52 DIVISION 156 Infantry Brigade Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 7th Battalion

1 April 1918 - 31 March 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2897/4)

178 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 156 Infantry Brigade, 52nd Division, covering April 1918 to March 1919 across 171 pages. It names 31 places across 41 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, seventeen reports, narratives and plans, twelve Operation Orders, two appendices and eight maps. Among the papers are: List of officers of 1/7th Cameronians Sailing from Egypt; Appendix V 7th the Cameronians Patrols-11-6-18 to 20-6-18. Reference Maroeuil. 1/20,000; Trench Standing orders; Operations orders Comdg 1/7th Bn the Cameronians (Sco Rifles); 158th Infantry Brigade order No. 48; 158th Infantry Brigade Administrative order No. 6; Operation order Cmdg 1/7th Cameronians (Scottish Rifles); Provisional operation orders Comdg 1/7th Cameronians (Sco. Rifles).The diary opens at Surafend on 1 April 1918. 1918 is spent at Lens, Mont St Eloy, Penin, Reserve Trenches and Herchies. 1919 at Lens. It closes at Lens Belgium Soignies on 31 March 1919. Lens is where it spent longest, 63 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31 and it came back to Mont St Eloy four separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Reserve Trenches and Front Line Trenches.In 1918 it is also recorded at Kantara, Alexandria, H.M.T. Leasowe Castle, Marseilles, Troop Train, St. Firmin, Rincq, Front Line Trenches, Mont St Eloi and Willerval. In 1919 it is also recorded at Lens Belgium.

• 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: 9781474529198
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press