24 DIVISION 17 Infantry Brigade Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

21 August 1915 - 31 January 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2207/1)

302 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 8th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 17 Infantry Brigade, 24th Division, covering August 1915 to January 1918 across 291 pages. It names 101 places across 159 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries sixteen reports, narratives and plans and two Operation Orders. Among the papers are: Report on raid carried out by a Party of 8th Buffs on 2nd Australian Brigade Front; Report on raid carried out by 8th Batn the Buffs; Relief orders. 8th Battalion the Buffs; Instructions for Covering Party furnished by 8th Battalion the Buffs on Y/Z. night; Operation Order. 8th Battalion the Buffs.The diary opens at Blackdown on 21 August 1915. 1915 is spent at La Panne, Maninghem, Reninghelst, Blackdown and H.Q. Dugouts. 1916 at Yaucourt, 14 Bis Section, Mazingarbe, Quality Street and Camp C. 1917 at Dickebusch, Noeux Les Mines, Vadencourt, Micmac and Bernes. 1918 at Hancourt, Vraignes and Montigny. It closes at Hancourt on 31 January 1918. La Panne is where it spent longest, 38 days, including a single unbroken stay of 31 and it came back to Mazingarbe seven separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include H.Q. Dugouts, Reserve Dugouts, Bn H.Q. Belgian Chateau, Grande Munque Farm, Bn. H.Q. Dugouts, Bn. H.Q. Grand Munque Farm, Bn. H.Q. Dugouts At Belgium Chateau and Belcroix Farm.In 1915 it is also recorded at Boulogne, Guarbecque, Bethune, Noeux Les Mines, Molinghem, Houtkerque, Reserve Dugouts, Reninghelst Camp D, Camp A Near Ouderdon and Reninghelst Camp A. In 1916 it is also recorded at Poperinghe, Montigny, Ramparts Ypres, Bn H.Q. in Ramparts Ypres, Camp B, Bn H.Q. Belgian Chateau, Bn. H.Q. Dugouts, Bn. H.Q. Camp C, Fletre and Bn H.Q. Ash Hse. In 1917 it is also recorded at 14 Bis Right Sub Section, Loos, Mazingarbe Div Reserve, Village Line, Cite de Forse 10, Right Sub, Bully Grenay, Rt Sub, Fosse 10 and Angres II Right Sub.

• 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: 9781474513005
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press