21 DIVISION 62 Infantry Brigade Northumberland Fusiliers 13th Battalion

9 September 1915 - 31 July 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2155/2)

632 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 62 Infantry Brigade, 21st Division, covering September 1915 to July 1917 across 617 pages. It names 63 places across 88 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries twenty-four reports, narratives and plans, 191 Operation Orders, four appendices, one map and three diagrams. Among the papers are: 13th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers report on operations 11th. to 18th July 1916; Operation orders Lt Crofton 13/North Fus No 29; Operation orders by Lt Col Lord Crofton Cmmdg 13/North Fus; Preliminary orders; Orders for Mining Fatigues; Appendices 1 & 4 report on Movements and operations from 30th June to 4th July 1916; 13th Northd. Fusrs. report on Movements and operations from 30th. June 1916 to 4th July; 13th. Northd. Fusrs. operation Order. No. 69 Molliens-Vidame; 13/North Fus Preliminary order; Relief of Keeps; Dress Marching order; Additions and Amendments to 91st Infantry Brigade operation order No. 69.The diary opens at Witley Camp on 9 September 1915. 1915 is spent at Armentieres, Ganspette, Strazeele and Trenches 74 & 75 & Support. 1916 is the most travelled year, 47 places against 19 in the next busiest, and is spent at Armentieres, Arras, La Neuville, Meaulte and Buire. 1917 at Blaireville, Halloy, Bailleulval, Moyenville and Berles-Au-Bois. It closes at 'A' Camp Moyenneville on 23 July 1917. Armentieres is where it spent longest, 59 days across twelve separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 15 days at Meaulte.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches 74 & 75 & Support, Mametz Wood, Trenches as Above, Front Line Trenches Quarries Sector Loos, Support Trenches Quarries Sector Loos, Trenches F9/5 F3/1 F3/2 F3/3 F3/4 and Trenches N.W. of Longueval.In 1915 it is also recorded at Boulogne, Wittes, Ecquerdecques, Lozinghem, Noeux Les Mines, Loos & Hill 70, Nr Noyelles Les Vermelles, Witterness and Bailleul. In 1916 it is also recorded at In Billets Armentieres, Subsidiary Line Houplines, Houplines, Steentje, Poulainville, Trenches F9/5 F3/1 F3/2 F3/3 F3/4, La Neuville Ville, Ville Meaulte, Argoeuves & Amiens and Molliens Vidame. In 1917 it is also recorded at Bethune Quarries, Boiry Becquerelle, Grosville and Mercatel.

• 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: 9781474512183
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press