30 DIVISION 21 Infantry Brigade Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 2nd Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) 2nd Battalion and 6th Battalion and Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion

7 November 1915 - 28 February 1918 (Fir

694 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 2nd Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) 2nd Battalion and 6th Battalion and Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion: 7 November 1915 - 28 February 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2329), 21 Infantry Brigade, 30th Division, covering November 1915 to June 1918 across 670 pages. It names 332 places across 567 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries five casualty and personnel returns, 65 reports, narratives and plans, 35 Operation Orders, six appendices and seven maps. Among the papers are: List of officers; Narrative of operations carried out by the 19th Battalion Manchester Regiment; Report on operations against Henin-Sur-Cojeul by 19th Manchesters (a) on March 30th/31st; Report on operations between Zero Hour 31st July and 3 a.m. 3rd August 1917; Instructions Regarding Liaison Between Infantry & Aircraft; Training 21st Infantry Brigade Orders. Provisional; Operation orders by Lt-Col Sir H.B. Hill, Bart, Commdg; Supplementary orders by Lt-Col Sir H.B. Bill, Bart, Commdg; Additional operation order; System to be adopted for communication during the attack; Organization of Signallers during the attack; 19th Battn. Manchester Regiment. Addition to order No. 1.The diary opens at Larkhill Salisbury Plain on 7 November 1915. 1915 is spent at Coisy, Canaples, Beumetz, Berles Au Bois and La Herliere. 1916 at Carnoy, Bray, Bailleulmont, Naours and Corbie. 1917 at Achicourt, Le Souich, Nordausques, Beaumetz and Steenvoorde. 1918 at Flavy Le Meldeux, Maigneville, Le Plessis, Villers St. Christophe and Savy Dugouts. It closes at Boulogne on 30 June 1918. Carnoy is where it spent longest, 111 days across nineteen separate stays, it came back to Bray twenty separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 30 days at Picquigny.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Pommiers Redoubt, Savy Dugouts, Reserve Trenches Near Wytschaete, Bronfay Farm & Billon Wood, Observatory Ridge Trenches, Trenches Messines, Billon Wood Bronfay and Bronfay Farm.In 1915 it is also recorded at Havre, Flesselles, Halloy, Boisbergues and Autheux. In 1916 it is also recorded at Fienvillers, Boisberques, Pont-Noyelles, Talmas, La Houssoye, Sailly Laurette, Wargnies, Bronfay Farm, Vaux-Sur Somme and Bray-Sur-Somme. In 1917 it is also recorded at Bailleulmont, Bailleulval, Berles, La Cauchie, Bouquemaison, Pommera, Grenas, Mondicourt, Humbercourt and Simencourt. In 1918 it is also recorded at Reninghelst, Camp in Scottish Wood ), Hedge St. Tunnel, Canada St Tunnel, Wallon Cappel, La Belle Hotesse, Alberta Camp Reninghelst, Cercus, Longueau and Moreuil.

• 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: 9781474515344
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press