3 CAVALRY DIVISION 6 Cavalry Brigade 6 Machine Gun Squadron : 29 February 1916 - 31 May 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1152/3)

War Office WO95 (WW1)

ISBN 10: 1474500919 / ISBN 13: 9781474500913

Published by Naval & Military Press, 2015

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2016 N&M Press full colour facsimile reprint of original War Office document, with new chronological index. SB, 70 pages. Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 6 Machine Gun Squadron, 6 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division, covering February 1916 to April 1919 across 66 pages. It names 71 places across 88 dated entries.The diary opens at Offin on 29 February 1916. 1916 is spent at Le Touquet, Verton, Bonnay and Cavron St Martin. 1917 at Le Touquet, Epehy, Maresquel and Rubempre. 1918 is the most travelled year, 48 places against 22 in the next busiest, and is spent at Amay, Riencourt, Montigny, Tertry and Epagne. 1919 at St. Georges. It closes at St. Georges on 30 April 1919. Le Touquet is where it spent longest, 152 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 75 and it came back to Maresquel four separate times.In 1916 it is also recorded at La Neuville, Cavron and Maresquel. In 1917 it is also recorded at Maresquel Ecquemicourt, Souchez, Villers-au-Bois, Cabaret Rouge, Vacquerie, Fosseux, Arras, Duisans and Arras, Vaulx and Buire-Le-Sec. In 1918 it is also recorded at Argoeuves, Harbonniers, Devise, Viry, Chauny, Choisy-Au-Bac, E of Boves, Contay, Camon and Belloy. War Diaries - Facsimile Reprints of Official War Office WO95 Documents.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 3 CAVALRY DIVISION 6 Cavalry Brigade 6 Machine Gun Squadron : 29 February 1916 - 31 May 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1152/3)
• Publisher: Naval & Military Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474500919
• ISBN 13: 9781474500913
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • War Diaries
  • War Diaries - Machine Gun Corps

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Synopsis

The War Diaries for the Great War, held under WO95, represent one of the most popular record collections held at the National Archives, Kew, London. For researchers and family historians, the War Diaries contain a wealth of information of far greater interest than the army could ever have predicted. They provide unrivalled insight into daily events on the front line and are packed with fascinating detail. They contain no modern editing, opinions or poorly judged comments, just the war day by day, written by the men who fought this 'War to end all Wars. They are without question, the most important source of information available on the war on the Western Front. Full colour facsimile of each page with specially created chronological index. What is a War Diary? The headquarters of each unit and formation of the British Army in the field was ordered to maintain a record of its location, movements and activities. For the most part, these details were recorded on a standard army form headed 'War diary or intelligence summary'. What details are given? Details given vary greatly, depending on the nature of the unit, what it was doing and, to some extent, the style of the man writing it. The entries vary from very simple and repetitive statements like 'Training' up to many pages of description when a unit was in battle. Production of the diary was the responsibility of the Adjutant of the headquarters concerned. Is there any other information or documents with the diaries? Some diaries have other documentation attached, such as maps, operational orders and after-action reports.