18 DIVISION 55 Infantry Brigade Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

20 July 1915 - 31 January 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2049/2)

368 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 55 Infantry Brigade, 18th Division, covering July 1915 to January 1918 across 358 pages. It names 67 places across 90 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one list of honours and awards, one casualty and personnel return, fourteen reports, narratives and plans, 41 Operation Orders, two appendices and four maps. Among the papers are: Honours and awards; A/740/82 casualties of 7th R.W. Kent Rgt; Appendix 54. 7th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment report on operations Near Poelc; Patrol Reports.; Report on Sniping in Trench Warfare.; 18th Div. No. G. report on Machine Gun Action in E.I. 6th-15th Octr.; 3rd Army. Adjutant General's Branch Extracts from Routine Orders, Etc; Narrative of operation February 14th 1917; 7th Royal West Kent Regiment order No. 60; Table of Working Parties issued with 7th Royal West Kent Regiment order No. 61; 7th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment. report on operation Near Poelcappelle.; Artillery Arrangements Before and during the attack Appendix "B".The diary opens at Codford on 20 July 1915. 1915 is spent at Meaulte, Dernancourt, Villers Bocage, N' Bray and Codford. 1916 at St Pierre, La Houssoye, Grovetown Camp and Dernancourt. 1917 is the most travelled year, 53 places against 9 in the next busiest, and is spent at Larry Camp, Parry Camp, Hedauville, Wittes and Near Zeggers Cappel. 1918 at "J" Camp and Baboon Camp. It closes at "J" Camp on 31 January 1918. St Pierre is where it spent longest, 62 days across three separate stays, it came back to Baboon Camp four separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 34 days at Meaulte.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau Segard and Gournier Farm.In 1915 it is also recorded at Havre, Longeau, Bray and Bonnay. In 1916 it is also recorded at Pont Noyelles, Corbie, Rail and Avenue. In 1917 it is also recorded at La Motte, Le Titre, Domleger, Le Meillard, Raincheval, St Pierre Divion, Boom Ravine, E. Miraumont Road, Warwick Huts and Hessian Tr.

• 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: 9781474510974
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press