55 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff

1 October 1917 - 31 December 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2904)

744 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff, 55th Division, covering October 1917 to December 1917 across 731 pages. It names 8 places across 9 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 99 reports, narratives and plans, twenty-four Operation Orders, one defence scheme, twenty-nine maps and five diagrams. Among the papers are: 55th (West Lancashire) Division narrative of operations Against Gillemont Farm; Precis of narrative of operations of a Section of D.276 Battery R.F.A. near Priel; 55th Division Intelligence Summary No. 503; 55th Division Daily Intelligence Summary No. 504; Special Intelligence report Covering Nights 20th/21st November; Special Intelligence Report. 55th Divisional Artillery; Warning order; Report on the Enemy's Counter-Attacks Against the fifth and Second Armies on the 21st; Minor operations enemy raid on 55th Divl Front. 4th November 1917; Minor operations enemy raid in Guillemont Salient on 18 Nov 1917-55th Div; 55th (West Lancashire) Division Preliminary Instruction; Instruction.The diary opens at Div. H.Q., N. of Haplincourt on 1 October 1917. 1917 is spent at Divisional Headquarters Near Villers Faucon, Div. H.Q. near Villers Faccon, Div. H.Q. Bomy, Div. H.Q., Near Villers Faucon and Div. HQ., Hermaville. It closes at Div. H.Q. Bomy on 31 December 1917. Divisional Headquarters Near Villers Faucon is where it spent longest, 30 days, including a single unbroken stay of 30.In 1917 it is also recorded at Div. H.Q. Villers Faccon.

• 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: 9781474529310
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press