30 DIVISION Divisional Troops South Wales Borderers 6th Battalion

1 June 1918 - 30 June 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2323/4)

82 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, Divisional Troops, 30th Division, covering June 1918 to June 1919 across 77 pages. It names 32 places across 39 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three reports, narratives and plans. Among the papers are: Report on operations carried out by the 6th (S). Battalion, South Wales Borderers.The diary opens at Loisy En Brie on 8 June 1918. 1918 is spent at Ebblinghem, Westoutre, Kemmel, Vindey and Boeschepe. 1919 at Dunkirk, Ecault and Henriville Camp. It closes at Henriville Camp on 30 June 1919. Dunkirk is where it spent longest, 84 days, it came back to Ecault three separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 61 days at Ecault.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Farm 2000x N.E. of Saint-Genois.In 1918 it is also recorded at St Loup, Pleurs, Gourgancon, Mailly-Le-Camp, Pont Remy, Sorel, Clairmarais, Bavinchove, Oxelaere and None Bosch.

• 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: 9781474515252
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press