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57 DIVISION Divisional Troops 173 Machine Gun Company: 1 May 1917 - 1 March 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2974/5) (War Diaries - Facsimile Reprints of Official War Office Wo95 Documents) - Softcover

 
9781474530378: 57 DIVISION Divisional Troops 173 Machine Gun Company: 1 May 1917 - 1 March 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2974/5) (War Diaries - Facsimile Reprints of Official War Office Wo95 Documents)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1474530370 ISBN 13: 9781474530378
Publisher: Naval & Military Press, 2015

Synopsis

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 173 Machine Gun Company, Divisional Troops, 57th Division, covering May 1917 to March 1918 across 43 pages. It names 15 places across 18 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries four reports, narratives and plans. Among the papers are: 173 Machine Gun Company. operation order No. 1; 173rd M.G. Coy. operation order No. 4. The diary opens at Armentieres Defence on 1 May 1917. 1917 is spent at Armentieres Defences, La Tirmand, Clerques and Herzeele. 1918 at Chapelle Duvelle, Armentieres Defences, Chappelle Duvelle, Armentiers and Boisgrenier Fleurbaix Padinghem Aubers. It closes at Croix Du Bac on 31 March 1918. Armentieres Defences is where it spent longest, 113 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 92. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Luneville Farm. In 1917 it is also recorded at Langemarck, Boesinghe, Sutton Camp, Luneville Farm and Dublin Camp.

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Publisher
Naval & Military Press
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1474530370
ISBN 13 
9781474530378
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
48