23 DIVISION Divisional Troops 102 Field Company Royal Engineers

25 August 1915 - 31 October 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2177/2)

108 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 102 Field Company Royal Engineers, Divisional Troops, 23rd Division, covering August 1915 to October 1917 across 101 pages. It names 67 places across 87 dated entries.The diary opens at Bordon Hants on 25 August 1915. 1915 is spent at Erquinghem and Bordon Hants. 1916 is the most travelled year, 62 places against 16 in the next busiest, and is spent at R.E. Camp On Road, R.E. Camp on Ouderdom Vlamertinghe Road, Erquinghem, Ouderdom-Vlamertinghe and Ypres. 1917 at Dickebusch, Vlamertinghe, Larch Wood Tunnels, La Clytte and Berthen. It closes at Boeshepe on 31 October 1917. Erquinghem is where it spent longest, 132 days across five separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 41.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Shelter Wood, Doudou Farm, Larch Wood Tunnels, Becourt Wood, Ridge Wood, Belgian Chateau and Dickebusch & Spoil Bank.In 1915 it is also recorded at Erquinghem-LYS. In 1916 it is also recorded at Vieux Berquin, Steenbecque, Lederzeele, Bayenghem, Tournehem, Camblain Chatelain, Ablain-St-Nazaire, Ruitz, Fosse X and Broxeele. In 1917 it is also recorded at Ypres, Hill 60, Dickebusch & Spoil Bank, Zutove, Lumbres and Ridge Wood.

• 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: 9781474512534
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press