32 DIVISION 96 Infantry Brigade Lancashire Fusiliers 15th and 16th Battalion

13 September 1914 - 31 October 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2397/2)

462 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 16th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 15th and, 96 Infantry Brigade, 32nd Division, covering September 1914 to October 1919 across 447 pages. It names 206 places across 346 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries five reports, narratives and plans, one Operation Order, two maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: Operation order No. 21; Raid carried out by 15th Lanc. Fusiliers on the night of 5th/6th May 1916; Raid night of 10th/11th Septr. 1916. carried out by 16th (S) Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers; Recommended for special Leave Owing to Good Work in raid on night 10th/11th Septr 1916; Raiding Party.The diary opens at Salford on 13 September 1914. 1914 is spent at Salford and Conway. 1915 at Eringhem, Albert, Becourt and La Boiselles. 1916 at Authuille, Aveluy, Bouzincourt, Le Quesnoy and Haillicourt. 1917 at Coxyde, Flez, Ennemain, Irish Farm and Oost Dunkirk. 1918 at Proven, Froidchapelle, Houthulst Forest, Blaireville and Hancourt. 1919 at Bonn, Assesse, Euskirchen and Gesves. It closes at Euskirchen Germany on 31 October 1919. Bonn is where it spent longest, 232 days across six separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 121 and it came back to Authuille fourteen separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Irish Farm, Hospital Farm, Trenches, Wurst Farm, Abri Wood, Reserve Trenches SE Bouzincourt, Vadencourt Wood and Fosse Wood.In 1915 it is also recorded at Catterick, Codford, Boulougne, Longpre, Boulogne, Maison Roland, Coulonvillers, Boulon, Flixecourt and Poulainville. In 1916 it is also recorded at Martinsart 91, Anthuille, Henencourt, G.I Subsect, Hennencourt, Millencourt, Senlis, Albert, F1. Subsector and G1 Subsector. In 1917 it is also recorded at Montrelet, Bonneville, Beauquesne, Courcelles, Mailly-Maillet, Bertrancourt, Louvencourt, Herrisart, Pierregot and Villers Bocage. In 1918 it is also recorded at Licques, Zouafques, Hospital Farm, Dirty Bucket Camp, Boesinghe Camp, Emile Camp, Bixschoote, Het Sas, Abri Wood and Area Bixschoote. In 1919 it is also recorded at Gesves Belgium, Namur, Bonn A/Rh, Bonn Germany, Menden, Bonn-Bruhl, Bruhl and Germany.

• 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: 9781474524926
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press