20 DIVISION 61 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

22 July 1915 - 31 August 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2123)

774 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 61 Infantry Brigade, 20th Division, covering July 1915 to August 1916 across 759 pages. It names 25 places across 41 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three casualty and personnel returns, 81 reports, narratives and plans, 110 Operation Orders, two defence schemes, eight appendices, seven maps and three diagrams. Among the papers are: Casualties during month of October 1915; 61st Infantry Brigade. casualties during month of December 1915; Casualties; Left Group report on operations; Left Group report on operations 6.0 am to 6.0 pm 3.1.1916; 61st Inf Bde. Intelligence Summary for 6 am 7/1/16 to 6 am 8/1/16; Extracts from III Corps Intelligence; Extracts from 20th Division Intelligence Re Transport; Intelligence Summary 61st Infantry Brigade. from 19/5/16 to 10 a.m. 20/5/16; Daily Intelligence Summary-61st Infantry Brigade; Intelligence Summaries; Daily Intelligence Summary.The diary opens at Larkhill on 22 July 1915. 1915 is spent at Rouge De Bout, Fleurbaix, Armentieres, Estaires and Sailly. 1916 is the most travelled year, 20 places against 12 in the next busiest, and is spent at Poperinghe, Ypres, Mailly Maillet, Wormhoudt and Ytres. It closes at Mailly Maillet on 19 August 1916. Rouge De Bout is where it spent longest, 74 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31 and it came back to Poperinghe four separate times.In 1915 it is also recorded at Boulogne, Hallines, Steenaae and Steenje. In 1916 it is also recorded at Vieux Berquin, Steenbecque, Arneke, Yser Canal, N East of Brielen, Houtkerque, Poperinghe & Ypres and Houtkerke.

• 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: 9781474511803
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press