25 DIVISION Divisional Troops Machine Gun Corps 25 Battalion, 195 Machine Gun Company, 105 and 106 Field Company Royal Engineers: 26 September 1915 - ... of Official War Office Wo95 Documents) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1474513387 ISBN 13: 9781474513388

Verlag: Naval & Military Press, 2015

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Machine Gun Corps 25 Battalion, 195 Machine Gun Company, 105 and 106 Field Company Royal Engineers, Divisional Troops, 25th Division, covering September 1915 to April 1919 across 568 pages. It names 221 places across 298 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries twenty-eight reports, narratives and plans, 41 Operation Orders, three appendices and four diagrams. Among the papers are: Narrative of operations of 105th Field Company, R.E. from 3rd to 12th October 1918; Report on operations of 106th. Field Company R.E. Between 21/3/18 and 27/3/1918 Inclusive; Report on operations of 105th. Field Company R.E., Between 21/3/18., and 27/3/18; Narrative of Events 9.4.18 to 19.4.18. 105th Field Coy., R.E. 105th Field Coy., R.E; Appendix 4 operation order No. 4 by Capt. W.W Ashcroft O.C. 195th M.G. Coy; Relief operation order No 11 Comdg 195 M.G. Coy; Operation orders M C No 25 Battalion Machine Gun Corps App No 2; Appendix II March Table to Accompany operation order No. 15; Operation orders MC. No 25 Battn M.G.C; Appendix IV March Table to Accompany operation order Dated; Amendment No 1 to instructions No 1 Series a; Amendment to 25th Battalion M.G.C. instructions No 1. The diary opens at Aldershot on 26 September 1915. 1915 is spent at Ploegsteert, Armentieres, Watou, H.6. Central and Havre. 1916 at Ploegsteert, Armentieres, Ecoivres and La Kreule. 1917 at Beuvry, Dou-Dou Farm Ploegsteert, Vaulx, Camp SE of Ypres and Le Preol. 1918 is the most travelled year, 117 places against 92 in the next busiest, and is spent at Beaurainville, Achiet Le Grand, Achiet Le Petit, Quievy and St. Hilaire. 1919 at Poix Du Nord, Salesches, Solesmes, Cambrai and Carnieres. It closes at Havre on 19 April 1919. Ploegsteert is where it spent longest, 367 days across ten separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 87. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Dou-Dou Farm Ploegsteert and Aveluy Wood. In 1915 it is also recorded at Hazebrouk. In 1916 it is also recorded at Near Hazebrouck, Reninghelst, Dickebusch, Tincquette, Tincques & Cabaret Rouge, Ecoivres Mons St Eloi and Maroeuil, Aurietz, Villers Brulin, General and Senlis. In 1917 it is also recorded at Lebizet, Maison 1875, Maison 75, Godewaersvelde, Court-Croix, Cormette, Courte Croix, Wardrecques, Bayenghem and Wizernes. In 1918 it is also recorded at Lagnicourt, In The Line Lagnicourt, Favreuil, Vaulx No 12 Camp, Morchies Favreuil, Favreiul, Lebucquiere, Bucquoy, Essarts and Couin Authie Puchvillers. In 1919 it is also recorded at Rieux, Havssy and Iwuy.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Naval & Military Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1474513387
• ISBN 13: 9781474513388
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 586
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