36 DIVISION 109 Infantry Brigade Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 10th Battalion

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 10th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 109 Infantry Brigade, 36th Division, covering October 1915 to January 1918 across 237 pages. It names 55 places across 96 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries nineteen reports, narratives and plans, four Operation Orders and two maps. Among the papers are: Relief orders Lt. Smyth, Comdg. 10th Bn. Royal Innis Fus; Battalion orders, 10th (S) Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fus; Battalion orders, 10th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; Relief orders, 10th (S) Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fus; Narrative. The diary opens at Boulogne on 4 October 1915. 1915 is spent at Gorenflos, Beauval, Coisy, Hebuterne and Boulogne. 1916 at Martinsart, Lealvillers, Ploegsteert Wood and Bonneville. 1917 is the most travelled year, 51 places against 14 in the next busiest, and is spent at Bertincourt, Spanbroek, Hermies, Wakefield Huts and Haut Loquin. 1918 at Demuin, Fluquieres and Beaucourt. It closes at Fluquieres on 31 January 1918. Lealvillers is where it spent longest, 43 days, it came back to Spanbroek seven separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 33 days at Gorenflos. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Ploegsteert Wood and Thiepval Wood. In 1915 it is also recorded at Collin and Colin. In 1916 it is also recorded at Toutencourt, Acheux, Forceville, Thiepval Wood and Ploegsteert. In 1917 it is also recorded at Ploegsteert Wood, Bulford Camp, Meteren, Morbecque, Hallines, Acquin, Hazebrouck, Wakefield Huts Near Locre, Kemmel and Berthen. In 1918 it is also recorded at Nesle, Gd Seraucourt and Bn. In Reserve.