49 DIVISION Divisional Troops Royal Army Medical Corps 1/3 West Riding Field Ambulance

18 April 1915 - 25 June 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2790/1)

534 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1/3 West Riding Field Ambulance, Divisional Troops, 49th Division, covering April 1915 to June 1919 across 521 pages. It names 34 places across 47 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, four daily states of sick and wounded, twenty reports, narratives and plans, 34 Operation Orders, twelve appendices, two maps and three diagrams. Among the papers are: Casualty Clearing Stations. Active operations; Medical Arrangements for Clearing the Sick and wounded from the 49th Divisional Front; R.A.M.C. orders 49th (W.R) Division No. 6; 49th. Divisional Administrative Orders.; Standing orders For. Appendix 'B'; Instructions for Clearing Divisional Area in the Event of a Forward Move; Appendix 'A' instructions to O.C. 49th Divisional Salvage Company; Appendix 'B' Instruction for Sub-Area Officer; Orders to come into force forthwith in the event of a sudden move.; Report on the work carried out by 1/3rd West Riding Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C.T.F; 1/3rd West Riding Field Ambulance operation Order. Append No. 173; Move and Relief Table, issued with 49th Division O.O. No. 115.The diary opens at Estaires on 18 April 1915. 1915 is spent at Estaires, Watou and Calais. 1916 at Calais No. 6 Rest Camp, Le Val De Maison, Esbart Farm and Liencourt. 1917 at Ypres, La Cauchie, Waratah Sh 28 Belgium & France, Steenvorde and Menin Rd Ypres 1 9.C.6.6 Sh 28. 1918 at L'Ebbe Farm, Buysschure, Escaudoeuvres and Remy. 1919 at Douai, Le Forest and Boulogne. It closes at Boulogne on 25 June 1919. Douai is where it spent longest, 124 days across five separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 40 days at Estaires.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include L'Ebbe Farm, Esbart Farm and Esbart Farm Ir Agnicourt F-1.In 1916 it is also recorded at Picquigny B-1, Amiens 17 Esbart Farm Nr Agnicourt F-1, Longpre, Brielly, Esbart Farm Ir Agnicourt F-1 and Forceville P 21 Central. In 1918 it is also recorded at Wippenhoek, Locre, Herzeele, Suburban Camp Villers Au Bois, St. Catherine M.D.S and Raillencourt. In 1919 it is also recorded at Le Forest 214.b.9.6. S/44 A 1/40,000 France.

• 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: 9781474527293
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press