24 DIVISION 17 Infantry Brigade Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 12th Battalion

21 August 1915 - 13 February 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2208/1)

308 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 12th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 17 Infantry Brigade, 24th Division, covering August 1915 to February 1918 across 297 pages. It names 140 places across 193 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three casualty and personnel returns, twelve reports, narratives and plans, five Operation Orders and two appendices. Among the papers are: Casualties. Sept. 25th-28th 1915; Corrections in casualties from Sept. 29th/1915 to Nov. 28th-1915; Casualties; Operation orders Lt-, 12th. Battalion Royal Fusiliers; Report on attack on July 31st, 1917; 12th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. operation order No. 1 Lt; Operation Orders.. 12th. Battalion Royal Fusiliers; Relief Orders. Lt.. 12th. Battalion Royal Fusiliers; To Adjt 12th R.F. report on German raid; Report on enemy raid on Sommerville Wood; Special Divisional Routine order 24th. Division.The diary opens at Perbright Camp on 21 August 1915. 1915 is spent at Est Mont, Embry, Perbright, St Hubertushoek and Reninghelst. 1916 at Bulford Camp, Trenches 14 Bis, Trenches 132 to 135 Hill 63, Village Line and Trenches 132-135 Hill 63. 1917 at Trenches 14 Bis, Bernes, Henneveux, Huts Noeux Les Mines and Marque Affeda Farm. 1918 at Vraignes, Centre Sub, Bernes and BM. reserve. It closes at Vraignes on 13 February 1918. Trenches 14 Bis is where it spent longest, 56 days across nine separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 33 days at Bulford Camp.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches 14 Bis, Trenches 132 to 135 Hill 63, Trenches 132-135 Hill 63, Marque Affeda Farm, Trenches B1 to B 4, H Trenches, Grand Mauque Farm and Trenches E2-F5.In 1915 it is also recorded at Beaumetz, Boulogne, Maresquel, Busnes, Beuvry, In Action N.E. Of Vermelles, Fontes, Herzeele, Proven and Near Voormezeele. In 1916 it is also recorded at Esmont, Poperinghe, Guderdons, H Trenches, Zillebeke Dugouts, Camp. D, Sanctuary Wood, Warrington Avenue, Trenches B1 to B 4 and Camp C. In 1917 it is also recorded at Northern Huts Mazingarbe, Village Lines, Billets Mazingarbe, Noeux Les Mines, Bully Grenay, Trenches Angres Section, Fosse 10, Trenches Ancres, Marqueffles Farm and Marles Les Mines.

• 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: 9781474513029
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press