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by Wo95/1277 (Other)
Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 3 Infantry Brigade, 1st Division, covering March 1918 to August 1919 across 851 pages. It names 39 places across 44 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 220 reports, narratives and plans, 127 Operation Orders, eight defence schemes, five appendices, three maps and three diagrams. Among the papers are: Patrol Report. A.5; Patrol report; First Army Intelligence Summary-No. 1189; Supplement to First Army Intelligence Summary No 1189; 3rd Infantry Brigade. Intelligence Summary from 6 p.m. 30th April to 6 p.m. 1st May 1918; Remarks Ref. Fighting Patrol, & 9 O.R., 2nd Welsh Regt. 29/7/18; March Table to Accompany 3rd Infantry Brigade order No. 134; Table "A" to Accompany 3rd Infantry Brigade order No. 136; Table "B" to Accompany 3rd Infantry Brigade order No. 141 d/17/2/18; Report on the operations by 3rd Infantry Brigade on 18th and 20th April, 1918. D 17; Table to Accompany 3rd Infantry Brigade order No. 163; 3rd Infantry Brigade Instructions. E.2. The diary opens at Line Se Houthulst Forest on 6 March 1918. 1918 is the most travelled year, 31 places against 11 in the next busiest, and is spent at Noeux Les Mines, Line Se Houthulst Forest, Chateau Des Pres Sailly Labourse and Annequin Fosse 9. 1919 is spent at Burg Ringsheim, Giersberg, Girsberg, Medinghoven and Munstereifel. It closes at Kinmel Park on 26 August 1919. Burg Ringsheim is where it spent longest, 90 days, including a single unbroken stay of 90 and it came back to Noeux Les Mines four separate times. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau Des Pres Sailly Labourse, Hospital Farm, Vendin Chateau, Chateau De Pres, Mill Farm X 20 L 11, Chateau 1 K S.W. of Ostemree and Chateau Montaigle. In 1918 it is also recorded at Alberta C11, C. 9.6, Poelcappelle, Hospital Farm, Vendin Chateau, Fouquieres, Ferme. DU. R 01, Verquin, Chateau, Sailly Labourse and Annequin. In 1919 it is also recorded at Rheinbach, Arloff and Romerh of.
