38 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff

1 July 1917 - 20 February 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2540/2)

442 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff, 38th Division, covering July 1917 to December 1918 across 430 pages. It names 36 places across 63 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 51 reports, narratives and plans, 63 Operation Orders, five appendices, fifteen maps and two diagrams. Among the papers are: File No. G.12. Minor operation Proposed raid by 11 N. Lanc. R. 120th Bde. 40th Div; Report on raid carried out by 24 R.W.F. on night of 11-12 July 1918; Adjt. Dosa. report on raid "B" Co; Report on raid from C Company Right Assaulting Company; To Adj Dosa report on raid; Adjt. Dosa report on raid "A" Coy; Raid by 2nd. R.W.F; Narrative of the attack of the Pilckem Ridge by the 38th (Welsh) Division; V Corps report on operations for Week Ending 16/5/1918; 38th Division No. GSS. 2/33 V Corps report on operations for Week Ending 13/6/1918; Weekly report on operations Week Ending 10th July 1918; Notes & Lessons.The diary opens at Norrent Fontes on 1 July 1917. 1917 is spent at Croix Du Bac, Elverdinghe Chateau, Proven, Norrent Fontes and Advanced HQ Elverdinghe Chateau. 1918 is the most travelled year, 28 places against 17 in the next busiest, and is spent at Lealvillers, Steenwerck, Aulnoye, Merville and Toutencourt. It closes at Glissy on 31 December 1918. Croix Du Bac is where it spent longest, 119 days across five separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31 and it came back to Elverdinghe Chateau six separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Elverdinghe Chateau, Advanced HQ Elverdinghe Chateau, West Of High Wood, Usna Redoubt and Adv. H.Q. Elverdinghe Chateau.In 1917 it is also recorded at Rear H.Q. Dragon Camp, Adv. H.Q. Elverdinghe Chateau, Elverdinghe, Dragon Camp and La Gorgue. In 1918 it is also recorded at Contay, Herissart, Hedauville, Usna Redoubt, Contalmaison, West Of High Wood, Les Boeufs, Etricourt, Lechelle and Epehy.

• 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: 9781474518376
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press