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63 (ROYAL NAVAL) DIVISION Divisional Troops Divisional Signal Company: 1 April 1916 - 30 April 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/3104)

63 (ROYAL NAVAL) DIVISION Divisional Troops Divisional Signal Company: 1 April 1916 - 30 April 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/3104)

Wo95/3104

Paperback

Series: War Diaries - Facsimile Reprints of Official War Office Wo95 Documents

Genealogy & HeraldryNaval HistoryWorld War I

ISBN10: 147453385X
ISBN13: 9781474533850
Publisher: Naval & Military Press
Published: Dec 12 2015
Pages: 594
Weight: 3.09
Height: 1.20 Width: 8.27 Depth: 11.69
Language: English
Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Divisional Signal Company, Divisional Troops, 63rd Division, covering September 1916 to April 1919 across 565 pages. It names 235 places across 1130 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries nine reports, narratives and plans, six maps and 40 diagrams. Among the papers are: Posting during Gas attack on Ger; Report on Signal Communications; Report on Various Means of Communication during operations; Procedure on order Stand To and Move to Position of Assembly; Orders for scheme on 24th October. The diary opens on 1 September 1916. 1916 is the most travelled year, 584 places against 467 in the next busiest, and is spent at No 4 Section, No 2 Section, No 3 Section, Section 2. Dieval and Sect 2. Bully Grenay. 1917 is spent at No 4 Sect, No 2 Section, No 3 Section and Villers Chatel. 1918 at Raincheval, Fayt Le Franc. Roisin, Lealvillers, Herrisart and Neuville Bourjonval. 1919 at Roisin, Boussu Belgium and Tertre. It closes at Boussu Belgium on 30 April 1919. No 4 Section is where it spent longest, 94 days across 88 separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Fayt Le Franc. Roisin. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Little Wood Ytres, Chateau Tenby, HQs Signal Office Chateau O.10.z, Nine Wood and Chateau Bommeleau. In 1916 it is also recorded at Artillery Communications, Sect 3. Aix Noulette, Sect 4. Bully Grenay, Barlin H Qs Sect No 1 Sects, Sec 3. Aix Noulette, Berlin, HQs Signal Office Barlin, HQs Signal Office at Barlin, Section 2 Bully Grenay and Section 3 Aix Noulette. In 1917 it is also recorded at No 4 Section, Brailly, Bernaville, Marieux, Englesart & Englebelmer, Section No 2, Section No 3, Section No 4, Embelmer Englesart Mesnil Hamet and Englebelmer Englesart Messil Aamch. In 1918 it is also recorded at Metz, In Line, Beaulencourt, Barrastre, Haplincourt, Rocquigny, Barastre, Locations Unchanged, Location of Div H Q. 188 Bde and Lesboeufs. In 1919 it is also recorded at Roisin.Belgium and Boussu.

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