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

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.