3 CAVALRY DIVISION 7 Cav Brig 1 Life Guards, 2 Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, 6th Dragoons, 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal), 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) and Leics Yeomanry : 25 Aug 1914 - 27 Oct 1917 (1st World War, War Diary, WO95/1155)

2016 N&M Press full colour facsimile reprint of original War Office document, with new chronological index. SB, 703 pages. Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 1 Life Guards, 2 Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, 6th Dragoons (Inniskilling), 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal), 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) and Leicestershire Yeomanry, 7 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division, covering August 1914 to March 1919 across 683 pages. It names 417 places across 631 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one list of honours and awards, one casualty and personnel return, thirty reports, narratives and plans, seven appendices, three maps and four diagrams. Among the papers are: Immediate honours and Awards. Appendix a; 3rd Cav. Pioneer Regt. casualties in R.H.G. Detachment. Appendix. "A"; Special order of the Day Haig. K.T. G. , G. , K.C.I.E., Commander-in-Chief, British; Special order; Routine order No.141. , 7th Cavalry Brigade; Farewell order; Inniskilling Dragoons narrative of operation August 8th to 11th; Narrative of operation Aug. 8 Ref: Map Administrative Corbie 1/40.000 (attached)1st; 7th Dragoon Guards. narrative of operation Appendix "C"; The Distinguished Service Order. Appendix "C"; Narrative of Operation. "A" Squadron 7th Dragoon Guards attached 29th British Divn; Report on Seizing the Crossings of the Dendre at Lessines on 11th November, 1918.The diary opens at Windsor on 25 August 1914. 1914 is spent at Till, Staple, Eecke, St. Sylvestre and 1 Mile Not Sweenezeele. 1915 at Hucqueliers, Rumilly, Staple, Ebblinghem and La Brearde. 1916 at Royon, Fruges, Fressin, Rumilly and Corbie. 1917 at Guarbecque, Dieval, Merlimont Plage, Verton and St. Josse. 1918 is the most travelled year, 185 places against 120 in the next busiest, and is spent at St Ouen, Trefcon, Long, Durbuy and Seny. 1919 at Seny, Ouffet Jennenet Ocquier, Jennere Ouffet Ocquier, Jenneret Ouffet Ocqvier and Niederem Bt. It closes at Cologne on 31 March 1919. Rumilly is where it spent longest, 273 days across eight separate stays, it came back to St Ouen eleven separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 183 days at Hucqueliers.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Bellewarde Farm, Point 100 Wood, Trenches, Dug-outs in Military Authry, Coorers Quarry, Errieres Wood, Wood 1/4 M E of Carlepont and Ferrieres Wood.In 1914 it is also recorded at Zeebrugge, Blankenberghe, Jabbeke, Lophem, Beernem, General Comment, Ruddervoorde, De God, Rumbeke and Winkel St Eloi. In 1915 it is also recorded at Ypres Zillebeke, Trenches SE of Zillebeke, Zillebeke, La Motte, Arrewage, Merville, Wallon Cappel, Renescure, Les Huit Rues and Abeele Godewaersvelde. In 1916 it is also recorded at Wicquinghem, Belle Vue, Bourthes, Contes, Nevilly L'Hopital, Caours, Merlimont Plage, Ergny, Caumartin Les-Crecy and Crecy En Pontnieu. In 1917 it is also recorded at Marenla, Loison, Lespinoy, Boubers S/Canche, Boubers-Sur-Canche, Gouy-En-Artois, Arras, Monchiet, Simencourt and Barly. In 1918 it is also recorded at Domleger, Gopenflos Vc List Lens II 1/100,000), Ribeaucourt, Meraucourt, Gorenflos Vc, St Sauveur Vc, Belloy, Proyart, Harbonnieres and Field Vauchelles Leo-Domart. In 1919 it is also recorded at Longpre, Pepinster, Coilancourt, Montecourt, Antwerp, Steinval, St Christ, Polleur, Eynatten and Inden.…