51 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services Adjutant and Quarter-Master General

29 July 1914 - 31 December 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2848)

602 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 Adjutant and Quarter-Master General, 51st Division, covering July 1914 to December 1916 across 587 pages. It names 23 places across 52 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two lists of honours and awards, seventeen casualty and personnel returns, seventeen reports, narratives and plans, 34 Operation Orders and five maps. Among the papers are: Honours and rewards; Casualties during operations 15th to 18th June 1915 both dates inclusive.; Casualties in Action.; Casualties-1st June; Issued with Para. 1 of 51st Divisional Routine order No. 248 Dated 3rd June, 1915; Special order 51st (Highland) Division; Issued with Para. Divisional Routine order No. 272; Instruction for reconnaissance of water supply of present billeting area occupied; Instructions regarding the attachment of the 60th division to 51st (Highland) Division; Instructions for Training Battalions of 60th Division. Appendix "A"; Points to which Attention Should Be Directed during Tours of Instruction in Trenches; 51st (Highland) Division. Administrative instructions.The diary opens at Perth on 29 July 1914. 1914 is spent at Bedford and Perth. 1915 at Senlis, Le Nouveau Monde, Locon and Heilly. 1916 at Hermaville, Flesselles, Lealvillers, Armentieres and Usna Hill. It closes at Usna Hill on 31 December 1916. Senlis is where it spent longest, 141 days across six separate stays, it came back to Bedford nine separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Usna Hill.In 1916 it is also recorded at Daours, Villers Chatel, Doullens, Ribeaucourt, Ribemont, Fricourt, Pont Remy, Renescure, Steenwerck and Fletre.

• 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: 9781474528207
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press