52 DIVISION Divisional Troops Divisional Signal Company

1 April 1918 - 27 May 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2893/4)

96 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Divisional Signal Company, Divisional Troops, 52nd Division, covering April 1918 to May 1919 across 90 pages. It names 26 places across 38 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two reports, narratives and plans, two maps and nine diagrams. Among the papers are: Appendix "D" to 52nd Division order No. 136; Report on Communication.The diary opens at Jaffa Ludd on 1 April 1918. 1918 is spent at Chateau D'Acq, Croisilles, Nimy, Queant and Le Cauroy. 1919 at Soignies and Nimy. It closes at Soignies on 27 May 1919. Chateau D'Acq is where it spent longest, 63 days across four separate stays, it came back to Nimy five separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 27 days at Soignies.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau D'Acq, Blaireville Quarry, Cantaing Mill and Chateau Blanche Maison.In 1918 it is also recorded at Kantara, Alexandria, Marseilles, Aire, Pernes, Maroeuil, Villers Chatel, Hermaville, Bretencourt and Blaireville Quarry.

• 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: 9781474529068
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press