2 DIVISION 99 Infantry Brigade Machine Gun Company

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Machine Gun Company, 99 Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division, covering April 1916 to February 1918 across 162 pages. It names 70 places across 89 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two Operation Orders. The diary opens at Harve on 26 April 1916. 1916 is spent at Hanchy, Camblain Labbe, Hebuterne, Mailly and Carency. 1917 at Annequin, Bouzincourt, Cauchy-A-La-Tour, Winnezeele and Lens. 11. 1918 at Metz, Barastre "D" Camp, Villers Pluich Sector Metz, Rocquigny Barastre and Barastre-Rocquigny-Metz. It closes at Metz on 28 February 1918. Annequin is where it spent longest, 68 days across three separate stays, it came back to Mailly four separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Hanchy. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include View Trench, Delville Wood, Bromfay Farm and Below Trench. In 1916 it is also recorded at Hersin, Petit Sains, Bouvigny, Bruay, Pt. Servins, Betonval, Bethonval, Hermain, Deviel and Morlancourt. In 1917 it is also recorded at Domesmont, Terra-Mesnil, Buzincourt, Aveluy, R 29 Central, Usna Hill, Below Trench, Albert, Contay and Ampliers.