18 DIVISION 54 Infantry Brigade, Brigade Machine Gun Company: 8 February 1916 - 31 January 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2045/2) (War Diaries ... of Official War Office Wo95 Documents) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474510922 ISBN 13: 9781474510929

Publisher: Naval & Military Press, 2015

Synopsis

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Brigade Machine Gun Company, 54 Infantry Brigade, 18th Division, covering February 1916 to January 1918 across 80 pages. It names 63 places across 86 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one Operation Order, five appendices and one map. The diary opens at Grantham on 8 February 1916. 1916 is spent at Bray, Oissy, Albert, Armentieres and Franvillers. 1917 at Martinsart, Bouzincourt Authille, Thiennes, Ledringhem and Buysscheure. 1918 at Box Camp, Larry Camp Trenches, In Trenches, Houlle and Crombeke. It closes at Crombeke on 31 January 1918. Bray is where it spent longest, 74 days across five separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 49 days at Oissy. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches, Irish Farm, Trigger Wood Maricourt, Bronfay Farm Bois-De-Tallies and Chateau De Trois Tours. In 1916 it is also recorded at Holloway, Southampton, Havre, Mericourt, Corbie, Maricourt, Bronfay Farm Bois-De-Tallies, Trigger Wood Maricourt, Bois-de-Tallies and Neuville-de-Bois. In 1917 it is also recorded at Berneuil, Rebeampre, In Trenches, Le Pire, Sachin, Neuville Vitasse, Hindenburg Support, Monchy-Au-Bois, Canal Reserve Camp and Steenvoorde.

Edition details

• Publisher: Naval & Military Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474510922
• ISBN 13: 9781474510929
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88