55 DIVISION 166 Infantry Brigade King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1/5th Battalion

1 November 1915 - 31 July 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2930/1)

668 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 1/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), 166 Infantry Brigade, 55th Division, covering November 1915 to July 1919 across 655 pages. It names 60 places across 82 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries twelve reports, narratives and plans, 90 Operation Orders, one map and one diagram. Among the papers are: Table "A" to Accompany 2nd Infantry Brigade operation order No. 55; Operation order Lt. Comdg 5 Bn the King's Own (RLR); Order of March; Amendments to operation order No. 3; Scheme of a raid to Be carried Cut by the 5th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt.); Orders for Relief "No.2"; Addenda to operation order No 54; Warning order; 55th (West Lancashire) Division order No. 204; I Corps Counter-Battery order No 89; Report on the raid carried out by 1/5th Bn.The diary opens at Ecquedecques on 1 November 1915. 1915 is spent at Ecquedecques, Mazingarbe, Noeux Les Mines, B2 Supports and B1 Supports. 1916 at Bellacourt, Laherliere, Wellington Redoubt, Fresnoy and Riviere. 1917 at 14 Willows Road, Villers Guislain and Denning Avenue. 1918 at Villers St Amand, Esplechin, Attre, Willemeau and Marais De La Louviere. 1919 at Schleiden, Brussels, Urft and Eurskirchen. It closes at Urft on 31 July 1919. Schleiden is where it spent longest, 70 days across three separate stays, it came back to Bellacourt five separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 35 days at 14 Willows Road.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Wellington Redoubt, Denning Avenue, B.1 Supports B.1. Fire Trench and B1 Fire Trench.In 1915 it is also recorded at Ecquedecques Mazingarbe, Hulluch, B2 Sub Section Hulluch, B2 Sub Section Mazingarbe, Mazingarbe B1 Supports, B.1 Supports B.1. Fire Trench, B1 Fire Trench, B1 Supports Noeux les Mines, Noeux-Les-Mines. A2 Sub-Section and A2 Sub-Section. In 1916 it is also recorded at Mazingarbe, Metigny-Laleu, St Leger Les Domart, Ribeaucourt, Halloy, Ampliers, Berles-Au-Bois, Saulty, Gouy and Beaumetz. In 1918 it is also recorded at Gueronde and Leuze. In 1919 it is also recorded at Schleiden Urft.

• 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: 9781474529655
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press