50 DIVISION Divisional Troops Durham Light Infantry 1/7th Battalion Pioneers

1 December 1915 - 30 June 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2823/2)

252 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Durham Light Infantry 1/7th Battalion Pioneers, Divisional Troops, 50th Division, covering December 1915 to November 1917 across 245 pages. It names 18 places across 33 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries seven reports, narratives and plans, 47 Operation Orders and three maps. Among the papers are: Operation orders; Addendum No 1 to operation order No. 13; 7th D.L.I. (Pioneers). Add to operation orders No 15; Movement orders No 17; The Following Alteration Are made to operation order No 25; 7th Bn. the Durham Light Infantry Pioneers. Warning order; Instructions for More.The diary opens at Bailleul on 1 December 1915. 1915 is spent at Bailleul and Dickebusch. 1916 at Scherpenberg, Dickebusch, Mametz, Fricourt and Baizieux. 1917 at Mametz, Bois St Martin, Morcourt, Hulls Farm and Baizieux. It closes at Hulls Farm on 30 November 1917. Dickebusch is where it spent longest, 110 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 60 and it came back to Mametz four separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Hulls Farm.In 1916 it is also recorded at La. Clytte, Meteren, Fletre, Berneuil, Vignacourt, Pierregot and Becourt. In 1917 it is also recorded at Hamel and Elverdinghe.

• 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: 9781474527798
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press