War Diaries - Facsimile Reprints of Offi 18 DIVISION 55 Infantry Brigade Headquarters: 10 October 1915 - 31 December 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2047), (Paperback)
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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 55 Infantry Brigade, 18th Division, covering January 1917 to December 1917 across 605 pages. It names 54 places across 69 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two casualty and personnel returns, 71 reports, narratives and plans, 58 Operation Orders, two appendices, twenty-one maps and four diagrams. Among the papers are: Nominal Roll.; No-10. 18th Div. Cra only CRE. missing; 55th Infantry Brigade Daily Intelligence Summary; 55th Infantry Brigade Intelligence Summary. Appx IV; Operation order; Report on Tests carried out with Mills No. 23 Rifle Grenades. Appx VI; March Table issued with 55th Inf. Bde. order No. 103; Signal Communications. Appendix 2 to 55th Inf. Bde. order No. 169; Artillery Arrangements before and during the Attack.; 53rd. Inf. Bde. Preliminary instructions for Ypres Operations. No. 1; 53rd Inf. Brigade Preliminary instructions for Ypres Operation. No. 2; Section XXX1 "Instructions for the Training of Division in Offensive Action. The diary opens at He Dauville on 1 January 1917. 1917 is spent at Eringhem, Elverdinghe, He Dauville, Boeseghem and Heninel. It closes at Boesinghe III on 31 December 1917. Elverdinghe is where it spent longest, 38 days, including a single unbroken stay of 28 and it came back to Heninel four separate times. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include 15 Wood, Paisley Avenue, Canal Bank Near Essex Fm and Sudbury Trench. In 1917 it is also recorded at Le Titre, Cramont, Mon Plaisir, Beau Quesne, Wellington Huts, Paisley Avenue, Sudbury Trench, Petit Miraumont, Contay and Villers Bocage.
- War Diaries - Facsimile Reprints of Offi 18 DIVISION 55 Infantry Brigade Headquarters: 10 October 1915 - 31 December 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2047), (Paperback)
- Author: Wo95/2047
- ISBN: 9781474510943
- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 2015-07-25
- Page Count: 618
| Title | 18 DIVISION 55 Infantry Brigade Headquarters: 10 October 1915 - 31 December 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2047) |
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| Issue | Discrepancies in date ranges for the 18th Division 55th Infantry Brigade Headquarters' war diary are found across different sources. Some sources list the period as 10 October 1915 - 31 December 1917, while others state 18 July 1915 - 31 December 1916. |
| Publisher | Naval & Military Press |
| Publication date | July, 2015 |
| Count | 1 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Author | Wo95/2047 |
| Collection | War Diaries |
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