34 DIVISION 102 Infantry Brigade, Brigade Machine Gun Company

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Brigade Machine Gun Company, 102 Infantry Brigade, 34th Division, covering April 1916 to October 1917 across 177 pages. It names 46 places across 80 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two reports, narratives and plans, four appendices, two maps and two diagrams. Among the papers are: Instructions re Barrage Guns.; Orders for Gun Members Oc.. The diary opens at Grantham on 25 April 1916. 1916 is spent at Armentieres, Albert, Villers Au Bois, Franvillers and Erquinghem. 1917 is the most travelled year, 52 places against 22 in the next busiest, and is spent at Autheux, Pegwell Camp-Proven, Caestre, Arras and St Nicholas. It closes at Pegwell Camp-Proven on 31 October 1917. Armentieres is where it spent longest, 237 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 189 and it came back to Beaumetz eight separate times. In 1916 it is also recorded at Southampton, Havre, St. Omer, St. Martin, Muncqnieurlet, St. Gratien, Trevincourt, Millencourt, Liencourt and Fosse De La Claronel. In 1917 it is also recorded at Mereten, Morbecque, Mazingham, Guestreville, Ecoivres, Dieval, Bethonsart, Louez, Y Huts and La Thieuloye.