55 DIVISION 164 Infantry Brigade Lancashire Fusiliers 2/5th Battalion

1 January 1916 - 30 April 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2923/2)

696 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, 164 Infantry Brigade, 55th Division, covering January 1916 to April 1919 across 680 pages. It names 49 places across 80 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries eight lists of honours and awards, three casualty and personnel returns, 60 reports, narratives and plans, 120 Operation Orders, one defence scheme, thirteen appendices and six maps. Among the papers are: 2/5th Battalion the Lancashire Fusiliers. list of Decorations Won by officers and Other; Casualties; 164th Infantry Brigade. account of raid by 2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers. 19th June, 1918; 164th Infantry Brigade account of the raid by 2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers. 19th June 1918; Report on operations carried out by raiding parties of; Report on operations on the 8th and 9th. Instant.; 2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers. Intelligence Summary. Period 17/18-5-16; 2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers. Patrol report; 2/5th Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers. Patrol report; 2/5th Batt. Lancashire Fusiliers. Patrol report; 88th (W. Lancs) Division Daily Intelligence Summary No. 198 6 Pm 28/6/18 to 6 Pm 29/6/18; Orders for Move of Transport and Quartermaster's Stores.The diary opens at Gordon Castle on 1 January 1916. 1916 is spent at Laleu, Gordon Castle and Metigny. 1917 is the most travelled year, 40 places against 23 in the next busiest, and is spent at Le Poirier, Tincourt, Lempire, Coyecque and Ypres. 1918 at Coyecque, Givenchy, Rainforcements, Vaudricourt and Chapelle a Wattines. 1919 at Uccle. It closes at Uccle on 30 April 1919. Uccle is where it spent longest, 134 days across five separate stays, it came back to Lempire nine separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Coyecque.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Mouton Farm and Congreve Walk Trenches.In 1917 it is also recorded at Mouton Farm, Volkerinckhove, Millam, O Camp, A Camp, St Jean Hasler House, Query Camp, Cafe Belge, Congreve Walk Trenches and Watou. In 1918 it is also recorded at L'Ecleme, Gevenchy, La Bassee, Hantay, Salome, Bethune, Froidmont, Bourghelles, Bourqhelles and Irchonwelz.

• 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: 9781474529518
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press