31 DIVISION Divisional Troops King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 12th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps 31 Battalion, 243 Machine Gun Company

1 March 1916 - 17 February 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2353)

760 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 12th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps 31 Battalion, 243 Machine Gun Company, Divisional Troops, 31st Division, covering March 1916 to May 1919 across 745 pages. It names 106 places across 159 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one list of honours and awards, twelve casualty and personnel returns, 35 reports, narratives and plans, 121 Operation Orders, six defence schemes, four appendices, seventeen maps and six diagrams. Among the papers are: Nominal roll of officers Other Ranks for Presentation of Medal Ribands by the Divisional; 31st. Battalion M.G. Corps. nominal roll of Officers.; 31st Battalion, M.G. Corps. narrative of Operations, Commoncing 29th Sept. 1918, &; Hd. Qrs. 31st Division. Monthly report on Machine Gun Lessons. Appendix No. 1; Hd. Qrs. 31st Division. M.G. Tactical and Technical Lessons Learnt during the month; "C" Company, 31st Battalion, M.G. Corps. Section officers report on operations from 15th; 12th Bn K.O.Y.L.I Battalion Instructions. No. 1; 12th Bn K.O.Y.L.I. Battalion instructions; Preliminary orders for attack, 12th Bn K.O. Yorkshire L.I. (31st Pioneers); Detailed orders for attack by Lieut; Further Detailed order for attack, 12th Bn. K.O. Yorkshire L.I. (31st Pioneers); Orders for attack, 12th Battn K.O. Yorkshire L.I.The diary opens at Kantara Egypt on 1 March 1916. 1916 is spent at Bus-Les-Artois, Leslobes, Sailly Au Bois, Lelobes and Hallencourt. 1917 at Willerval South, Ecurie, Cambligneul, Aveluy Wood and Staubin. 1918 is the most travelled year, 71 places against 40 in the next busiest, and is spent at Lamotte Front Near Hazebrouck, Ecurie, Lumbres, Cinq Rues and Boisdinghem. 1919 at St Omer, Wizernes, Arques, La Comte and Lumbres. It closes at Wizernes on 24 May 1919. Bus-Les-Artois is where it spent longest, 91 days, including a single unbroken stay of 61 and it came back to Ecurie seven separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Aveluy Wood, Caestre Mill and Vimy Trenches.In 1916 it is also recorded at Marseilles, The Train, Pont Remy, Longpre, Vignacourt, Beauval, Mollingham, Epinette, Lacouture and Terresmesnil. In 1917 it is also recorded at Beauval, Bernaville, Thieves, Bonnieres, Hericourt, Tangry, Febvin, Palfart, St Floris and Le Hamel. In 1918 it is also recorded at Hudson Post L Bede, Roberts Camp Ecurie, Hudson Post Left Bge Sect, Hudson Post L. Bge Sec, Cambligneul, Bellacourt, Pommier, Camblignieul, La Comte and Vieux Berquin. In 1919 it is also recorded at Roclincourt, The Move, Humbercamp, Pommier, Grouchy and Liencourt.

• 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: 9781474515665
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press