38 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services Commander Royal Artillery

18 December 1915 - 30 April 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2542)

588 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 Commander Royal Artillery, 38th Division, covering December 1915 to April 1919 across 574 pages. It names 60 places across 87 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three casualty and personnel returns, 95 reports, narratives and plans, 81 Operation Orders, six appendices, one map and one diagram. Among the papers are: Casualties to Equipment; Casualty report; Intelligence Report. Right Group Artillery 38.th D.A; Intelligence Summary. Right Group Artillery 38th. Div: Arty:; Intelligence Summary Right Group. 38th. Div. Artillery; Right Group 38th. Div. Arty. Intelligence Summary; "R" Group 39th. D.A. Intelligence Summary; "R" Group 38th. Div. Arty. Intelligence Summary; Right Group 38th. D.A. Intelligence Summary; Addendum to Intelligence Summary Right Group 38th D.A; Relief of 19th Divisional Artillery; 38th Divisional Artillery Draft operation orders.The diary opens at Winchester on 18 December 1915. 1915 is spent at St. Venant, Winchester and England. 1916 at St. Sixte, La Gorgue, Locon, Esquelbecq and Couin. 1917 at St. Sixte, Croix Du Bac, Vox Vrie and Esquelbecq. 1918 is the most travelled year, 43 places against 16 in the next busiest, and is spent at Kiwi Wood Nr Lealvillers, Aulnoye, Steenwerck, Merville and Kiwi Wood S. of Lealvillers. 1919 at Behencourt and Glisy. It closes at Glisy on 30 April 1919. St. Sixte is where it spent longest, 252 days across ten separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 89 days at Behencourt.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Kiwi Wood S. of Lealvillers, Fosse Chateau and Couthove Chateau.In 1916 it is also recorded at Lestrem, Fosse Chau Lestrem, Fosse Chateau, St. Venant, Grand Camp, Mon Plaisir, Pierregot, Toutencourt, Treux and Doullens. In 1918 it is also recorded at Outersteene, Le Grand Hazard. Croix Rouge, Mont Noir, Boeschepe, Ten Elms Camp, Watou, Couthove Chateau, Lederzeele, Wallon Cappel and Monplaisir. Near Doullens.

• 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: 9781474518390
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press