3 CAVALRY DIVISION 6 Cavalry Brigade 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) : 30 October 1914 - 31 January 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1153/2)

2016 N&M Press full colour facsimile reprint of original War Office document, with new chronological index. SB, 196 pages. Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own), 6 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division, covering October 1914 to January 1919 across 190 pages. It names 108 places across 131 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one list of honours and awards, two casualty and personnel returns, five reports, narratives and plans and one diagram. Among the papers are: List of honours and rewards (Recent Operations); 3rd Dragoon Guards casualties 11th April 1917; List of officers Present during operations 5th to 11th April 1917 About Monchy Le Preux; Report of operations Nov. 5th to 6th; Report on operations Nov. 12th 13th.; Report on Operations.; 3/rd Dragoon Guards narrative of events from September 23rd to Octr 12th 1918.The diary opens at Ludgershall on 30 October 1914. 1914 is spent at Billets L'Epinette Caudescure District, No. 2 Camp, Trenchs at Zillebeke, No. 4 Camp and Le Havre. 1915 at Boeseghem, Billets L'Epinette Caudescure District, Boiseghem, 1 mile S.E. of Zillebere and Merville. 1916 at Offin, Maintenay, Berck Sands, Campigneulles-Les-Grandes and Paris Plage. 1917 at AIX-En-ISSART, Le Corbie, Buire, Herissart and Longpre. 1918 at Le Mesge, Tertry, Ailly-Le-Haut Clocher, Manancourt and Bailleul Les Pernes. 1919 at St. Georges. It closes at St. Georges on 31 January 1919. AIX-En-ISSART is where it spent longest, 19359 days, including a single unbroken stay of 19359 and it came back to Offin five separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches Heronthage Wood.In 1914 it is also recorded at Southampton, Railway Journey, Cassell, No. 1 Camp, Trenches Heronthage Wood, No. 3 Camp and Billets Bailleul. In 1915 it is also recorded at Billets Boeseghem and Ypres. In 1916 it is also recorded at Sailly-La-Bourse, Bethune, Vermelles, D1 Sector Front Line, St Ricquier, Marcheville, Domart, Bonnay, Meerlesart and Vaux-Sur Somme. In 1917 it is also recorded at Lachausee Marcelcave, Devise, Petit Preux, Dumpierre, Berthecourt, La Neuville, Harbonnieres, Marles Les Mines, Le Sart and Hestrus. In 1918 it is also recorded at Beaumont, Chaisy Au Bac, Sains-En Amenois, Camon, Rougefay, Epps, Bourbers, Villers L'Hopital, Contay and Belloy. War Diaries - Facsimile Reprints of Official War Office WO95 Documents. …