30 DIVISION 90 Infantry Brigade, Brigade Machine Gun Company: 11 March 1916 - 28 February 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2340/5) (War Diaries ... of Official War Office Wo95 Documents) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474515525 ISBN 13: 9781474515528

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, 90 Infantry Brigade, 30th Division, covering March 1916 to February 1918 across 188 pages. It names 86 places across 118 dated entries. The diary opens at Havre on 11 March 1916. 1916 is spent at Grosville, Suzanne, Vaux En Amienois, Essars and Sailly Laurette. 1917 at Wytschaete, Ypres, Causmes, Gheluvelt and Warluzel. 1918 at Esmery Hallon, Marizeele, Ugny L'Equipee, Douchy and Ebblinghem. It closes at Douchy on 28 February 1918. Grosville is where it spent longest, 72 days across four separate stays, it came back to Ypres eight separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 32 days at Vaux En Amienois. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Assembly Trenches, Trones Wood, Bernafay Wood & Trones Wood, Bernafay & Trones Wood, Chateau Segard and Loisne Chateau. In 1916 it is also recorded at Corbie, All On Ville, Etinehem Camp, Bray, Mericourt, Etinheim, Heilly, Ailly Sur Somme, Saissemont and Etineham. In 1917 it is also recorded at Monchiet, Wailly, Bellacourt, Blairville, Bailleulmont, Bienvillers, Neuville-Vitasse, Hazebrouck, Croix and Erie Camp. In 1918 it is also recorded at Chateau Segard, Lamotte Brebiere, Harbonnieres, Pargny, Grandru, Z Section Line, 3 Section Line, Besme and Munrancourt.

Edition details

• Publisher: Naval & Military Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474515525
• ISBN 13: 9781474515528
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196