23 DIVISION 68 Infantry Brigade Northumberland Fusiliers 10th Battalion

25 August 1915 - 31 October 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2182/3)

240 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 68 Infantry Brigade, 23rd Division, covering August 1915 to October 1917 across 229 pages. It names 149 places across 210 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries ten reports, narratives and plans, 46 Operation Orders, one appendix and two diagrams. Among the papers are: 68th Brigade. 23rd Division. 1/10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers August 1916 report; To. 68th Inf. Brigade Hqrs. report on Patrol.; Account of raid carried out on night of 30/31 August '16; Account of attack on 25th September 1916; 10th Battalion Northlds. Fusiliers Warning Order. App. E; Report on operation from 6th to the 9th June. 1917. App "B"; Battalion operation Order. No. App. a; Operation Order. App B; Operation Order. App. H.The diary opens at Bramshott on 25 August 1915. 1915 is spent at Jesus Farm, 'C' Position, Ganspette, 'A' Trenches and D Position. 1916 is the most travelled year, 102 places against 62 in the next busiest, and is spent at Divion, "A" Position Calonne Sector, Albert, Jesus Farm and Scotts Redoubt. 1917 at Millain, Dickebusch, Serques, Micmac Camp and Right Battn Hill 60. It closes at Longuenesse on 31 October 1917. Jesus Farm is where it spent longest, 35 days across six separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 20 days at Divion.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Jesus Farm, Scotts Redoubt, 'A' Trenches, Railway Dugouts, A Position Right Sector Trenches, "D" Position Novlette Wood, 1st Line Trenches and Frost Trenches.In 1915 it is also recorded at Folkestone, Boulogne, Pont De Brigade Station Boulogne, Watten, Hazebrouck, S Of Bailleul, Lesantie, Bivonack, Estaires and 1st Line Trenches. In 1916 it is also recorded at 'C' Position, Rue Marle, A Position Left Sector, Rue Dormoire, Rolanderie Farm, B Position Right, Rue Delettre, Bac St Maur, Morbecque and Marnes Les Mines. In 1917 it is also recorded at "A" Position Left Sector HQ. Tuilleries, "C" Position Inf Barracks, "D" Position Inf. Barracks, Lawrence Camp, St Lawrence Camp, "B" Battn Right, "C" Position Bund, "B" Position Rl. Sector, "D" Position Bund and 'B' Pos. Left.

• 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: 9781474512626
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press