18 DIVISION 55 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

18 July 1915 - 31 December 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2046)

712 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 55 Infantry Brigade, 18th Division, covering July 1915 to December 1916 across 697 pages. It names 53 places across 73 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 86 reports, narratives and plans, 61 Operation Orders, sixteen appendices, eighteen maps and nine diagrams. Among the papers are: "Casualties"; Report on operations from 24th Sept. to 5th October 1916; Report on operations for Week Ending 6 P.M. October 6th, 1916; Intelligence Report-55th Brigade; Intelligence report 55th. Inf. Bde; 55th Infantry Brigade-Intelligence Summary; Intelligence Summary-55th Infantry Brigade; 4/Buffs Intelligence; Extracts from 10th Corps Weekly Intelligence Summary for the week ending 19/12/15; Table G. Showing arrangements for relief to be carried at Sept. 26/27-1915; Table. H. Showing 55th Infantry Brigade Relief arrangements for nights 6/7" and 7/8"; Table C. Showing arrangements for relief of Units of 55th Infantry Brigade on 16/17".The diary opens at Codford on 18 July 1915. 1915 is spent at Moulin-Viviere, Min du Vivier, Meault and Codford. 1916 is the most travelled year, 43 places against 23 in the next busiest, and is spent at Suzanne, Picquigny, Moulin-Vivier, Mouquet Farm and Bray. It closes at Letitre on 31 December 1916. Moulin-Vivier is where it spent longest, 62 days across three separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Moulin-Viviere.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Mouquet Farm, La Rolanderie Farm, Chateau de Treux, Chateau Treux and Billon Wood.In 1915 it is also recorded at Boulogne, Bertangles, Bonnay, Bray-sur-Somme, Litts, Bray-s-Somme, Chateau de Treux, Chateau Treux, Ch. Treux and Moulin du Vivier. In 1916 it is also recorded at Moulin-de-Vivier, Moulin-Du Viviere, St Gratien, Etinheim, Corbie, Billon Wood, Billon Valley, Grovetown, Huppy and Wardrecques.

• 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: 9781474510936
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press