39 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services Commander Royal Engineers

5 March 1916 - 31 December 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2573/1)

292 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 Engineers, 39th Division, covering March 1916 to December 1918 across 283 pages. It names 50 places across 77 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, eighteen reports, narratives and plans, 36 Operation Orders, one appendix, two maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: Casualties; Report on Active operations Sept. 3. 1916; Brief report on Active operation Moving of 3rd Sept 1916. Party of 13th Glosters attached; Report Upon operation of R.E. Section in attack on 3/9/16; R.E. Section in attack on 3/9/16; Report on R.E. operation 3/9/16; Employment of R.E. on at attack by 116th & 117th Brigades on the German position; Attack on Thiepval; Attack on Schwaben Redoubt; Divisional Programme of Work. instructions for No. 4 Party. Extension Cambridge Trench; Instructions for Deepening Muddy Lane; Instruction in Consolidation.The diary opens at Milford Camp on 5 March 1916. 1916 is spent at Locon, Bouzincourt, Acheux, Esquelbecq and St. Sixte Belgium. 1917 is the most travelled year, 22 places against 17 in the next busiest, and is spent at Reninghelst, De Zon Camp, Border Camp, Hamhoek and Westoutre. 1918 at Eperlecques, La Recousse, Nurlu, Canal Bank Ypres and Escanaffles. It closes at Hazebrouck on 31 December 1918. Locon is where it spent longest, 105 days across six separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 49 days at Eperlecques.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Canal Bank Ypres and Goldfish Chateau.In 1916 it is also recorded at Le Havre, Blaringhem, Lestem, Lestrem, Bethune, Rollecourt, Boirin, Bus Les Artois, Hedauville and Doullens. In 1917 it is also recorded at Hamhoek Belgium, Esquelbecq, D Camp, C. Camp, Meteren, Westoutre Belgium, De Zon Camp Belgium, Zevecoten Belgium, St Jans Cappel France and Goldfish Chateau. In 1918 it is also recorded at Mericourt Sur Somme, Haut Allaines, Guignemicourt, Belloy-St Leonard, Oisemont, Wolphus, Arques, Vichte and Menin.

• 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: 9781474518932
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press