3 DIVISION 8 Infantry Brigade Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, 8 Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, covering March 1915 to February 1916 across 27 pages. It names 12 places across 13 dated entries. The diary opens at L.A. Clytte on 11 March 1915. 1915 is spent at Dickiebusche, L.A. Clytte, Vlamertinghe, Eecke and Reninghelst. 1916 at Dugout and Mervieux. It closes at Mervieux on 29 February 1916. Dickiebusche is where it spent longest, 31 days, including a single unbroken stay of 31. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Dug Outs and Sanctuary Wood. In 1915 it is also recorded at Hooge, Sanctuary Wood, Bivouack 3/4 Male E of Ouderdom, Rest Bivouac 3/4 M.E Of Ouderdom and Dug Outs.