57 DIVISION 170 Infantry Brigade King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2/5th Battalion

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 2/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), 170 Infantry Brigade, 57th Division, covering February 1917 to March 1918 across 33 pages. It names 51 places across 70 dated entries. The diary opens at Southampton on 6 February 1917. 1917 is the most travelled year, 49 places against 18 in the next busiest, and is spent at Fleurbaix, Armentieres, Boutillerie Trench and Sanghem. 1918 is spent at Erquinghem, Bois Grenier, Honours & Awards and Hollebecque Camp. It closes at S Of Chapelle D'Armentieres on 31 March 1918. Fleurbaix is where it spent longest, 61 days across five separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 32 days at Armentieres. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Boutillerie Trench, Cordonnerie Trench, Houplines Trench and Eagle Trench Schreiboom nr Poelcappelle. In 1917 it is also recorded at Le Havre, Bailleul, Outtersteene, Sailly, Cordonnerie, Boutillerie, Houplines Trench, De. Seule Camp Nieppe, Ch. Bovelle and L'Ecleme Near Lillers. In 1918 it is also recorded at Petworth Camp, Waterlands Camp, Chapelle, Wez Macquart Section, Estaires L,30, b,2.9, St. Hilaire, Le Sart, Merville, Neuf Berquin and Nouveau Monde.