66 DIVISION 199 Infantry Brigade Manchester Regiment 2/8th Battalion

14 March 1917 - 13 February 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/3145/4)

194 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 2/8th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, 199 Infantry Brigade, 66th Division, covering March 1917 to February 1918 across 185 pages. It names 47 places across 71 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three casualty and personnel returns, eight reports, narratives and plans, 60 Operation Orders, three appendices and four maps. Among the papers are: Casualties; Casualties for month ending January 31st 1918; 2/8th Bn Manchester regt casualties for month of January 1918; Appendix a operation orders; Relief Table; Operation orders A1 to A8; 2/8th Battalion Manchester Regiment Refce Sheet 28 1/40,000 order No. 41.The diary opens at Boulogne on 14 March 1917. 1917 is the most travelled year, 58 places against 8 in the next busiest, and is spent at Cambrin Right, Caestre, Noyelles, Arques and Montreal Camp. 1918 is spent at Caestre, Infantry Barracks Ypres, West Farm Camp I.10 Central and School Camp. It closes at School Camp on 13 February 1918. Cambrin Right is where it spent longest, 41 days across nine separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 18 days at Arques.In 1917 it is also recorded at Annequin, Cambrin Left, St Elie Right, B5 M17 Support, Noyelles "B" & "C" Coys Camrin Left, Noyelles "B" & "D" Coys Cambrin Left, Support, La. Pugnoy, St Pol and Courdekerque-Branch. In 1918 it is also recorded at Potijze, Left Sub Sector 66th Divisional Front and Reninghelst.

• 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: 9781474534536
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press