59 DIVISION 176 Infantry Brigade Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) 2/5th Battalion

24 February 1917 - 31 January 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/3021/3)

92 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 2/5th Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment), 176 Infantry Brigade, 59th Division, covering February 1917 to January 1918 across 84 pages. It names 53 places across 73 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one report or narrative and four Operation Orders. Among the papers are: Amendments to Bn. operation order No.44.The diary opens at Godford on 24 February 1917. 1917 is spent at Barastre, Winnizeele, Equancourt, Hervilly and Beaucamp. 1918 at Liencourt. It closes at Liencourt on 31 January 1918. Barastre is where it spent longest, 52 days across three separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Liencourt.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include South Of Bourlon Wood and Red Trench.In 1917 it is also recorded at Boulogne, Salouel, Fouilloy, Morcourt, Foucaucourt, Genermont, Mazencourt, Brie, Estees-En-Chaussee and Vraignes.

• 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: 9781474531870
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press