33 DIVISION Divisional Troops Divisional Signal Company, Machine Gun Corps 33 Battalion, 9 Machine Gun Squadron, 248 Machine Gun Company, Duke of . November 1915 - 31 October 1919 (First Worl

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Divisional Signal Company, Machine Gun Corps 33 Battalion, 9 Machine Gun Squadron, 248 Machine Gun Company, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 18th Battalion Pioneers, Divisional Troops, 33rd Division, covering November 1915 to September 1919 across 871 pages. It names 206 places across 312 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries thirteen casualty and personnel returns, twenty-five reports, narratives and plans, eighteen Operation Orders, twenty-six appendices, two maps and 64 diagrams. Among the papers are: Nominal roll of officers and casualties for month of July, 1918; Appendix "H" 33rd Divisional Signal Co. R.E. nominal roll of officers and casualties; Casualties during the month of September, 1918; Appendix "A" 33rd Divisional Signal Co. R.E. report on Buried Routes-Canal Sector; 33rd Divisional Signal Co. R.E. report on Buried Routes-Canal Sector; Relief and Move Table to Accompany 33rd Div. order No. 364; Amendment No. 1 to 33rd (British) Division order No. 366; Administrative instructions with Reference to 33rd Division operation order No. 360 Dated; Table "A" to Accompany 33rd British Division order No. 366; Appendix "B" issued with 33rd (British) Division order No. 367; Appendix "A" issued with 33rd (British) Division order No. 367; Amendment No. 2 to 33rd Division order No. 367. The diary opens at Perham Down on 10 November 1915. 1915 is spent at Gorre, Busnes, Bethune, Perham Down and Le Preol. 1916 at Le Preol, Souastre, Long, Desvres and Annequin North. 1917 at Boyelles, Crumlin Lines, Gable Farm Wulverghem, Aubigny and Le Mesge. 1918 is the most travelled year, 145 places against 55 in the next busiest, and is spent at Auckland Farm, Malincourt, Vogeltje, Potijze and Middlesex Camp. 1919 at Rouen, Cambrai, Etretat, Martin Eglise and Harfleur. It closes at Jam Support Trench on 21 September 1919. Rouen is where it spent longest, 268 days across nine separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 109 days at Le Preol. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Auckland Farm, Gable Farm Wulverghem, Assam Farm, Fricourt Wood, Franque Wood, Move/High Wood, Herpies Mill and Jam Support Trench. In 1915 it is also recorded at Southampton, Havre, Steenbecque, Guarbecque, Bellerive and Busnettes. In 1916 it is also recorded at Therouanne, L'Ecleme, Fouquereuil, La Chaussee, Poulainville, Treux, Meaulte, Becordel-Becourt, Fricourt Wood and Ribemont. In 1917 it is also recorded at Sailly-Le-Sec, Suzanne, Camp 1.2 Chipilly, Villers-Bocage, Beauval, Remaisnil, Grouches, St Amand, Beaumetz-Les-Loges and Beaurains. In 1918 it is also recorded at Brandhoek, Potijze No. 2 Camp, Bouvelinghem, Westbecourt, Val. D'Acquin, Quercamp, St Martin Au Laert, Potizje, Sunderland Camp and Passchendaele. In 1919 it is also recorded at Hornoy, Aumont, Lelincourt, Villers Campsart, Bezencourt, Escles, Quiberville, Campeux, Forges Les-Eau and Vieux Mannior.