7 DIVISION 20 Infantry Brigade Devonshire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion: 17 July 1915 - 30 November 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1655/2) ... of Official War Office Wo95 Documents). This item is unavailable.7 DIVISION 20 Infantry Brigade Devonshire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion: 17 July 1915 - 30 November 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1655/2) ... of Official War Office Wo95 Documents)

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Devonshire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion, 20 Infantry Brigade, 7th Division, covering July 1915 to November 1917 across 248 pages. It names 175 places across 224 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two casualty and personnel returns, thirteen reports, narratives and plans, two Operation Orders, two maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: 8th S. Bn the Devonshire Regiment. casualties for Period 5th May 1917 to 9th May 1917; 8th (Service) Battalion Devonshire Regiment. Total casualties; Appendix 11. report on operations from 3-9-16 to 7-9-16; 8th Ser Battalion the Devonshire Regt. report on operations At Ecoust; 8th (Service) Battalion the Devonshire Regiment. report on operations; War Diary 8th (Ser) Bn Devonshire Regiment. Appendix 1. Containing all Important orders; Orders Received No. B.M.74; Appendix IV report on Recent operations; Instructions for Forthcoming Operations., 8th (Ser) Bn Devonshire Regiment. No 2; 20th Infantry Brigade Provisional order; Report on Recent Operations. Appendix 1. orders Received; Appendix IV report on operation from 3-9-16 to 7-9-16. The diary opens at Bamptoke on 17 July 1915. 1915 is spent at Essars, Ailly, Carvin and Locon. 1916 is the most travelled year, 93 places against 70 in the next busiest, and is spent at Ailly Sur Somme, Pont Remy, Vaux S Somme, Morlancourt and Grovetown. 1917 at Ablainseville, Bailleulval, Pernois, Camp Near Westoutre and Tatinghem. It closes at Legnago on 25 November 1917. Ailly Sur Somme is where it spent longest, 34 days across four separate stays, it came back to Meaulte eight separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 24 days at Pont Remy. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Trenches Beaumont Hamel, Trenches Bullecourt, Trenches B2, May Trenches Bullencourt, Trenches D 1 J, DI. Trenches, Trenches Near Polygon Wood and Maison Rouge Dug Outs. In 1915 it is also recorded at Aldershot, Havre, Wizernes, Las Cleuliaux, Busnes, Noyalle, Les Harisoirs, Verquin, Fermelle and Verquigneul. In 1916 it is also recorded at Fourdrinoy and Pontremy, Ailly Somme, Cardonette, La Houssoye, Meaulte, Trenches D 1 J, Trenches DI. Becordel, Ville Sur Ancre, Ville and D2. Sec and Meaute. In 1917 it is also recorded at Louvencourt, Trenches Beaumont Hamel, Bus, Beauval, Beauquesne, Bertrancourt, Mailly Mallet, Puisieux-Au-Mont, Mailly Maillet and Mailly Puisieux.