55 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff

1 May 1918 - 30 September 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2906)

760 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 May 1918 to August 1918 across 740 pages. It names 5 places across 9 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 197 reports, narratives and plans, 34 Operation Orders, 38 maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: Notes on Preliminary Examination At Brigade H.Q of wounded Prisoner Captured during raid; Addendum to narrative of Operations, 1/5th S. Lan. R. 20th Sept 1918; 55th (West Lancs) Division Daily Intelligence Summary No. 61 6 pm 30/4/18 to 6 pm 1/5/18; 55th (West Lancs) Div. Intelligence Summary No. 62 6 pm 1/5/18 to 6 pm 2/6/18; 55th (W. Lancs) Division Daily Intelligence Summary No. 65. 6 PM 4/5/18 to 6 pm 5/5/18; 155th (W. Lancs) Division Daily Intelligence Summary No. 193. 6 pm 10/9/18 to 6 pm 11/9/18; Supplement to 55th Division Intelligence Summary No. 76. Information from examination; Preliminary Examination of 3 Prisoners Captured by Daylight Patrol At A.2.a.67.95 at 2.30; Annexe to 55th (W. Lancs) Division Daily Intelligence Summary No. 195 dated 14th; Annexe to 55th Division Daily Intelligence Summary No. 211. Anti-Tank Mines; Warning order (Provisional); Preliminary Examination At Brigade B.Q. of Two Prisoners Captured during raid.The diary opens at H.Q. Drouvin Chateau P.de.C on 1 May 1918. 1918 is spent at Div. H.Q. Drouvin Chateau P.de.C, Drouvin Chateau, Div. H.Q. Chateau Drouvin. P.de.C and H.Q. Drouvin Chateau P.de.C. It closes at Drouvin Chateau on 31 August 1918. Div H.Q. Drouvin Chateau is where it spent longest, 31 days, it came back to Div. H.Q. Drouvin Chateau P.de.C three separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Drouvin Chateau.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Div. H.Q. Drouvin Chateau P.de.C, Drouvin Chateau, Div. H.Q. Chateau Drouvin. P.de.C and H.Q. Drouvin Chateau P.de.C.In 1918 it is also recorded at Div H.Q. Drouvin Chateau.

• 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: 9781474529334
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press