30 DIVISION 90 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

1 October 1917 - 31 August 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2338)

652 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 90 Infantry Brigade, 30th Division, covering October 1917 to August 1919 across 636 pages. It names 63 places across 88 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries six casualty and personnel returns, twenty-two reports, narratives and plans, 157 Operation Orders, eight defence schemes, two appendices, nineteen maps and eight diagrams. Among the papers are: Casualties for Oct 1917; Casualties for November 1917; Casualties December 1917; 90th. Infantry Brigade narrative of Operations.; 90th Infantry Brigade report on operations for Capture of Dranoutre Ridge 21st August; Appendix 1. to 90th Infantry Brigade instructions for defence; Appendix III. Map Showing enemy order of Battle; Addendum No. 1 to 90th Infantry Brigade Provisional instructions for defence; 2/14th London Regt. Warning. order; 90th Inf. Bde. Warning Order.; 30th Divisional Artillery instructions No. 75; Relief Referred to in G. 469 Will Now Be.The diary opens at Kemmel Hill on 1 October 1917. 1917 is spent at Laclytte Camp, Kemmel Hill, Regents Dugouts, Steenvorde and Strazeele. 1918 is the most travelled year, 54 places against 8 in the next busiest, and is spent at Baromesnil, Steenbecque, St. Sylvestre Cappel, Vaux and Mont Rouge. 1919 at Etaples, St. Riquier, Steenbecque, Abbeville and Delette. It closes at St. Riquier on 31 August 1919. Etaples is where it spent longest, 140 days across five separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Regents Dugouts.In 1918 it is also recorded at Corbie, Rosieres, Nesle, Sinceny, Guiscard, Libermont, Vert Galant, Villers St Christophe, Auroir Esmery Hallon and Ramecourt. In 1919 it is also recorded at Verchocq and Mont Cavrel.

• 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: 9781474515443
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press