36 DIVISION 109 Infantry Brigade Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 109 Infantry Brigade, 36th Division, covering October 1915 to April 1919 across 258 pages. It names 31 places across 69 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, one report or narrative and three Operation Orders. Among the papers are: 9th (S) Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. list of casualties; Relief orders. A. St. Q. Ricardo, Comdg. 9th R. Innis. Fus. The diary opens at Liphook on 4 October 1915. 1915 is spent at Domquer And Le Plouy, Bertangles, Liphook, Mailly-Maillet and Boulogne. 1916 is the most travelled year, 33 places against 9 in the next busiest, and is spent at Forceville, Dranoutre, Autheux, Martinsart and Aircraft Farm. 1917 at In The Attack. 1919 at Luingne, Roncq and Mouscron. It closes at Luingne on 4 April 1919. Forceville is where it spent longest, 67 days across five separate stays, it came back to Dranoutre six separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 44 days at Luingne. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Aircraft Farm and Martinsart Wood. In 1915 it is also recorded at Allonville, Fienvillers, Longuevillette and Gezaincourt. In 1916 it is also recorded at Domqueur And Le-Plouy, Candas, Longuevillette, Fienvillers, Beaussart, Mailly-Maillet, Authville, Martinsart Wood, Hedauville and Herissart.