55 DIVISION 165 Infantry Brigade King's (Liverpool Regiment) 7th Battalion

1 January 1916 - 30 April 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2927/1)

162 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 7th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment), 165 Infantry Brigade, 55th Division, covering January 1916 to April 1919 across 152 pages. It names 97 places across 151 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three Operation Orders and two appendices.The diary opens at Warlus on 1 January 1916. 1916 is spent at Wailly, Ypres, Neuville-Au-Bois, C.Camp and Beaumetz. 1917 at Louches, Ypres, Z Camp, Bollezeele and B.Camp. 1918 at Crepy, Lanquesaint, Vaudricourt, Le Preol and Uccle. 1919 at Uccle Brussels, Belgium and Brussels. It closes at Uccle Brussels on 30 April 1919. Uccle Brussels is where it spent longest, 61 days, it came back to Ypres sixteen separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Crepy.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Caftet Copse, Railway Wood, Support Trenches and Pommiers Redoubt.In 1916 it is also recorded at Longpre, St Leger, Fieffes & Montrelet, Amplier, Berles-Au-Bois, Gouy, Bar Ley, Gezaincourt, Mericourt and Bois-De-Tailles. In 1917 it is also recorded at Proven, Ecole, Beautmetz, R. Sub, Railway Wood, Poperinghe, Mersey Camp, Derby Camp, Westbecourt and Moringhem. In 1918 it is also recorded at Ligny Lez Aire, L'Ecleme, Ferme Du Roi, Windy Corner, Fme-Du-Roi & Gorr, Gorre, Auchel, Verquin, Labourse and Drouvin Camp.

• 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: 9781474529570
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press