56 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff

5 February 1916 - 31 August 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2931)

738 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff, 56th Division, covering February 1916 to August 1916 across 727 pages. It names 8 places across 16 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three casualty and personnel returns, 35 reports, narratives and plans, twenty-five Operation Orders, fifteen appendices and eighteen maps. Among the papers are: Casualties; Appendix B. casualties of the 55th Res. Inf. Regt for the Period 24th June to 2nd July; March Table (Issued with 56th Div. order No. 4); March Table issued with 56th Divisional order No. 7; Table"A" issued with 56th Divisional order No. 10; Amendment to 56th Divisional order No. 10; Report on Digging operation; Report of the operations; Index to 56th Divisional instructions for Offensive operations; Preliminary instructions for 56th Division; Instructions for Preliminary Period; Preliminary instructions.The diary opens at Hallencourt on 5 February 1916. 1916 is spent at Henu, Le Cauroy, Hallencourt, Domart En Ponthieu and St Riquier. It closes at St Riquier on 31 August 1916. Henu is where it spent longest, 103 days across four separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 30 days at Le Cauroy.In 1916 it is also recorded at Doullens, Souastre and Frohen-Le-Grand.

• 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: 9781474529686
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press