3 DIVISION 76 Infantry Brigade Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion, Brigade Machine Gun Company and Brigade Trench Mortar Battery : 1 November 1915 - 28 May 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1437)

2016 N&M Press full colour facsimile reprint of original War Office document, with new chronological index. SB, 542 pages. Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion, Brigade Machine Gun Company and Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, 76 Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, covering November 1915 to May 1919 across 528 pages. It names 144 places across 231 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 49 reports, narratives and plans, 90 Operation Orders, two defence schemes, one appendix and five maps. Among the papers are: Report of raid by Y Coy and and Suffolk Rgt; Report on raid 24/5/18 76th Infantry Brigade; Report on operations of the 2nd Battalion the Suffolk Regiment Between August 14th; 2nd. Bn. the Suffolk Regiment report on operations 21st to 29th March 1918 Inclusive Ref; Short report on operations of the night 14/15th June 1918; 2nd Bn the Suffolk Regiment report of operations At Romeries and Escarmain, 23rd October; Administrative orders for Wancourt Sector; Operation order . 2nd Battalion the Suffolk Regiment in the Field; Battalion orders Battalion the Suffolk Regiment in the Field; Operation orders Comdg. Battalion the Suffolk Regiment in the Field, June 1917; Supplement to operation order No. 20 Lt. Bn. Suffolk Regt. in the Eicld; Administrative Orders-Bn. the Suffolk Regt.The diary opens at Eecke on 1 November 1915. 1915 is spent at Eecke. 1916 at Caestre, Petit Difques, Courcelles and Mericourt. 1917 at Arras, Bullecourt, Morchies and Trench. 1918 at Hinges, Trench, Wancourt-Guemappe Sect, Hendecourt No 5 Camp and Blaireville. 1919 at Gymnych, Cologne, Dansweile and Gymnich. It closes on 28 May 1919. Arras is where it spent longest, 108 days across eight separate stays, it came back to Hinges eleven separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 57 days at Gymnych.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Serre Sector Of The Trenches, Bus Wood and Breslau Trenches Montauban.In 1916 it is also recorded at Hauteville, The Bluff, Poperinghe, St Eloi, Reninchelst, Phincboom, Kemmel, Locre, Nortbecourt and Breslau Trenches Montauban. In 1917 it is also recorded at Serre, Courcelles, Rubempre, Puchevillers, Pernois, Halloy Les Pernois, Amplier, Neuvillette, Nuncq and Chelers. In 1918 it is also recorded at Hendicourt-Lez-Ransart, Boyelles, Wancourt Guemappe, Hendecourt, Mercatel, Carlisle Lines, Batte Area S. Of Coseul, Sombrin, Camblain Chatelain and Coupigneux. War Diaries - Facsimile Reprints of Official War Office WO95 Documents.…