51 DIVISION 153 Infantry Brigade Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial)

1 May 1915 - 15 October 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2877)

578 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial), 153 Infantry Brigade, 51st Division, covering May 1915 to October 1916 across 564 pages. It names 96 places across 154 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 98 reports, narratives and plans, twenty-five Operation Orders and one map. Among the papers are: 153rd Infantry Brigade Intelligence Summary for the Period 6a.m 31st August to 6a.m 1st; 51st (Highland) Division. Daily Intelligence Summary - 6 a.m. 31/8/16 to 6 a.m. 1/9/16; Confidential No. 65. Second Anzac Summary of Intelligence collected during the month; Second Army Summary of Intelligence 16th to 31st August, 1916; V Corps Summary of Intelligence. part I. Infomation from Our Own Front; XIII Corps Intelligence Summary; V Corps Summary of Intelligence; Annexe to Daily Intelligence Summary of Corps on Our Left Dated; Operation order By-; Operation order Comdg 1/7th Battn. the Black Watch (R.H); Table of Reliefs issued with operation order No. 132; Table of Reliefs.The diary opens at Bedford on 1 May 1915. 1915 is spent at Millencourt, Trenches Near Festubert, In Trenches Near Authuille, Trenches Near Authuille and Authuille. 1916 is the most travelled year, 73 places against 52 in the next busiest, and is spent at Trenches Near Neuville St Vaast, Poulainville, Armentieres, Trenches near Armentieres and Trenches Near High Wood. It closes at Auchonvillers on 31 October 1916. Trenches Near Neuville St Vaast is where it spent longest, 87 days across six separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 52 and it came back to Millencourt nine separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches Near Neuville St Vaast, Trenches Near Festubert, Trenches Near High Wood, Trenches near Armentieres, Trenches Near Authuille, Trenches Near Albert, Trenches Near Laventie and Trenches Near Becourt.In 1915 it is also recorded at Boulogne, La Miquellerie, Paradis, Miquellerie, Caestre, Fletre, Vieux Berquin, Pont Riqueul, Le Touret and Locon. In 1916 it is also recorded at Corbie, Bray, Maricourt, Grovetown Camp Bray, Longuevillette, Doullens, Ivergny, Maroeuil, In Trenches Near Neuville St Vaast and Trenches N1 Neuville St Vaast.

• 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: 9781474528672
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press