47 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff

1 June 1918 - 24 March 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2705)

796 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, 47th Division, covering June 1918 to March 1919 across 780 pages. It names 27 places across 33 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 172 reports, narratives and plans, 71 Operation Orders, five defence schemes, 46 maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: Plan of attack; Herewith report on raid on enemy trenches; Raid by 22nd Battalion London Regt; 1/22nd Battalion the London Regiment (The Queens) report on raid; 47th (London) Division Lessons Learnt in operations Undertaken; Addendum to Lessons Learnt in operations Undertaken in August & September 1918; 84 report on operations; 47th (London) Division Intelligence Summary No. 8 from 6 a.m. May 31st to 6 a.m. June 1st; 140th Infantry Brigade Patrol report; 47th Divisional Artillery Daily Intelligence Summary No. 4; Special Intelligence report numbered 1 to 5 (3 of them); Special Intelligence report.The diary opens at Beaucourt on 1 June 1918. 1918 is spent at Lozinghem, Contay, Cavillon, Beaucourt and Riez Bailleul. It closes at Lozinghem on 24 March 1919. Lozinghem is where it spent longest, 117 days, including a single unbroken stay of 114.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Labeuvriere Chateau, Cemetery Copse, Hidden Wood and Philomel Chateau.In 1918 it is also recorded at Heilly, Querrieu, Cemetery Copse, Hidden Wood, B.15. Central, Corbie, Labeuvriere, Hautecloque, Philomel Chateau and Fromelles.

• 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: 9781474525893
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press