7 INDIAN (MEERUT) DIVISION 19 (Dehra Dun) Indian Infantry Brigade 1/9 Battalion Gurkha Rifles

9 August 1914 - 30 November 1915 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/3941/3)

214 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 19 (Dehra Dun) Indian Infantry Brigade 1/9 Battalion Gurkha Rifles, covering August 1914 to November 1915 across 207 pages. It names 70 places across 90 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries four reports, narratives and plans, eight Operation Orders, two maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: Operation Orders. by No 3 Company Daily report; Garhwal report on Right Sub-Station C2; Operation orders Lt. 9th Goorkhas. Appendix B.The diary opens at Dehradun on 9 August 1914. 1914 is spent at Bombay, Dehradun, Billets Bailleul, Trenches Pont Logy and Left Section Trenches Festubert. 1915 is the most travelled year, 63 places against 21 in the next busiest, and is spent at Billets Richebourg St. Vaast, Vielle Chapelle, Billets Vielle Chapelle, St Floris and Billets Bailleul Aux Pernes. It closes at Leshermaines on 30 November 1915. Vielle Chapelle is where it spent longest, 45 days across eight separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 34 days at Billets Richebourg St. Vaast.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches Pont Logy, Left Section Trenches Festubert, Trenches Richebourg St Vaast, Trenches Rue De Lepinette, Trenches Neuve Chapelle Sub Section D, Trenches Rue De Bois, Trenches Subsection B Southern Section and A. 1 Redoubt.In 1914 it is also recorded at Port Said, Marseilles, Camp Valentine Marseilles, Entrainment At Marseilles, Orleans, Train, Merville, Vielle Chapelle, N.W. Of Neuve Chapelle and Richebourg L'Avoue, Trenches. In 1915 it is also recorded at Billets-Rue Des Berceaux, Trenches Richebourg St Vaast, Billets. Quentin, Trenches Rue Du Bois B Sub Section, Dusk, Les Lobes, Rue Du Puits Croix Barb, Trenches Subsection B Southern Section, Croix Marmuse and In Front Of Neuve Chapelle Subsection D.

• 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: 9781474535199
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press