51 DIVISION 154 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

1 January 1917 - 31 December 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2884)

576 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 154 Infantry Brigade, 51st Division, covering January 1917 to December 1917 across 563 pages. It names 42 places across 55 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 33 casualty and personnel returns, 63 reports, narratives and plans, 92 Operation Orders, twelve maps and three diagrams. Among the papers are: Casualties 1st January to 31st January 1917. Appendix B; Casualties-1st February to 28th February, 1917. Appendix B; Relief Table; Table of Relief; 154th Infantry Brigade Amendment to operation order No. 95; Working Party Table issued with operation order No. 106; Amendment No. 1 to 154th Infantry Brigade operation order numbered 1 to 138 (3 of them); Report on action of Tanks Headquarters 51st Division G; Appendices attached to operation order 114; Table of Moves and Reliefs; 154th Brigade instructions with Regard to Forthcoming Offensive operations; 154th Infantry Brigade instructions No. 1.The diary opens at Bouzincourt on 1 January 1917. 1917 is spent at Ponthoile, Frevillers, Fremicourt, Izel-Les-Hameau and ACQ. It closes at Fremicourt on 30 December 1917. Ponthoile is where it spent longest, 21 days, it came back to Chateau Des Trois Tours three separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 18 days at ACQ.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau Des Trois Tours, Foch Farm, Trescault Triangle Wood. Fles Quieres and Antigneul Chateau.In 1917 it is also recorded at Aveluy, Rubempre, Fienvillers, Drucat, Canchy, Cumonville, Bachimont, Blangermont, Chelers and Maroeuil.

• 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: 9781474528771
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press