50 DIVISION 151 Infantry Brigade Durham Light Infantry 1/8th Battalion

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 1/8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, 151 Infantry Brigade, 50th Division, covering May 1918 to November 1918 across 621 pages. It names 9 places across 10 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries four casualty and personnel returns, 77 reports, narratives and plans, 89 Operation Orders, one defence scheme, two appendices, three maps and four diagrams. Among the papers are: 8th Bn the Durham Light Infantry roll of officers May 1st-15th 1918; Account of raid by 8th D.L.I (151st Inf Bde); Interrogation of Prisoner Captured in raid by 151st Infantry Brigade on night; Instructions issued with 8th Bn the Durham Light Infantry operation orders No.38; Operation orders No.39 Addendum No.1; Operation orders; 151st Infantry Brigade Warning orders; 50th Division Administrative Instruction No.21; 151st Infantry Brigade Administrative instructions; Issued with 151st Infantry Brigade operation order No. 134; Amendment to 151st Infantry Brigade operation order No. 134; Amendment to operation orders No.54. The diary opens at Muscourt on 27 May 1918. 1918 is spent at Rouen, St Gilles, Vizilly Villers Argon, Igny Le Jard and Muscourt. It closes at Rouen on 18 November 1918. Rouen is where it spent longest, 79 days, including a single unbroken stay of 49. In 1918 it is also recorded at Baslieux, Jonchery, Arcis Le Ponsart and Vert La Gravelle.