49 DIVISION Divisional Troops Monmouthshire Regiment (Territorial Force) 3rd Battalion and Machine Gun Corps 49 Battalion

1 November 1915 - 31 August 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2787/1)

302 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Monmouthshire Regiment (Territorial Force) 3rd Battalion and Machine Gun Corps 49 Battalion, Divisional Troops, 49th Division, covering November 1915 to April 1919 across 292 pages. It names 18 places across 36 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries seventeen reports, narratives and plans and 74 Operation Orders. Among the papers are: Operation order 49th Battalion Machine Gun Corps; Warning order; Amendment No. 1. to Administrative instructions to Accompany operation order No. 62; Amendment to operation order No. 65; Amendment No 1. to operation order No. 66; Instructions Regarding Transport to Accompany 49th Battalion. M.G. Corps. operation; 49th Battalion. Machine Gun Corps. Amendment No. 1 to operation order No. 75; 49th Battalion Machine Gun Corps. operation order No. 80; Amendment to 49th Bn. M.G.C. operation order No. 84; Addendum No. 1. to 49th Bn. M.G.C. operation order No. 86; Addendum No. 2. to 49th Battalion Machine Gun Corps operation order No. 86.The diary opens at Elverdinghe on 1 November 1915. 1915 is spent at Elverdinghe and Camp. 4. 28.A.8. 1916 at Forceville, Bouzincourt, Reitveld, Hedauville and Rouen. 1918 at Henin Lietard and Auby. 1919 at Douai. It closes at Douai on 30 April 1919. Forceville is where it spent longest, 111 days across six separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 89 days at Henin Lietard.In 1916 it is also recorded at Saisseval, Ailly-Sur-Somme, Molliens-Au-Bois, Rubempre, Contay, Harponville, Capelle and Hesdin.

• 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: 9781474527248
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press