51 DIVISION 153 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

1 March 1918 - 31 July 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2874)

772 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 March 1918 to July 1918 across 757 pages. It names 39 places across 45 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries seventeen casualty and personnel returns, 54 reports, narratives and plans, 91 Operation Orders, twenty-seven defence schemes, six appendices, 44 maps and two diagrams. Among the papers are: 1/6th Black Watch. nominal roll of Officer casualties; 1/7th Black Watch. nominal roll of Officer casualties; 1/7th Gordon Highlanders. nominal roll of Officer casualties; Narrative of operations S.W. of Reins from 20th to 31st July 1918; 153rd Infantry Brigade narrative of operations from 20th to 25th July 1918; Scheme for Fighting Patrols in Connections with Chinese Gas attack; Line of Advance to Intermediate Line for Counter-Attacking Troops; Narrative from 9-4-18 2/6th Warwicks; March Table to Accompany 51st (H) Division order No. 249; 153rd Infantry Brigade. Warning order App I 860; March Table issued with 153rd Brigade order No. 274; Warning order App I. 1044.The diary opens at Morchies on 1 March 1918. 1918 is spent at Morchies, Burbure and Ham-En-Artois. It closes at Nanteuil on 31 July 1918. Morchies is where it spent longest, 22 days, including a single unbroken stay of 22.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Wood N. of Hautvillers.In 1918 it is also recorded at Fremicourt, H.35. Central, Bapaume, Irles, Sailly-Au-Bois, Souastre, Barly, Busnes, Pacaut and Cornet Malo.

• 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: 9781474528641
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press