59 DIVISION 176 Infantry Brigade South Staffordshire Regiment 2/5th (T.F.) Battalion

25 February 1917 - 31 January 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/3021/7)

72 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the South Staffordshire Regiment 2/5th (T.F.) Battalion, 176 Infantry Brigade, 59th Division, covering February 1917 to January 1918 across 64 pages. It names 54 places across 66 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries four reports, narratives and plans and two Operation Orders. Among the papers are: 2/5th Bn South Staffordshire Regiment instructions No.1 issued in conjunction; 2/5th Bn South Staffordshire Regiment Administrative instructions No.1.The diary opens at Codford on 25 February 1917. 1917 is spent at Winnezeele, Le Verguier, Barastre, Equancourt and Hervilly. 1918 at Manin. It closes at Manin on 31 January 1918. Manin is where it spent longest, 31 days, including a single unbroken stay of 31 and it came back to Barastre three separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Goldfish Chateau, Red Trench, Bank Farm, Wieltje Dugout, Chateau De La Haie and Havrincourt Wood.In 1917 it is also recorded at Southampton, Harve, Soleaux, Saint Fuschin, Fouilloy, Mericourt, Foucacourt, Berny, Foncacourt and Cizancourt.

• 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: 9781474531917
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press