50 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff

1 October 1918 - 19 March 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2812)

774 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 General Staff, 50th Division, covering October 1918 to March 1919 across 760 pages. It names 12 places across 16 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries four casualty and personnel returns, 132 reports, narratives and plans, 82 Operation Orders, two appendices, thirty-one maps and seven diagrams. Among the papers are: 50th Division casualties; Appendix "A" 50th Division. casualties officers; Appendix "B" Actual casualties for Phase 1st to 11th Novr 1918; 50th Division plan of attack; Maps to Accompany Division of narrative of operations and Lessons Learnt Oct. 27th; Narrative of operations; Lessons Learnt during Recent operations; XIII Corps Intelligence Summary; Amendment to XIII Corps order No. 156; Amendment No.1 to XIII Corps Artillery instructions No.115; Amendment No.2 to XIII Corps Artillery instructions No.118; XIII Corps Artillery instructions numbered 118 to 132 (3 of them).The diary opens at Lieramont on 1 October 1918. 1918 is spent at Chateau Dourlers, Le Trou Aux Soldats, Dourlers, Le Quesnoy and Fayt Farm. 1919 at Le Quesnoy. It closes at Le Quesnoy on 19 March 1919. Le Quesnoy is where it spent longest, 91 days across four separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau Dourlers, Fayt Farm, Guisancourt Farm and Chateau Seidoux.In 1918 it is also recorded at Lieramont Duncan Post, Epehy, Guisancourt Farm, Chateau Seidoux and Le Cateau.

• 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: 9781474527583
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press