24 DIVISION 73 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

18 January 1915 - 31 December 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2216)

542 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 73 Infantry Brigade, 24th Division, covering September 1915 to December 1916 across 528 pages. It names 42 places across 53 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 50 reports, narratives and plans, 81 Operation Orders, two defence schemes, fourteen appendices, five maps and eleven diagrams. Among the papers are: Appendices 1 to 7 (Note: Appendix 2 is Missing); Report on raid carried out by the 2nd. Battalion the Leinster Regiment on the Evening; Report on operations carried into 73rd Inf Bde; Intelligence Summary; Operation orders:- 73rd. Infantry Brigade; Operation Order.:-., 73rd, Infantry Brigade; Parade orders for 24th Division; Orders for Ceremonial Parade of 5th Corps to be held on Wednesday, October 27th, 1915; Relief Table; Relief Table. (O.O.26); Arrangements for Relief of Lewis Guns Ltd; Table of Reliefs.The diary opens at Woking on 1 September 1915. 1915 is spent at Eperlecques, Reninghelst, Torcy, Trenches St Eloi and Proven. 1916 is the most travelled year, 28 places against 20 in the next busiest, and is spent at Nr Vlamertinghe, Meteren, Trenches Opp Messines, Mansel Copse and Poperinghe. It closes at Loos Section on 8 December 1916. Eperlecques is where it spent longest, 45 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches Opp Messines, Mansel Copse, Trenches St Eloi, Trenches Opp, Chateau De La Haie, Trenches N.W. Of Delville Wood and Trenches West Of Guillemont.In 1915 it is also recorded at Boulogne, Laires, Busnes, Sailly La Bourse, E. Of Fosse 8, Nr Fosse 8, Mazinghem, Herzeele, St Eloi and Eecke. In 1916 it is also recorded at Camp near Vlamertinghe, Vlamatinghe, Billets Nr Vlamertinghe, Nr Meteren, Messines, St Jan Cappel, Trenches Opp, Locre, Molliens Vidame and Corbie.

• 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: 9781474513135
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press