51 DIVISION 153 Infantry Brigade Gordon Highlanders 7th Battalion

29 April 1915 - 5 October 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2882/1)

656 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, 153 Infantry Brigade, 51st Division, covering April 1915 to October 1918 across 641 pages. It names 182 places across 250 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one list of honours and awards, 47 casualty and personnel returns, twenty-six reports, narratives and plans, 32 Operation Orders, five appendices, eight maps and two diagrams. Among the papers are: 1/7th Battalion Gordon Highlanders honours and awards; 1/7th Battn Gordon Highlanders casualties for month of June 1916; Appendix No.1 casualties during the month of August 1916; Appendix No.2 nominal roll of officers 1/7th Gordon Highlanders August, 1916; Headquarters 153rd Infantry Brigade report on operations November 1917; 1/7th Battn. Gordon Highlanders report on operations November 1917; Special order 51st (Highland) Division; Extracts from Routine order No. 57; Special Routine orders Haig G., K.C.I.B., K., A.D.C; Extract from Routine order No. 73 153rd Infantry Brigade; Farewell order; Table issued with operation orders No 58.The diary opens at Bedford on 29 April 1915. 1915 is spent at Authville, Dernancourt, Aveluy, Becourt and Le Touret. 1916 at Neuville St Vast, Vaux, Maroeuil, Bray and Bouzincourt. 1917 at La Comte, Arras, Hauteville, Booneghem and Z Camp Now Road Camp. 1918 at Courcelles Le Comte, Ecurie Wood Camp, Beugny, Roclincourt West Camp and Bois de Courton. It closes at Roclincourt West Camp on 5 October 1918. Neuville St Vast is where it spent longest, 69 days across four separate stays, it came back to Maroeuil eight separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 45 days at Vaux.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Bus Wood, Mailly Wood, Caterpillar Wood, Popperinge Area Trenches, Chateau De La Haie, Trenches Arras Front, High Wood and Captured Trenches.In 1915 it is also recorded at Folkestone, Berquette, Lillers, Quentin, Caestre, Neuf Berquin, Pont Riqueul, Locon, Quinque Rue and La Quinque Rue. In 1916 it is also recorded at Sailly-Le-Sec, Maricourt, Etinehem, Cardonette, Candas, Doullens, Ivergny, Trenches & Maroeuil, Maroeuil to Neuville Vast and Neuville St Vast & Ecoivres. In 1917 it is also recorded at Bruce Huts and In the Line, In The Line & Bruce Huts, Bruce Huts & Bouzincourt, Bouzincourt, Puchevillers, Gezaincourt, Fransu, Caours & Neuf Moulin, Caours and Argenvillers and Gapennes. In 1918 it is also recorded at Lebucquiere, Fremicourt, Action, Lapugnoy, Burbure, La Miquellerie, Neuville St Vaast, Busnettes, L'Ecleme and Lawe River.

• 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: 9781474528726
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press