51 DIVISION 153 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

1 April 1915 - 29 December 1915 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2869)

684 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 153 Infantry Brigade, 51st Division, covering April 1915 to December 1915 across 671 pages. It names 39 places across 57 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, twenty-five reports, narratives and plans, 120 Operation Orders, nine appendices, twelve maps and eighteen diagrams. Among the papers are: Daily Casualty and Strength State; Notes on Patrol reports; Patrol report; Report on Patrol Sent Our by "D" Coy; Report on Reconnoitring Patrol; 51st (Highland) Division operation order No. 3; Report of Reconnaissances made 1. 2.. 1/7th B.W; After orders to 51st (Highland) Division operation order No. 11; Memorandum Referred to in operation order No. 10; Instructions for 153rd Brigade Going Into the trenches; Instructions on Supply Refilling Points; Time Table of Reliefs.The diary opens at Bedford on 1 April 1915. 1915 is spent at Daily Strength, Bedford, Albert, Henencourt and Martinsart. It closes at Vaux on 31 December 1915. Daily Strength is where it spent longest, 87 days across three separate stays, it came back to Henencourt six separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Albert.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches Near Authville, Trenches Above Authville, Rue De L'Epinette Trenches, Aveluy Trenches Section F and Cour D'Avoine Trenches.In 1915 it is also recorded at Boulogne, Lillers, Paradis, Busnes, Caestres, Vieux Berquin, Pont Riqueul, La Couture, Cour D'Avoine and L'epinette.

• 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: 9781474528597
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press