7 INDIAN (MEERUT) DIVISION 19 (Dehra Dun) Indian Infantry Brigade 2/2 Battalion Gurkha Rifles, 6 JAT Light Infantry and 93 Burma Infantry

28 June 1914 - 3 November 1915 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/3942)

790 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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 2/2 Battalion Gurkha Rifles, 6 JAT Light Infantry and 93 Burma Infantry, covering June 1914 to December 1915 across 780 pages. It names 75 places across 124 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two appendices and five diagrams.The diary opens at Secunderabad on 28 June 1914. 1914 is spent at Secunderabad, Bombay, Dehra Doon, Floringhem and Richebourg L'Avoue. 1915 is the most travelled year, 82 places against 32 in the next busiest, and is spent at Marseilles, Vieille Chapelle, King George's Road, Paradis and Kantara. It closes at S.S Jeddah on 31 December 1915. Marseilles is where it spent longest, 77 days across four separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 73 and it came back to Vieille Chapelle nine separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches Subsector Ind 2 A, St Vaast Trenches, The Trenches Ind 3A, Reserve Trenches, Remained In Same Trenches and Beaupre Farm.In 1914 it is also recorded at Bombay on S.S. Angora, S.S Angora, Suez, Port Said, Marseilles, Camp La Valentine, Toulouse, In The Train, Argenton and Orleans. In 1915 it is also recorded at Calonne, Richebourg St Vaast, La Couture, Le Cornet Malo, Robecq, Merville, H.Q Edward Road, Richbourg St Vaast, Pont Du Hem and Vielle Chapelle.

• 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: 9781474535205
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press