38 DIVISION 113 Infantry Brigade, Brigade Machine Gun Company: 17 May 1916 - 27 February 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2556/3) (War Diaries - ... of Official War Office Wo95 Documents)

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Brigade Machine Gun Company, 113 Infantry Brigade, 38th Division, covering May 1916 to February 1918 across 70 pages. It names 38 places across 51 dated entries. The diary opens at Le Havre on 17 May 1916. 1916 is the most travelled year, 31 places against 8 in the next busiest, and is spent at Ypres Salient, Le Drumez, Jan Ter Biezen, La Ferme and 'S' Camp. 1917 is spent at Ypres, Bois Grenier and Pilckem Iron Cross Ridge. 1918 at Bac St Maur, Armentieres, Heurbaix, Enguinegatte and Guarbenrie. It closes at Armentieres on 27 February 1918. Ypres is where it spent longest, 182 days across four separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 61 and it came back to Ypres Salient seven separate times. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Ypres Salient and The Salient. In 1916 it is also recorded at Rest Camp I, Les Puresbecques, Road, Cense La Vallee, Cauchy-A-La-Tour, Boffles, Bernaville, Herissart, Lealvillers and Treux. In 1917 it is also recorded at Ypres Salient, Proven 2H 9.7 Hazenbrouk Camp and Bois Grenier Section. In 1918 it is also recorded at Neuf Berquin.