17 DIVISION 50 Infantry Brigade Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 10th Battalion

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 10th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 50 Infantry Brigade, 17th Division, covering August 1915 to April 1919 across 445 pages. It names 170 places across 270 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries seven reports, narratives and plans, 57 Operation Orders, eleven maps and two diagrams. Among the papers are: Attach orders by Lt. Col D. Dickson Comdg 10th West Yorkshire Regt. Appendix a; 10th West Yorkshire Regiment. After order; Operation order; Operation order by Lt Col G.K. Butt. Commanding 'Hector'; West Yorkshire Regiment No 17 operation order. The diary opens at 10th Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment on 1 August 1915. 1915 is spent at 10th Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment and 10th Battn. The West Yorkshire Regiment. 1916 at Camps-En-Amienois, Service, Caours and Armentieres. 1917 at St Nicholas, Halloy, Meaulte, Bronfay And Combles and Hazebrouck 5A. 1918 at Arqueves, Rubempre, Neuvilly, Purple System and Mesnil. 1919 at Merelessart, Hangest, Le Havre and BHQ Ac Merelessart. It closes at Le Havre on 22 April 1919. 10th Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment is where it spent longest, 123 days, it came back to Les Boeufs Trenches nine separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 38 days at Merelessart. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Les Boeufs Trenches, Combles And Trenches, Acheux Wood, Scottish Wood, Guillemont And Les Boeufs Trenches, Guillemont And Trenches, Trenches And Carnoy and Trenches And Bronfay. In 1916 it is also recorded at Oosthoek, Scottish Wood, J Camp, Strazeele, Bayenghem, Bussy, Bois De Tailles, Mericourt, Heilly and Hebuterne. In 1917 it is also recorded at No 22 Carnoy, Carnoy And Guillemont, Guillemont And Trenches, Trenches And Carnoy, Guillemont And Carnoy, Carnoy And Corbie, Corbie, Combles And Corbie, Combles And Trenches and Trenches And Bronfay Farm Camp. In 1918 it is also recorded at Hebburn, Alban Av. K15a4-8, Barastre, Gueudecourt, Eaucourt L'Abbaye, Hennencourt, Senlis, Bouzincourt, Pierregot and Pernois. In 1919 it is also recorded at Merelessart And Citerne, Hangest-Sur-Somme and Longpre.