7 INDIAN (MEERUT) DIVISION 20 (Garhwal) Indian Infantry Brigade 39 Garhwal Rifles

9 August 1914 - 26 November 1915 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/3945/2)

390 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 20 (Garhwal) Indian Infantry Brigade 39 Garhwal Rifles, covering August 1914 to November 1915 across 380 pages. It names 121 places across 161 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries five reports, narratives and plans, one Operation Order and four diagrams. Among the papers are: Extract from Routine orders Meerut Divn. At Sea; Report on German trenches; Distribution of Attacking lists; Report of operation from 10 March to 8 am 11 March 1915; Report of operation from 8 am 11th March to 8 pm 12 March.The diary opens at Lansdowne on 9 August 1914. 1914 is spent at Richebourg L'Avoue, S.S.Coconada Kiamari Docks, H.T. Ekma, Fosse No3 De Ferfay and S.S.Coconada at Sea. 1915 is the most travelled year, 85 places against 66 in the next busiest, and is spent at Hurionville, Billets Near La Gorgue, Calonne, Vielle Chapelle and Zelobes. It closes at Port Said Canal Defences 3rd Section on 26 November 1915. Richebourg L'Avoue is where it spent longest, 43 days across three separate stays, it came back to Calonne five separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 35 days at S.S.Coconada Kiamari Docks.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches Neuve Chapelle, Trenches Rue Du Bois, Bivouac Trenches Near Rue Des Berceaux, Trenches Fauquissart, Trenches Rue De Bois, Trenches Givenchy, Trenches Rue De L'Epinette and Trenches Mauquissart.In 1914 it is also recorded at Dogadda, Kotdwara, Lahore, Samasata, Karachi, S.S.Coconada Suez, S.S.Coconada Port Said, Port Said, S.S.Coconada and Maeseilles and Camp La Valentine Marseilles. In 1915 it is also recorded at Vieille Chapelle, Richeborg St Vaast, Rue De Berceau, Rue De Bois, Trenches Rue De Bois, Richebourg St Vaast, Billets Vieille Chapelle, Billets Vieille Chappele, Billets Richebourg St Vaast and Richebourg L'Avoue.

• 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: 9781474535250
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press