57 DIVISION 171 Infantry Brigade King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2/5 Battalion

11 February 1917 - 31 January 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2983/2)

36 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 2/5 Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment), 171 Infantry Brigade, 57th Division, covering February 1917 to January 1918 across 30 pages. It names 19 places across 32 dated entries.The diary opens at La Boutillerie on 21 February 1917. 1917 is spent at St Hilaire, Bois Grenier, Armentieres, L'Epinnete Sub-Sector and Cordonnerie. 1918 at Armentieres. It closes at Armentieres on 31 January 1918. Armentieres is where it spent longest, 59 days across six separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 36 days at St Hilaire.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Marsouin Farm.In 1917 it is also recorded at Fleurbaix, Erquingham, L'Epinnete, Bac-St-Maun, Ronge de Bont, Rouge De Bout, Marsouin Farm, Wolff Camp, La Panne and Proven.

• 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: 9781474530583
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press