47 DIVISION Divisional Troops 517 and 518 Field Company Royal Engineers and Divisional Signal Company

13 March 1915 - 27 April 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2719)

962 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 517 and 518 Field Company Royal Engineers and Divisional Signal Company, Divisional Troops, 47th Division, covering March 1915 to April 1919 across 943 pages. It names 222 places across 372 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three casualty and personnel returns, two reports, narratives and plans, twenty Operation Orders, one appendix, six maps and seventeen diagrams. Among the papers are: List of casualties Incurred during March 1918; Nominal roll of N.C.Os Ol Men Sent to Hospital Gassed; 518th London Field Coy RE list of casualties 21-23 March 18; Report on raid by 18th Batt London Regiment; Daily orders part II.The diary opens at Radlett on 13 March 1915. 1915 is spent at Mazingarbe, Les Brebis, Gorre, Labourse and Bethune. 1916 at Hooggraaf, Ablain St. Nazaire, Gouy Servins, Bully-Grenay and Bruay Chau-De-La Haie. 1917 at Hooggraaf, Reninghelst, Ypres, Westoutre and Canal Sub Sector Bluff Section. 1918 is the most travelled year, 113 places against 83 in the next busiest, and is spent at Bois Robert, Raimbert, Ytres, Beaucourt and Warloy. 1919 at Lozinghem, Raimbert and Burbure Camp. It closes at Lozinghem on 27 April 1919. Hooggraaf is where it spent longest, 231 days across nine separate stays, it came back to Les Brebis ten separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 51 days at Gorre.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include High Wood, Chateau Philomel Nr Lillers, Gunpits & valley Dug-Outs, Chateau Franvillers, Fricourt Farm, Belgium Chateau, Henencourt & Chateau and Cemetery Copse.In 1915 it is also recorded at Southampton, Havre, Argues, Renescure, Beuvry, Ypres, Vlamertinghe, Hazebrouck, St Venant and Allouagne. In 1916 it is also recorded at Philosophe, Drouvin, Les Brebis & Loos, Loos, S. Maroc, Braquemont, Chateau Philomel Nr Lillers, Lapugnoy, Mensecq and Busnes. In 1917 it is also recorded at Bluff, Dickebusch, Hill 60 Subsector, Canal Sub-Sector, Connaught Camp, Winnipeg Camp, Chippewa Camp, Blaringhem, Berthen and Chipewa Camp. In 1918 it is also recorded at Equancourt, Bouzencourt, Baizieux, Lechelle, Etricourt, Ruyaulcourt, Ypres, Havrincourt, Betty Camp Near Metz and Louvencourt.

• 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: 9781474526128
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press