59 DIVISION 176 Infantry Brigade 174 Machine Gun Company

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 174 Machine Gun Company, 176 Infantry Brigade, 59th Division, covering February 1917 to February 1918 across 114 pages. It names 41 places across 51 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three reports, narratives and plans, one Operation Order and four maps. Among the papers are: Relief orders Comdg 174th Machine Gun Coy; Fire Organisation orders; 174 Machine Gun Company report on Recent operations E. of Ypres 26-27 September 1917. The diary opens at Grantham on 23 February 1917. 1917 is spent at Barastre, Winnezeele, Roisel, Carency and Jeancourt. 1918 at Berlencourt, Noreuil S.E of Bullecourt, Durrow Camp Morv and Bienvillers. It closes at Noreuil S.E of Bullecourt on 28 February 1918. Barastre is where it spent longest, 57 days across three separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Berlencourt. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Montigny Farm. In 1917 it is also recorded at Southampton, Havre, Longeau, Warfusee, Abancourt, Foucaucourt, Berny, Fresnes, Misery and Brie.