9 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff: 1 May 1914 - 6 June 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1739)

By WO95/1739

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff, 9th Division, covering May 1914 to June 1917 across 417 pages. It names 5 places across 11 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two casualty and personnel returns, ten reports, narratives and plans, five Operation Orders, two defence schemes and five maps. Among the papers are: Casualties from 28/4/17 to 11/5/17; 9th (Scottish) Division narrative of Events May 3rd 1917; Narrative of Events; 27th Infantry Brigade report on the attack on 3rd May 1917; Preliminary instructions No. 1 for operations on May 3rd; Preliminary instructions No. 2 for operation on May 3rd; March Table to Accompany 9th Division order No. 130; Movement Table to Accompany 9th Division order No. 131 dated 25/5/17. The diary opens at Railway Cutting St. Laurent Blangy on 1 May 1914. 1914 is spent at Railway Cutting St. Laurent Blangy and Chelers. 1917 at Roellecourt, St Nicholas, Etrun and Railway Cutting St. Laurent Blangy. It closes at St Nicholas on 6 June 1917. Roellecourt is where it spent longest, 18 days, including a single unbroken stay of 18 and it came back to St Nicholas four separate times.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474507344
• ISBN13: 9781474507349
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Naval & Military Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 2.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 11.7"