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19 DIVISION 58 Infantry Brigade, Brigade Machine Gun Company: 1 March 1916 - 28 February 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2093/3) (War Diaries - ... of Official War Office Wo95 Documents) - Softcover

 
9781474511438: 19 DIVISION 58 Infantry Brigade, Brigade Machine Gun Company: 1 March 1916 - 28 February 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2093/3) (War Diaries - ... of Official War Office Wo95 Documents)

Synopsis

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Brigade Machine Gun Company, 58 Infantry Brigade, 19th Division, covering March 1916 to February 1918 across 87 pages. It names 64 places across 77 dated entries. The diary opens at Paradis on 8 March 1916. 1916 is spent at Grimont, Richebourg, Erny. St. Julien, Brulooze and Aveluy. 1917 at Grand Bois, Thedell Sailly Au Bois, Ypres Salient and Ebblinghem. 1918 at Le Transloy. It closes at Le Transloy on 28 February 1918. Grand Bois is where it spent longest, 51 days, including a single unbroken stay of 51 and it came back to Erny. St. Julien three separate times. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Ypres Salient, Bellevue Farm and Becourt Wood. In 1916 it is also recorded at Neuve Chapelle Sector, Puresbecque, Robecq, Berquette, Belle Vue Farms, Gorenflos, Le Plessiel, La Plessiel, La Chaussee and Trechencourt. In 1917 it is also recorded at Beauval, Courcelles, Bus-Le-Artois, Sericourt, Belval, La. Couture, Houleron, Strazeele, Fletre and La. Clytte.

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