32 DIVISION 14 Infantry Brigade Highland Light Infantry 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Glasgow)

1 October 1917 - 31 March 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2393B)

402 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Highland Light Infantry 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Glasgow), 14 Infantry Brigade, 32nd Division, covering November 1915 to March 1919 across 1,228 pages. It names 207 places across 291 dated entries. The diary is large enough to have been published in two parts, of which this is one.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 168 reports, narratives and plans, 137 Operation Orders, two defence schemes, twenty-nine appendices, thirteen maps and twenty-two diagrams. Among the papers are: 15th Highland Light Infantry Casualty Report-1-7-16 to 4-7-16; Intelligence report G2 Sub Sector; Intelligence report Thiepval Sector; Appendix F. instructions for and Duties of Brigade and Battalion Intelligence officers; Report on Lighting Patrol of the 15th H.L.I. on Light of 23rd/24th Inst; Report on Fighting Patrol of the 15th H.L.I. on night of 23rd/24th Inst; 97th Infantry Brigade order numbered 4 to 7 (3 of them); Enclosure with 97th Infantry Brigade order No. 4; 15th. Bn. High F.I. operation order No. 1; Alterations in operation order No. 29; Supplement to 14th Infantry Brigade operation order No. 37; Operation orders Comdg Troops in trenches at Ovillers.The diary opens at Codford on 22 November 1915. 1915 is spent at Pierregot, Aveluy, Martinsart and Villers-Bocage. 1916 at Bouzincourt, Halloy Battalion In Billets, Authuille, Vadencourt and St Gratien. 1917 at Nieuport, Petite Synthe, Coxyde, La Panne and Rubrouck. 1918 at Saulty, Beuel Germany, La Panne, Bambecque and Godinne. 1919 at Godinne, Solingen Germany and Bonn Germany. It closes at Solingen on 31 March 1919. Godinne is where it spent longest, 48 days across three separate stays, it came back to Bouzincourt eight separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 29 days at Halloy Battalion In Billets.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Irish Farm, Hill Top Farm, Knights Redoubt, Seige Farm, Larris Wood, Le Quenellet Farm, Assembly Trenches Aveluy Wood and Authuille Wood.In 1915 it is also recorded at Codford And Boulogne, Boulogne, Brucamps, Picquigny, Pierregot Martinsart Senlis and Bouzincourt. In 1916 it is also recorded at Martinsart G.2. Sub-Sector, G.2 Sub Sector North Of Authville, Trenches G.2. Sub-Sector North of Authville, Baizieux, Henencourt, El Sub, Z2 Sub, F.I. Sub, Albert And Aveluy and F1 Sub. In 1917 it is also recorded at Beauval Bn In Billets, Courcelles Bn In Billets, C.2. Sub Section, Bolton Camp, C.1 Sub Section, Bertrancourt, Mailly Maillet, R 3 Sub-Section, Louvencourt and Warloy. In 1918 it is also recorded at Irish Farm, Dirty Bucket Camp, Emile Camp, Het Sas, Baboon Camp, La Bergerie Camp, Reserve, Solingen Germany, Bosinghe Sector Front Line and Bosinghe Sector Reserve.

• 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: 9781474524858
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press