52 DIVISION Divisional Troops Machine Gun Corps 52 Battalion

1 April 1918 - 31 March 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2893/6)

480 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 52 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, Divisional Troops, 52nd Division, covering April 1918 to March 1919 across 467 pages. It names 21 places across 24 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 160 reports, narratives and plans, 69 Operation Orders, nine defence schemes, four maps and two diagrams. Among the papers are: Narrative of operations; Report on operations 'B' Company; Report on operations; Intelligence Summary for 24 Hours ending 6 a.m. 13/5/18; Daily Intelligence Summary; Daily Intelligence Summary of 52 M. Gun Batt; 52nd Machine Gun Battn Intelligence report for 24 hrs ending 6 a.m. 15:VI:18; Intelligence 52 M.G. Battn. for 24th Div Ending; Intelligence Summary of 52 M.Gun Battn; 52nd Machine Gun Battalion Daily Intelligence Summary for 24 hours ending 6:00 a.m; 52nd M.G. Battalion Intelligence Summary for 24 Hours ending 06:00 1:vii:1918; 52nd Battalion M.G.C Intelligence Summary for 24 hours ending 06:00 a.m. 4:vii:18.The diary opens at H.M.T. Malwa on 7 April 1918. 1918 is spent at Cubitt Camp, Chateau Mont Garni, Chateau D'Hembise, France and H.M.T "Malwa" at Sea. 1919 at Chateau D'Hembise and Soignies. It closes at Soignies on 31 March 1919. Chateau D'Hembise is where it spent longest, 48 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 22.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau D'Hembise, Chateau Mont Garni and Blairville Quarry.In 1918 it is also recorded at Hazebrouck 5A. Cohem, Cohem, Quisetede, Lens. 11.Neuville St. Vaast, Pernes Lens. 11. 1/100,000, Lens. 1/100,000. Cambligneul, Agnes-Le-Duisans, Barly Bretencourt 51.b.S.W. 1/20,000, Blairville Quarry and Mont Du Proy.

• 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: 9781474529082
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press