61 DIVISION Divisional Troops 307 Brigade Royal Field Artillery

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 307 Brigade Royal Field Artillery, Divisional Troops, 61st Division, covering September 1915 to March 1918 across 669 pages. It names 22 places across 31 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 82 reports, narratives and plans, 84 Operation Orders, 41 appendices, seventeen maps and four diagrams. Among the papers are: Programme of 6 Newton M.T. Ms. L.T. Ms. and M.Gs. Assisting in raid by 6th Glosters; Table of Reliefs; Operation order Combined Artillery & Trench Mortar Shoot on Wick Salient between 8 am &; Operations orders for night July 29th 1916 in co-operation with Trench Mortars; Instructions for Enterprise; 184th Infantry Brigade order No. 26; 184 Infantry Brigade order No. 26; Raid operation orders by O.C. 2/5 Glosters; 61st Division order No. 66; 61st Division order No. 149; Artillery Instruction for 6-4-17; Programme for attack on Hill 12C in 11.14. The diary opens at Great Baddow on 1 September 1915. 1915 is spent at Writtle, Epping, Gt. Baddow, Southminster and Great Baddow. 1916 at Laventie, Gt. Baddow, Heave Chapelle and St. Venant. 1917 at Pozieres, Near Of Cam Valley NE Of Athies and North Cam Valley East Of Athis. 1918 at Reference 62 B SW and 62 Cse. It closes on 26 March 1918. Writtle is where it spent longest, 108 days, including a single unbroken stay of 77 and it came back to Laventie six separate times. In 1915 it is also recorded at Ingatestone and Hostile. In 1916 it is also recorded at Levantie.