39 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff

1 October 1917 - 10 July 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2567)

574 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, 39th Division, covering October 1917 to July 1919 across 560 pages. It names 32 places across 54 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries six casualty and personnel returns, 114 reports, narratives and plans, eighteen Operation Orders, eight appendices, one map and nine diagrams. Among the papers are: 39th Division Graph of casualties (Other Ranks Only) for October 1917; Preliminary Examination of a wounded P. of W. Captured Approx. V. 21.d.5.1. About 11pm; 39th Division. Intelligence Summary numbered 1 to 9 (9 of them); Addendum to 39th Division Intelligence Summary No. 5; Report on Fighting Patrol by 13th Bn. Sussex Regt on the night of 7/8th November, 1917; Appendix III. Daily Intelligence Summaries; Graph Showing Number of officers & Other Ranks Attending Various Courses of Instruction; Report on Livens Gas Projector attack by "L" special Company R.E; Graph Showing Numbers of officers & Other Ranks Attending Various Courses of instructions; 39th Div narrative; Table "A" issued with VII Corps order No. 243; Table "A" to accompany 39th Division order No. 224.The diary opens at St Jans Cappel on 1 October 1917. 1917 is spent at Dezon Camp, Nielles-Les-Blequin, St Jans Cappel, Steenvoorde and Westoutre. 1918 is the most travelled year, 24 places against 8 in the next busiest, and is spent at Varengeville, Wolphus, Eperlecques, Nurlu and Canal Bank Ypres. 1919 at Rouen and Varengeville. It closes at Rouen on 10 July 1919. Varengeville is where it spent longest, 201 days across eight separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Eperlecques.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Canal Bank Ypres and Coutove Chateau.In 1917 it is also recorded at La. Clytte Dezon Camp and Border Camp. In 1918 it is also recorded at Coutove Chateau, Mericourt Sur Somme, Haut-Allaines, Clery. Sur. Somme, Frise, Chuignes, Proyart, Hamel, Fouilloy and Domart-Sur-La-Luce.

• 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: 9781474518888
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press