3 CAVALRY DIVISION 7 Cavalry Brigade 7 Machine Gun Squadron: 29 February 1916 - 18 June 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1154/3) (War Diaries - ... of Official War Office Wo95 Documents) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474500978 ISBN 13: 9781474500975

Publisher: Naval & Military Press, 2015

Synopsis

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 7 Machine Gun Squadron, 7 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division, covering February 1916 to June 1919 across 53 pages. It names 93 places across 105 dated entries. The diary opens at Hucqueliers on 29 February 1916. 1916 is spent at Crequy, Hucqueliers, Corbie, Aix En Ergny and Loison Sur Crequoise. 1917 at Bours, Tincourt, Bois Tean, Berneuil and Raye-Sur-Authie. 1918 is the most travelled year, 52 places against 27 in the next busiest, and is spent at St. Ouen, Montigny, Belloy-Sur-Somme, Neuville-Bourjonval and Epagne. 1919 at Chateau-Bassine Mean Maffe Bonsin Borlon, Hermalle Sous Huy, Basse-Awirs and Basses-Awirs Near. It closes at Basses-Awirs Near on 18 June 1919. Crequy is where it spent longest, 110 days, including a single unbroken stay of 110 and it came back to St. Ouen three separate times. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau-Bassine Mean Maffe Bonsin Borlon. In 1916 it is also recorded at Alx-en-Ergny, Wambercourt, Le Plessiel, Merlimont Plage, Crecy, Bethencourt Les Dames, Wanel, Oissy, St Riquier and Dominois. In 1917 it is also recorded at Bearainville, Tilloy, Berneville, Willencourt, Fouilloy, Ceresy, Suzanne, Buire-S-B, Etree-Wamin and Vandelicourt. In 1918 it is also recorded at Trefcon, Wiencourt, Briquemesnuil, Fontaine, Arras, Wagnonlieu, Ramecourt, Contes, Etaples and Fiefs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Naval & Military Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474500978
• ISBN 13: 9781474500975
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 60