regiment orders. 6th. Batt. the "Queen's" Regiment; Battalion order; Special orders 6th Batt. the "Queen" Regt; Special order Comdg 6th Batt. the Queens Regt.The diary opens at Lynde on 6 May 1915. 1915 is spent at Lebizet, Meteren, Armentieres, Sailly La Bourse and Lieres. 1916 at Trenches Near Wailly, Ovillers, Allouagne, Grand Rullecourt and Riviere. 1917 at Arras, Steenbecque, Cambrai Road Sub, Montenescourt and Cambrai Rd Sub. 1918 at Fleurbaix, Auberchicourt, In The Trenches Bois Grenier, Rumegies and In The Trenches Mailly-Maillet. 1919 at Calais, Auberchicourt and Rouen. It closes at Calais on 30 September 1919. Arras is where it spent longest, 118 days across nineteen separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 56 days at Auberchicourt.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches Near Wailly, The Trenches Bois Grenier, Trenches Near Arras I, The Trenches Mailly-Maillet, Trenches N Of Monchy-Les-Preux, Wailly Trenches E Q, The Trenches Arras and The Trenches Fleurbaix.In 1915 it is also recorded at Aldershot, Ostrohove, Duve Wirquin, Aloegsteerte, Drouvin, Corons Derutoire, Verquin, Vermelles and Same At C 14 And C. In 1916 it is also recorded at Windy Corner, Le Quesnoy, Hingette, Le Touret, Busnettes, Rely, Bourecq, Bethune, Sailly La Bourse and In Billets Jermelles To Novelles. In 1917 it is also recorded at Grand Rullecourt, Liencourt, Trenches Near Arras, In The Trenches Arras, Mountenescourt, Lattre St Quentin, Licnereuil, Givenchy Le Noble, Lignereuil and Arras I 2. In 1918 it is also recorded at Steenbecque, Neuf Berquin, Les Trois Fermes, Sailly-Sur-La Lys, Battaille, Rue Battaille, In The Trenches Fleurbaix, Bac-St-Maur, Brigade Reserve Fleurbaix and Doulieu.

• 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: 9781474508476
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press