49 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services Commander Royal Artillery

1 June 1917 - 31 December 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2775)

640 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 Commander Royal Artillery, 49th Division, covering June 1917 to December 1917 across 623 pages. It names 14 places across 23 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one list of honours and awards, seven casualty and personnel returns, 263 reports, narratives and plans, twenty-eight Operation Orders, three defence schemes, two appendices, seven maps and three diagrams. Among the papers are: List of honours and awards to officers and Other Ranks of Headquarters R.A., 49th (W.R); 49th Divisional Artillery. Monthly Return of casualties; Monthly Return of casualties 49th Divnl. Arty; 49th Divisional Artillery Intelligence report from 8.0.a.m. 31/5/17 to 8.0.a.m. 1/6/17; Report on Our Artillery Fire from 8.a.m. 31st May to 8.am 1st June 1917; Report on Hostile Artillery Fire from 8.a.m. 31st May to 8.am. 1st June 1917; Field Service Machine order; Special Divisional order; Warning order.The diary opens at La Gorgue on 1 June 1917. 1917 is spent at Coxyde Bains, La Gorgue, Poperinghe, Strazeele and Vieux Berquin. It closes at Vieux Berquin on 31 December 1917. Coxyde Bains is where it spent longest, 54 days across five separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Dead End Canal Bank, Ypres and Canal Bank Ypres.In 1917 it is also recorded at Borre, Wormhoudt, Coudekerke Branch, Watou, Mersey Camp, Canal Bank Ypres, Dead End Canal Bank, Ypres, Ypres and Ramparts Ypres.

• 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: 9781474527095
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press