30 DIVISION 21 Infantry Brigade King's (Liverpool Regiment) 18th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 6 Battalion Cheshire Regiment, Royal Irish Regiment 7th Battalion, London Regiment 2/23 Battalion, Brigade Machine Gun Company and Brigade Trench Mortar Battery

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the King's (Liverpool Regiment) 18th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 6 Battalion Cheshire Regiment, Royal Irish Regiment 7th Battalion, London Regiment 2/23 Battalion, Brigade Machine Gun Company and Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, 21 Infantry Brigade, 30th Division, covering May 1915 to December 1919 across 664 pages. It names 285 places across 449 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries twelve reports, narratives and plans, seven Operation Orders and six maps. Among the papers are: 21st. Infy. Bde. report on operations 23rd April to 28th April 1917; Operation order 2/23rd Battalion, the London Regt; Operation order R/23rd Battn. the London Regt. Appendix No 4; Warning order Appendix No. 5; 2/23rd Battalion, the London Regiment. Move Orders. Appendix No. 1; Battalion order Dated 14/4/17; 18th King's narrative; Report on Counter attack 8.5.18 from 6.30 P.M.The diary opens at 6th Division in front of Armentieres on 19 May 1915. 1915 is spent at Line in Front of Armentieres, Larkhill Camp. Salisbury Pt England and 6th Division in front of Armentieres. 1916 at Picquigny, Bray, Bailleulmont, Givenchy and Carnoy. 1917 at Achicourt, Wytschaete, Tournehem and Chippewa Camp. Near La Clytte. 1918 at Belleghem, Loisy en Brie St Loup, Wardrecques, St Loup and Frencq. 1919 at Etaples, Le Gouffre, Calais, Ecault Camp, Boulogne and Malo les Bains. It closes at Racquinghem on 31 December 1919. Etaples is where it spent longest, 296 days across eight separate stays, it came back to Bray ten separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 126 days at Picquigny.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Berles Trench Section, Torreken Farm, Chateau Segard, Bronfay Farm & Billon Wood, Yzengremer Chateau, Pommers Redoubt, Agny & Trenches G2 and Locre Chateau.In 1915 it is also recorded at Boulogne France, Vauchelles Les Quesney, Mouflers, Vaux And Fremont, Bernaville, Beauval, Louvencourt, Hebuterne and Candas. In 1916 it is also recorded at Talmas, La Houssoye, Vaux-Sur-Somme, Bray Sur Somme, Bronfay Farm & Billon Wood, Grovetown Camp, Sailly Laurette, Buire Heilly Bonnay, Morlancourt Heilly Bonnay and Sailly Le Sec. In 1917 it is also recorded at Bailleulmont, Bouquemaison, Grouches, Mondicourt, Grenas, Le Souich, Pommera, Saulty, Beaumetz and Agny & Trenches. In 1918 it is also recorded at Gheluvelt R. Sub-Sector, Billets Sercus Area., Moreuil, Le Quesnel, Champien., Le Plessis, Bethancourt, Camp Frieres, Fort Liez and Camp Vieville. In 1919 it is also recorded at Heuringhem, Wardrecques, Arneke, Soex, Dunkirk, Le Touquet and Beaurainville.

• 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: 9781474515351
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press