51 DIVISION 153 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

1 August 1917 - 28 February 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2873)

662 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 August 1917 to February 1918 across 646 pages. It names 27 places across 35 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries eight casualty and personnel returns, 157 reports, narratives and plans, 94 Operation Orders, 42 appendices, sixteen maps and four diagrams. Among the papers are: Casualties; Casualties for month of August 1917; Casualties for month of September 1917; 153rd Infantry Brigade Daily Intelligence Summary for period 8 a.m. 12th to 8.0 a.m. 13th; March Table issued with 51st (Highland) Division order No. 182; 153rd Infantry Brigade Administrative Instruction No.44; Movement Table issued with 51st (High) Division order No. 187; Addendum No.1 to 51st Division order No. 187; Extract from Routine orders Maxse.,,, XVIII Corps; Routine orders Maxse XXIII Corps; Movement Table issued with 153rd Inf. Bde operation order No. 234; Addendum No.1 to 51st (Highland) Division order numbered 1 to 212 (3 of them).The diary opens at Poperinghe on 1 August 1917. 1917 is spent at St Janster Biezen, Hauteville Chateau, Siege Camp and Near Wancourt N 22d44. 1918 at Morchies and Courcelles Le Comte. It closes at Morchies on 28 February 1918. Morchies is where it spent longest, 50 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 21.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Hauteville Chateau, Gomiecourt Chateau and Line Lancashire Farm.In 1917 it is also recorded at Line Lancashire Farm, Cane Post C 9a63, "X" Huts, "X" Camp, Gomiecourt, Hauteville, Beaulen Court Camp, Metz, Trescault and Acheux.

• 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: 9781474528634
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press