37 DIVISION 112 Infantry Brigade Headquarters: 1 April 1917 - 20 April 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2536)

By British War Office

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 112 Infantry Brigade, 37th Division, covering April 1917 to April 1919 across 488 pages. It names 48 places across 65 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 60 reports, narratives and plans, 115 Operation Orders, two defence schemes, seven appendices, five maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: 112th. Infantry Brigade. report on Operations-9th. to 12th. April, 1917; 112th. Infantry Brigade. Intelligence Summary; All Recipients of 112th. Infantry Brigade operation order No. 124; Machine Gun Barrage scheme Bully Beef Farm in Conjunctions with operation to Be carried; Report on Movements and operations from the 21st to 29th April 112th Inf. Bde; Message and orders Dispatched to Units Furing operations from the 23rd to 28th April; 111th. Inf. Bde. G. 270/59. 112th. Infantry Brigade. Warning order; Table to Accompany 112th. Infantry Brigade operation order No. 129; Table to Accompany 112th. Inf. Brigade operation order No. 132; Raid carried out by 11th (Service) Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment on night 26/27th August; Narrative; Orders for Brigade Commemoration Parade Service Nov. 4th, 1917. The diary opens at Rebreuviette on 1 April 1917. 1917 is the most travelled year, 37 places against 19 in the next busiest, and is spent at Ambrines, Dranoutre, Coyecque, Oosttaverne and Arras. 1918 is spent at Bethencourt, Caudry, Ransart, St. Leger and Souastre. 1919 at Ransart, Jumet and Antwerp. It closes at Antwerp on 20 April 1919. Ransart is where it spent longest, 78 days across four separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Ambrines. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Larch Wood Tunnels, Spoil Bank Klion and H.Q. Spoil Bank. In 1917 it is also recorded at Habarcq, Warlus, Wanquetin, Duisans, Izel Les Hameau, Valhuon, Mt Kemmel, Locre, Kemmel Hill Area and Oostaverne. In 1918 it is also recorded at Toutencourt 57d U1, Couin 57d S1, Fonquevillers, Achiet-Le Grand, Beaurain, Ghissignies, Louvignies, St Martin, Bellignies and La Longueville.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474518265
• ISBN13: 9781474518260
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Naval & Military Press
• Length: 502 Pages
• Weight: 2.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.3" x 11.7"