56 DIVISION 168 Infantry Brigade London Regiment 4th (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers) and London Regiment 12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers)

2 November 1915 - 31 January 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2954)

910 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the London Regiment 4th (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers) and London Regiment 12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers), 168 Infantry Brigade, 56th Division, covering November 1915 to May 1919 across 886 pages. It names 176 places across 395 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two lists of honours and awards, five casualty and personnel returns, 101 reports, narratives and plans, 104 Operation Orders, two defence schemes, eighteen appendices, fourteen maps and four diagrams. Among the papers are: List of honours and Rewards. April 1918 App "L"; June. 1918 Kings' Birthday honours; Summary of actual casualties sustained by this unit from 13th August, 1917 to 18th; Nominal roll of Officer Re-inforcements during the month of April App "K"; Appendix E list casualties during April 1917; 1/4th. Battn. the London Regt., R.F. report on operations of 16th. August 1917 Appendix; 1/4th Battalion. the London Regt. R.F. report on operations of 16th August; Appendix "A" report on operations 28th March, 1918; 1/4 Battn. the London Regt (R.F.) report on operations; Report on operations of 9th September 1916; Sketch of Ground Covered by Patrol; Patrol report Form.The diary opens at Billets Merville Rd on 2 November 1915. 1915 is spent at Lillers, Noyelles Les Vermelles, Pont Logy, Ludiana Lodge and Labourse. 1916 at Croix Barbee, Laventie, Hebuterne, Beaufort and Bayencourt. 1917 at Lagnicourt, Fremicourt, Simencourt, Houlle and Oppy. 1918 at Oppy, Villers-Sire-Nicole, Telegraph Hill, Dainville and Tilloy. 1919 at Villers-Sire-Nicole, Cuesmes and Givry. It closes at Cuesmes Belgium on 21 May 1919. Croix Barbee is where it spent longest, 377 days, including a single unbroken stay of 372 and it came back to Hebuterne fourteen separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Tadpole Copse, Marqueffles Farm, Maltz Horn Farm, Billon Farm, Angle Wood, Bouleaux Wood, Leuze Wood and Trones Wood.In 1915 it is also recorded at Loretto Rd and Sailly Labourse. In 1916 it is also recorded at Drouvin, Les Brebis, S. Maroc, Haillicourt, Etaples, Fosse, Neuve Chapelle, Citerne, Merelessart and Vauchelles. In 1917 it is also recorded at Pond Du Hem, Riez Baillieul, Moated Grange, Robermetz, La Gorgue, Neuve Chapelle, Croix Barbee, Fosse, Fran Du Bois and Ferme Du Bois. In 1918 it is also recorded at St Aubin, Maroeuil, Gavrelle, Wakefield, Monchy-Breton, La Thieuloye, Roclincourt, Magnicourt, Mont St Eloy and Villers Au Bois.

• 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: 9781474530026
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press