23 DIVISION 70 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

27 May 1915 - 31 December 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2185)

748 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 70 Infantry Brigade, 23rd Division, covering May 1915 to December 1916 across 732 pages. It names 54 places across 88 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two casualty and personnel returns, 56 reports, narratives and plans, 128 Operation Orders, eight appendices and fifteen maps. Among the papers are: System of Reporting casualties during an Action; Specimen Casualty Wire; Narrative of operations carried out by 70th. Infantry Brigade Between 26th. September; Report on operations; Seventy Bde Group order No 1; March Table. Relief of 70th Inf. Bde. by 69th Inf. Bde; 70th Inf. Bde. issued with operation order No. 17; 70th Inf. Bde. operation order No. 19; Appendix "A" to 70th Bde. operation order No. 27; 70th Bde. operation order No. 45; Appendix A. to accompany 70th Inf. Bde. operation order No. 58; Brief narrative of course of the action compiled from reports and various other reliable.The diary opens at Bordon on 27 May 1915. 1915 is spent at Bordon, Steenbecque, Fleurbaix, Armentieres and Sailly. 1916 is the most travelled year, 53 places against 23 in the next busiest, and is spent at Fleurbaix, Ypres, Albert, Hennencourt and Shelter Wood. It closes at Ypres on 31 December 1916. Bordon is where it spent longest, 93 days, including a single unbroken stay of 93 and it came back to Fleurbaix six separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Shelter Wood, Ploegsteert Wood, Villa Wood and Black Wood.In 1915 it is also recorded at Nielles Les Ardres, Nordausques, Campagne, Outtersteen, Bois Grenier Lines, Adv Bde H.Qs. B.G. Lines, Rue. Marle, Estaires, Pont Rondin and Blaringhem. In 1916 it is also recorded at Estaires, Sailly, Merville & Lestrem to Amiens, Vignacourt, St Gratien, Millen Court, Moulin De Vivier, Moulin Du. Vivier, Henencourt Wood Camp and Oissy-Sur-Somme.

• 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: 9781474512725
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press