55 DIVISION 166 Infantry Brigade Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion (Territorial Force)

1 January 1916 - 31 January 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2929/1)

144 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion (Territorial Force), 166 Infantry Brigade, 55th Division, covering January 1916 to January 1918 across 136 pages. It names 48 places across 61 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one report or narrative. Among the papers are: Preliminary report on raid.The diary opens at Vergies, Somme on 12 January 1916. 1916 is spent at Bellacourt, Trenches, Ypres, Vergies, Somme, Acheux and Somme. 1917 is the most travelled year, 33 places against 23 in the next busiest, and is spent at Ypres, Railway Wood, Trenches Honnecourt Centre Sub-Sector, "B" Camp, Brandhoek and Erny St Julien. 1918 at Erny St Julien. It closes at Erny St Julien on 31 January 1918. Bellacourt is where it spent longest, 55 days across five separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Ypres.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches, Ypres, Railway Wood, Trenches Honnecourt Centre Sub-Sector, Canal Bank Ypres, Ypres, Canal Bank, Trenches N.E. Edge Delville Wd, Bivouac Pommier Redoubt and Yser Canal. Bank Ypres.In 1916 it is also recorded at Vergies, France, Bellacourt Pas-De-Calais, Gouy Pas-De-Calain, Nr Bellacourt, Grande Rullecourt, Brevillers, Outrebois, Beaumetz and Ville Sur Ancre. In 1917 it is also recorded at Yser Canal. Bank Ypres, Volkerinckhove, "D" Camp, Brandhoek, Ypres, Canal Bank, Convent, Ypres, Prison, Ypres, Potijze, Wieltje, Setques and Query 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: 9781474529624
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press