7 INDIAN (MEERUT) DIVISION Divisional Troops 13 Brigade Royal Field Artillery and Divisional Ammunition Column

31 August 1914 - 24 December 1915 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/3937)

524 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 7 INDIAN (MEERUT) DIVISION Divisional Troops 13 Brigade Royal Field Artillery and Divisional Ammunition Column, covering December 1912 to December 1915 across 513 pages. It names 72 places across 137 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries thirteen casualty and personnel returns, eighteen reports, narratives and plans, eighteen Operation Orders, five appendices, seven maps and six diagrams. Among the papers are: Casualties Occurring during March 1915; Casualties in 13th Bde during March. Appendix XIV a; Casualties Occurring during April 1915; Report on Affect of Wire Cutting Shooting of 2nd Batty. R.F.A. on 10/3/1915. Appendix V a; Report on Cutting of Wire entanglement by fire from field Artillery guns Appendix V B; Amendments to Meerut Divisional Artillery operation order No. 15; Amendments to Barrages Etc., to Be Formed; Instructions for Meerut Divisional Artillery; Instructions for Wagon Lines. Appendix I C; Meerut Divisional Artillery. instructions; Time Table for Artillery Reliefs; The following extract from Meerut Division operation order No.62 dated the 9th October.The diary opens at Robecq on 1 December 1912. 1912 is spent at Robecq and Gorre. 1913 at In Action In Front Of Lacouture, In Action In Front Of Gorre, Robecq and Lieres. 1914 at Orleans, High Sea S.S. Bankura, Bombay, Bangalore and Rue De Bethune Gorre. 1915 is the most travelled year, 72 places against 41 in the next busiest, and is spent at Zelobes, Paradis, Laventie, Robecq and Croix Barbee. It closes at Mediterranean on 31 December 1915. Zelobes is where it spent longest, 85 days across four separate stays, it came back to Robecq eight separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 39 days at High Sea S.S. Bankura.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau De Liettres.In 1914 it is also recorded at Moorhouse Barracks Bangalore, X Amn. Column R.F.A. Bangalore, Bellary, Guntakal, Southampton, St Nazaire, Port Sueg, Port Said, Marseilles and Lavalentine Camp. In 1915 it is also recorded at Lieres, Ham En Artois, Nedonchelle, Fontaine Les Hermans, La Couture, Guarbecque, Berguette, Cornet Brassard, Battle Of Neuve Chapelle and Neuf Berquin.

• 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: 9781474535137
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press