El Tacto

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) 1/5th Battalion and King's Own Scottish Borderers 5th Battalion, 103 Infantry Brigade, 34th Division, covering April 1918 to March 1919 across 238 pages. It names 77 places across 93 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries four casualty and personnel returns, seventeen reports, narratives and plans, eight Operation Orders, two appendices, five maps and three diagrams. Among the papers are: Nominal roll of officers 1/5th A. & S.H. At 28/ June 1918; List of casualties during June 1918; 1/5 K.O.S.B Casualty Return.; Raid orders 5th Battn a & S Highrs; 1/5th K.O.S. Borders; To:, the Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned officers and Men of the King's Own; 1/5 K.O. & Border of Appendix No 1. to War Diary for month of June 1918; 34th Division instructions No.1. Appendix No.1. Vol XXXIX; 1/5th King's Own Scottish Borderers; 1/5th King's Own Scottish Border; 1/5 King's Own Scottish Borderers.; 1/5 Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers. Vol XLI. The diary opens at Sarona on 1 April 1918. 1918 is the most travelled year, 71 places against 14 in the next busiest, and is spent at Wervicq, Auvelais, M.S. Eloi, Wannebecq and Train. 1919 is spent at Wahn, Solingen, Bergerhausen, Geistingen and Menden. It closes at Bergerhausen on 31 March 1919. Wahn is where it spent longest, 43 days across four separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 30 days at Solingen. In 1918 it is also recorded at Surafend Near Ludd, Kantara, Alexandria, Kaiser I Hind, Hmt Kaiser-I-Hind, Marseilles, Mosso Camp, Forest Montiers, Witte and Aire. In 1919 it is also recorded at En Route, Geistingen Siegburg, Siegburg Wahn, Seelscheid, Wahn Hennef, Hennef and Enzen. …