51 DIVISION 152 Infantry Brigade Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) 1/8th Battalion

5 August 1914 - 17 March 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2865/2)

250 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 1/8th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders), 152 Infantry Brigade, 51st Division, covering August 1914 to March 1918 across 238 pages. It names 138 places across 222 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three casualty and personnel returns, eleven reports, narratives and plans, three Operation Orders, five appendices and four maps. Among the papers are: Casualties during Action of 13/14 Nov 1916; Roll of officers who took part in operations 12/17th May 1917; Casualties; Report on raid carried out by 1/8th Bn. Argyll & Suth'd Highrs; Addenda to report on raid by 1/8th Bn. A. & S. Highrs; Operation orders 1/8th (The Argyllshire) Battalion Princess Louise's (Argyll &; Special order 23 St George Burton 1/1st Argyll & Sutherland Infantry Brigade T.F; Special order 22 St George Burton 1/1st Argyll & Sutherland Infantry Brigade T.F; Report on the operation At Beaumont Hamel on the 13th November 1916; Programme of raid; Amendment No. 1 to 152nd Infantry Brigade order No. 129; Addenda to 152nd Inf. Bde. order No. 129.The diary opens at Dunoon on 5 August 1914. 1914 is spent at Bedford, Howbury and Dunoon. 1915 at Bedford, Howbury-Bedford, Millencourt, Authville and Aveluy. 1916 at Labyrinthe, Villers Bocage, Maroeuil, Corbie and Armentieres. 1917 is the most travelled year, 84 places against 56 in the next busiest, and is spent at St. Janster Biezen, Arras, Roclincourt, Ecoivres and Ternas. 1918 at Achiet-Le-Petit, Fremicourt, Pontruet & Marteville and Doignies. It closes at Fresnoy on 17 March 1918. Bedford is where it spent longest, 225 days across five separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 106 and it came back to Millencourt eight separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Mailly Wood, Fricourt Wood, Essex Farm, High Wood, Mametz Wood and Varna Farm.In 1915 it is also recorded at Folkestone, Boulogne, Pont De Briques, Merville, Robecq, Merris, Vielle Chapelle, Richebourg, Richbourg La Couture and Locon. In 1916 it is also recorded at Beauval, Daours, Mollien Au Bois, Ivergny, Bray, Neuville St Vaast, Vimy, Line Of March, Osterville and Ecoivres. In 1917 it is also recorded at Ovillers, Aveluy, Senlis, Beauquesne, Le Meillard, Yvrencheux, Nouvion En Ponthieu, Le Plessiel, Maison Ponthieu and Noeux. In 1918 it is also recorded at Buchanan Camp, Achiet-Le-Petit & Languevoisin, Languevoisin & Vaux, Pontruet, Marteville Huts and Beauvois.

• 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: 9781474528528
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press