21 DIVISION Divisional Troops Northumberland Fusiliers 14th Battalion Pioneers

3 September 1915 - 24 May 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2146)

862 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Northumberland Fusiliers 14th Battalion Pioneers, Divisional Troops, 21st Division, covering September 1915 to May 1919 across 844 pages. It names 52 places across 73 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 112 reports, narratives and plans, 119 Operation Orders, three defence schemes, seven appendices, six maps and four diagrams. Among the papers are: Report on operations from 4th Sept. to 16th Sept. 1918; Report on operations from 17th to 21st September 1918; Operation order; Table "B" Trench Reliefs; Orders for Mining Fatigues; The Following instructions Are issued with a View to Assisting Battalion Transport; Operation orders; Warning order; Movements in Connection with Relief of 58th Division by 21st Division; Table of Moves and Reliefs to Accompany O.O. No. 125; Administrative Instruction No.1 in Connection with Relief of 21st Division; Administrative instructions No. 2 in Connection with the Relief of the 21st Division.The diary opens at Wittey Camp on 3 September 1915. 1915 is spent at Armentieres, Hondeghem, Wittey Camp, Philosophe and Havre. 1916 is the most travelled year, 24 places against 17 in the next busiest, and is spent at Noyelles Les Vermelles, Ville, Armentiers, Arras and Armentieres. 1917 at Boyelles, Lapugnoy Rest Billets, Fosse 10 Pt. Sains and Boiry-St-Martin. 1919 at Montieres, Long, Breilly, Havre and France. It closes at Havre on 24 May 1919. Boyelles is where it spent longest, 115 days, including a single unbroken stay of 62 and it came back to Armentieres four separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Queens Redoubt, Bivouacs Bernafay Wood and Pommiers Redoubt.In 1915 it is also recorded at Southampton, Ste Omer, Tilques, Arques, Lambres, Hurionville, In Bivouac, Sailly Labourse, Annezin and Chocques. In 1916 it is also recorded at Bailleul, Rouge Croix, La Neuville, Meaulte, Queens Redoubt, Montagne, Longeau, Magnicourt, Denier and Villers Sire Simon. In 1917 it is also recorded at Lapugnoy, Fosse 10, Tinques, Lucheux, Gaudiempre, Beaurains, Moyenneville and Bailleulmont. In 1919 it is also recorded at Montieres France.

• 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: 9781474512046
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press