60 DIVISION 181 Infantry Brigade London Regiment 2/23 Battalion

15 June 1916 - 30 November 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/3032/7)

68 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 2/23 Battalion, London Regiment, 181 Infantry Brigade, 60th Division, covering June 1916 to November 1916 across 62 pages. It names 19 places across 28 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three reports, narratives and plans, one Operation Order and one appendix. Among the papers are: Battalion Relief orders Cmdg. 2/23rd Battn. the London Regiment; Report of raid made by the 2/23rd Battalion the London Regt on night of 14/15th October.The diary opens at Sutton Veny on 15 June 1916. 1916 is spent at Reserve, Firing Line, Ergnies, Etrun and Sutton Veny. It closes at En Route for Marseilles on 30 November 1916. Reserve is where it spent longest, 27 days across three separate stays, it came back to Firing Line five separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 19 days at Ergnies.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches Abri Mouton, Reserve Trenches Ecurie, Trenches Sabriere and Trenches Ecurie.In 1916 it is also recorded at Havre, En Route, Villers Brulin, France Villers Brulin, Louez, Trenches Abri Mouton, Ecurie, Trenches Ecurie, Sabriere and Trenches Sabriere.

• 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: 9781474532679
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press