49 DIVISION 146 Infantry Brigade Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 1/8th Battalion

14 April 1915 - 31 December 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2795/2)

210 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 1/8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Infantry Brigade, 49th Division, covering April 1915 to December 1917 across 198 pages. It names 107 places across 156 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two casualty and personnel returns, ten reports, narratives and plans, eleven Operation Orders, one map and two diagrams. Among the papers are: Report on the examination of a wounded prisoner of the Ii Battn., 262nd Res. Inf. Regt; Casualties-1/8th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment. Appendix E; March Table to accompany 146th Infantry Brigade operation order No. 73; Attack West of Passchendaele. 146th Infantry Brigade instructions No. 1. Appendix D; 2nd Anzac Artillery instructions No. 12. Arrangements for S.O.S; 146th Infantry Brigade Administrative instructions No. 1; 146th Infantry Brigade operation order No. 78. Appendix F; 1/8th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment. operation order No. 43. Appendix G.The diary opens at Gainsborough on 14 April 1915. 1915 is spent at Rue Quesnoy, Elverdinghe, Le Trou, La Gorgue and Rue Du Quesnoy. 1916 at Vignacourt, Le Souich, Aveluy Wood, Forceville and Bavelincourt. 1917 at Bailleulval, Laventie, Winniezele, Bailleulmont and Trenches M 24.3 to N 13.2. It closes at Chateau Belge on 31 December 1917. Vignacourt is where it spent longest, 75 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31 and it came back to Laventie eight separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Aveluy Wood, Trenches, Trenches M 24.3 to N 13.2, Wood Post, Chateau Des Trois Tours, Martinsart Wood, Temple Bar Trenches and Quarry Post.In 1915 it is also recorded at Boulogne, Pont Debrique, Merville, Bac St. Maur, Cameron Lane, Lavantie, Rue Petillion, 1/2 mile N. of Doulieu, N. of Doulieu and 1 mile S. of Fletre. In 1916 it is also recorded at Houtkerque, Wormhoudt, Millain, Zutkerque, Calais, Fourdrinoy, Breilly, Molliens-Au-Bois, Bouzincourt and Front Line Trenches. In 1917 it is also recorded at Bailleulval Trenches, Laventie and Trenches, Support Red House and Laventie, Red House and Laventie, Trenches Laventie, In Support, Temple Bar Trenches, Tremple Bar, Le Nouveau Monde and Fort Mardycke.

• 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: 9781474527385
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press