20 DIVISION 59 Infantry Brigade Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion

1 February 1918 - 8 April 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2117/2)

82 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 59 Infantry Brigade, 20th Division, covering March 1918 to April 1919 across 76 pages. It names 31 places across 37 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one report or narrative, one Operation Order and one diagram. Among the papers are: 2nd Bn. Scottish Rifles order No. 12.The diary opens at Chaulnes on 1 March 1918. 1918 is spent at Toutencourt, Berles, Lorette Camp, Chaulnes and Lens. 1919 at Terramesnil, Toutencourt, Raincheval and Havre. It closes at Havre on 8 April 1919. Toutencourt is where it spent longest, 74 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 54.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches Avion Section Left Bn.In 1918 it is also recorded at Beauvois, Voyennes, Nesle, Quenelles, Folie, Domart, Quevauvillers, Aumont, Rambures and Dargnies.

• 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: 9781474511773
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press