49 DIVISION 146 Infantry Brigade, Brigade Machine Gun Company

27 January 1916 - 28 February 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2795/3)

142 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Brigade Machine Gun Company, 146 Infantry Brigade, 49th Division, covering June 1916 to February 1918 across 134 pages. It names 45 places across 54 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two reports, narratives and plans and seven Operation Orders. Among the papers are: 146th Machine Gun Company. Reference operation order No. 30 dated 3/5/17; 146th Machine Gun Company. Relief Table.The diary opens on 1 June 1916. 1916 is spent at Bienvillers-Au-Bois, Authille, Authville and Forceville. 1917 at Laventie, Ghyvelde, Chateau Belge, Steenvoorde and Niewport. 1918 at Chateau, Staple, Moulle, Lonnebeke and Belgian. It closes at Lonnebeke on 28 February 1918. Laventie is where it spent longest, 97 days across four separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Chateau Belge.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau Belge, Aveluy Wood, Thiepval Wood, Theipval Wood, Martinsart Wood and Mailly Mailet Wood.In 1916 it is also recorded at Theipval Wood, Aveluy Wood, Martinsart Wood, Hedauville, Acheau, Thiepval, Hamel, Coy. H.Q. Gordon Castle, Mailly Mailet Wood and Arqueves. In 1917 it is also recorded at Le Souich, Bouquemaison, Croissette, Bailleul Lez-Pernes, Paquet-Le-Grand, Le Grand Pacaut, Lelobes, Estaires, Lestrem Loon Plage Mardick and Leffrinkourcke.

• 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: 9781474527392
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press