55 DIVISION 164 Infantry Brigade King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 4th Battalion

1 January 1916 - 30 April 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2922)

722 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 4th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), 164 Infantry Brigade, 55th Division, covering January 1916 to April 1919 across 707 pages. It names 136 places across 212 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries seven lists of honours and awards, seven casualty and personnel returns, 40 reports, narratives and plans, 105 Operation Orders, one defence scheme, five appendices, five maps and two diagrams. Among the papers are: List of Decorations Awarded to officers; Honours and awards; Casualties during October 1917; Casualties during December 1917; Casualties; Report on Minor operation carried out by 1/4th R. Lanc. R; 1/4th Royal Lancaster Rgt. operation order No. 20; Table of Reliefs; Extracts from 164th Inf. Bde. order No. 116; 1/4th Bn. Royal Lanc. Regt. operation order No. 34; Addenda to operation orders; Narrative of part Played by B.Coy 1/4 K.O.R Lancs in operations.The diary opens on 16 January 1916. 1916 is spent at Bretencourt, O Camp, Ypres and Monchiet. 1917 at Longavesnes, O Camp, Watou to Bonninghes-Les-Ardres, Bollezeele and Reclinghem. 1918 at Drouvin, Givenchy, Reclinghem, Right Sector La Bassee Canal and Leuze. 1919 at Uccle. It closes at Uccle-Brussels. Belgium on 30 April 1919. Uccle is where it spent longest, 104 days across four separate stays, it came back to Ypres nine separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Reclinghem.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches Near Agny, Trenches Right Subsector Left, Trenches Delville Wood, Gird Trench Gird Support Trench, X Rds Farm, Ere Farm N. of Froidmont, Trones Wood and Reserve Trenches.In 1916 it is also recorded at Berteaucourt, Candas, Thievres, Sombrin, Simencourt, Trenches Near Agny, Trenches Agny, Barly, Blairville and Berneuil. In 1917 it is also recorded at Ypres, Right Subsector Right, D Camp, Ligny-Lez-Aires, Busnettes, Houchin, Right Sector La Bassee Canal, X Rds Farm Sector N of Wieltje, C. Camp and X Roads Farm Sector N of Weiltje. In 1918 it is also recorded at Hingette, Essars, Left Subsector Right, Gorre, Vaudricourt, Givenchy Support, Verquigneul Brigade Reserve, Givenchy Right Sector Left Subsector, "Bustle" Position and Drouvin Brigade Reserve.

• 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: 9781474529495
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press