51 DIVISION 153 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

4 August 1918 - 28 March 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2875)

724 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 September 1918 to March 1919 across 709 pages. It names 19 places across 23 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three casualty and personnel returns, 128 reports, narratives and plans, 111 Operation Orders, nine defence schemes, twenty-four appendices, 41 maps and nine diagrams. Among the papers are: Casualties for month of August 1918; Casualties for month of September 1918; 153rd Infantry Brigade. narrative of operations; 6th Battalion, the Black Watch narrative of operations for Period from 25th August,1918; 153 Trench Mortar Battery narrative of operations; 153rd Infantry Brigade. Daily Intelligence Summary No.1; March Table to Accompany 51st (Highland) Division order No. 289; Programme of Entrainment issued with Administrative instructions No.59; Table issued with 153rd Infantry Brigade Administrative instructions No.74; Action of 153rd Infantry Brigade in the Event of Being Ordered to Support VIII Corps; Appendix "A" to Accompany 51st (Highland) Division order No. 290; Addenda to 51st (Highland) Division order No. 291.The diary opens at Moslins on 1 September 1918. 1918 is spent at Basseville, Hordain, Camblain L'Abbe, Officers Club Ecurie and Iwuy. 1919 at Seneffe, Chateau Seneffe and Basseville. It closes at Seneffe on 28 March 1919. Basseville is where it spent longest, 51 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau Seneffe and Esswars Chateau.In 1918 it is also recorded at Officers Club Roclincourt, Train No.3, Bourlon, Esswars Chateau, Pave De Valenciennes, Douchy, Noyelles, Thiant, Haulchain and Lieu St. Amand.

• 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: 9781474528658
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press