30 DIVISION 90 Infantry Brigade Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion

7 November 1915 - 30 July 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2339/2)

566 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, 90 Infantry Brigade, 30th Division, covering November 1915 to July 1918 across 547 pages. It names 100 places across 165 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, thirty reports, narratives and plans, 150 Operation Orders, three appendices, four maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: No 65 Officer's casualties; Report on operations No. 17th Mchr Regt on 1st & 2nd July 1916; Appendices and Addenda Intelligence; March Table issued with 90th Infantry Brigade order No. 3; 1/6 R. War. R. Relief 11.12.16; Orders for Move of 17th Bn the Manchester Regt; 90th Infantry Brigade operation order No. 4. Co; Relief and Moves Table from 6th Jan to 12th Jan (Issued with O.O. No. 431); To 90th Brigade Headquarters Headquarter Please Ford operation order; Relief order Temporarily 17th Manchester Regiment Friday. 17th March 1916; Appendix a to operation order No. 1; Appendix 'A' March Table for 12th April issued with 90th Infantry Brigade operation order.The diary opens at Larkhill on 7 November 1915. 1915 is spent at Montrelet, Bertangles, Domqueur, Fonquevillers and Larkhill. 1916 at Suzanne, Maricourt, Grovetown Camp, Royal Dragons and Y3 Sub-Sector. 1917 at Bellacourt, Sus St Leger, St. Lawrence Camp, Cherienne and Vroilandhoek Camp. 1918 at Guerville, Vaucourt-Bussus, Haudricourt, Molliens Au Bois and Cocquerel. It closes at Haudricourt on 30 July 1918. Guerville is where it spent longest, 121 days across six separate stays, it came back to Suzanne thirteen separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 28 days at Sus St Leger.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Torreken Farm, Chateau Segard, Swan Chateau Hazebrouck SA, Vaux & Savy Dugouts, Line Spoil Bank Lock 8, Battle Dugouts, Swan Chateau and Line Spoil Bank.In 1915 it is also recorded at Boulogne, Vignacourt, Couin, La Haie and Bayencourt. In 1916 it is also recorded at Naours, Pont Noyelles, Sailly Laurette, Battle Dugouts, Eclusier, A3 Sub, Sub Sector A.3 and Z. 2 Sub. In 1917 it is also recorded at Blairville, Mercatel, Bailleulval, St Amand, Hericourt, Blangerval, Guarbecque, Le Brearde, Nedonchelle and Zudausques. In 1918 it is also recorded at Swan Chateau Hazebrouck SA, Ebblinghem Hazebrouck SA. 1/100,000, Harbonnieres, Gruny Cremery, Moyencourt, Chauny Guiscard, Freniches, Chaulnes, Dury and Etreillers.

• 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: 9781474515467
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press