38 DIVISION 113 Infantry Brigade Royal Welsh Fusiliers 13th Battalion

1 December 1915 - 30 April 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2555/1)

238 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 13th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 113 Infantry Brigade, 38th Division, covering December 1915 to April 1919 across 230 pages. It names 76 places across 105 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three reports, narratives and plans. Among the papers are: Report on raid carried out by a Party of the 13th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Report on raid carried out by 13th R.W.F. on night 28th/29th Septr. 1916.The diary opens at Winchester on 1 December 1915. 1915 is spent at L.E Sart, Pont Du Hem, Havre, Winchester and Ecques. 1916 is the most travelled year, 63 places against 21 in the next busiest, and is spent at Chateau Des Trois Tours, Forward, Robermetz, Camp L and Le Sart in Kings Road. 1918 at Sarbaras, Wattignies, Poix Du Nord, Bertry and Montay. 1919 at Franvillers and Blangy Tronville. It closes at Blangy Tronville on 30 April 1919. Franvillers is where it spent longest, 50 days across three separate stays, it came back to Chateau Des Trois Tours seven separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 41 days at Blangy Tronville.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau Des Trois Tours, Trenches in Givenchy, Front Line Trenches Festubert and Mortho Wood.In 1916 it is also recorded at Locon, Givenchy, Gorre, Trenches in Givenchy, Les Choquans, Festubert, Front Line Trenches Festubert, Le Touret, Les Choquaux and Laventie. In 1918 it is also recorded at Heudecourt, Peiziere-Epehy, Doleful Post, Le Catalet, Mortho Wood, Mallincourt, Forrest, Forest, Engle Fontaine and Locquignol. In 1919 it is also recorded at Franvillers Nr. Amiens.

• 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: 9781474518697
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press