48 DIVISION 144 Infantry Brigade Worcestershire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

1 January 1916 - 31 October 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2759/1)

172 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, 144 Infantry Brigade, 48th Division, covering January 1916 to October 1917 across 165 pages. It names 68 places across 85 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one Operation Order and two maps.The diary opens at Courcelles on 1 January 1916. 1916 is spent at Coigneux, Point. 85, Le Meillard, Albert and Courcelles. 1917 is the most travelled year, 46 places against 30 in the next busiest, and is spent at Hamel, Blairville, Schools Camp St. Janster Biezen, Cappy and Zutkerque. It closes at Mt St Eloi on 31 October 1917. Coigneux is where it spent longest, 42 days across four separate stays, it came back to Cappy five separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 17 days at Blairville.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches. 57d. K.34, Trenches, Support Trenches, Trenches & Outposts and Saulcourt Wood.In 1916 it is also recorded at Courcelles 57d. J 29, Colincamps, In Trenches. 57d. K.34, Beauval, Neuville, Yureincheux, Mezerolles, Bouzincourt, Point.09 and Surcamps. In 1917 it is also recorded at Huppy, Cerisy, In Trenches, Support Trenches, Trenches & Outposts, Outpost Position, Peronne, Tincourt, Saulcourt Wood and Epehy.

• 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: 9781474526883
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press