39 DIVISION 117 Infantry Brigade, Brigade Machine Gun Company and Brigade Trench Mortar Battery

16 May 1916 - 28 February 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2587/4-5)

232 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Brigade Machine Gun Company and Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, 117 Infantry Brigade, 39th Division, covering May 1916 to February 1918 across 217 pages. It names 74 places across 110 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries nineteen reports, narratives and plans, fifteen Operation Orders and one diagram. Among the papers are: March Table to accompany 117th Infantry Brigade order No. 103; 117th Infantry Brigade order numbered 104 to 127 (5 of them); Table "A" to accompany 117th Infantry Brigade order No. 105; Table "B" to accompany 117th Infantry Brigade order No. 104; Amendment to 117th Infantry Brigade order No. 105; Further Amendments to 117th Infantry Brigade order No. 105; Relief Table to accompany 117th Infantry Brigade order No. 106; Disposition Table to Accompany 117th Infantry Brigade order No. 106; Amendment to 117 M.G.Co. order No. 20; Table "A" raid Barrage (18 Ponder); Second Amendment to 117th Infantry Brigade order No. 124.The diary opens at Havre on 16 May 1916. 1916 is spent at Ypres, Loisne, Authville, Givenchy and Mailly-Maillet. 1917 at Ypres, Hill Top, "S" Camp, Salperwick and Waterdal. 1918 at Siege Camp, Westroosebeke, Villers Guislain 1/10,000, Suzanne and Fins. It closes at Villers Guislain 1/10,000 on 28 February 1918. Ypres is where it spent longest, 67 days across six separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 20.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Railway Wood, Ridge Wood, Larch Wood, The Ravine & Bulgar Wood) and Clonnel Copse.In 1916 it is also recorded at Le Hamel, Ferme Du Roi, Le Touret, La Couture, Bethune, Auchel, Rocourt, Orlencourt, Maisnil-St-Pol and La Closerie Fm. In 1917 it is also recorded at Brandhoek, Wieltje, Weltje, Railway Wood, Erie Camp, Merckeghem, "Z" Camp, "D" Camp, "C" Camp and A 30 Camp. In 1918 it is also recorded at Road Camp, Moislans and Villers-Guislan.

• 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: 9781474525619
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press