58 DIVISION 174 Infantry Brigade 198 Machine Gun Company

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 198 Machine Gun Company, 174 Infantry Brigade, 58th Division, covering December 1916 to February 1918 across 164 pages. It names 44 places across 64 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two reports, narratives and plans and three Operation Orders. Among the papers are: Relief orders of 198 M.G Company No. 5; 198 Machine Gun Company More order. The diary opens at Affringues on 7 December 1916. 1916 is spent at Affringues. 1917 at Bihucourt, Simencourt, Bailleulmont, Mort Homme and Clerques. 1918 at Courcelles, Marizeele, Road Camp, Kempton Park and Solferino Camp. It closes at Marizeele on 28 February 1918. Courcelles is where it spent longest, 29 days across five separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 24 days at Simencourt. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Yser Canal Bank. In 1917 it is also recorded at Pommier, Hamelincourt, Bout-Des-Pres, Ligny, Fontaine L'Etalon, Mailly-Maillet, Sapignies, Mory, Vraucourt-St Leger Road and Courcelles. In 1918 it is also recorded at Roye and Crissolles.