57 DIVISION 172 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

2 September 1915 - 28 February 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2984)

842 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 172 Infantry Brigade, 57th Division, covering September 1915 to June 1918 across 824 pages. It names 23 places across 43 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 70 reports, narratives and plans, 99 Operation Orders, twenty-three defence schemes, twenty-three appendices, thirty maps and three diagrams. Among the papers are: Report of Examination of wounded Prisoner Captured by 2/9th Bn King's Liverpool Regiment; Report on raid carried out by the 2/9th Bn the King's Liverpool Regiment; Report on special Patrol of 2/4th Bn S.L.R. Mentioned in this Morning's Intelligence; Annexe to 172nd Infantry Brigade Intelligence Summary, No. 6. Appendix No.8; Extract from 172nd Infantry Brigade Intelligence Summary Dated 30th March, 1918; 172nd Infantry Brigade Intelligence Summary 24 hours ended 6 a.m. 31st March 1918; Relief Table; Reliefs to Take place on the 13th April; Scheme for Training instructions in Platoons.; Report of an Encounter with Enemy, 30th May, 1917; Orders for special Listening Post, "K" Battn; 172nd Infantry Brigade operation order No. 5.The diary opens at Oxted on 2 September 1915. 1915 is spent at Maidstone and Oxted. 1916 at Inaidstone. 1917 at Bois Grenier, Rue Du Bois-Bois Grenier, Flechin, Nielles Chateau and Erquinghem. 1918 at Haverskerque and Chau De La Haie. It closes at Chau De La Haie on 29 June 1918. Bois Grenier is where it spent longest, 129 days across ten separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Nielles Chateau.In 1917 it is also recorded at Southampton, Havre, The Route To Baileul, Borre, Oultersteene, Sailly-Estaires, Bois Grenier-Rue Du Bois, Bois Grenier Sector, Estaires and Istavres To Busnes.

• 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: 9781474530668
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press