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by Wo95/2435 (Other)
Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff, 34th Division, covering October 1917 to October 1917 across 850 pages. It names 8 places across 9 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 164 reports, narratives and plans, 43 Operation Orders, eight defence schemes, twenty-four appendices, nineteen maps and five diagrams. Among the papers are: Extracts from a Letter Written by a wounded Officer of 16th Bn. Royal Scots; Report on Operations.; 34th Division Intelligence Summary numbered 2 to 81 (8 of them); Annexe to 34th Division Intelligence Summary No 55; 34th Division Intelligence Summary No. 1. Appendix E; Intelligence Notes; Annexe to 34th Divisional Intelligence Summary No 7; Annexe 34th Division Intelligence Summary No. 28; Relief Table "A"; Relief Table; Table "A" Move and Reliefs; Preliminary report on Digging on Right Flank. The diary opens at Basseux on 1 October 1917. 1917 is spent at Proven, Basseux and Achiet Le Petit. It closes at Achiet Le Petit on 31 October 1917. Proven is where it spent longest, 7 days, including a single unbroken stay of 7. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Adv. H.Q. returned to Welsh Farm, Welsh Farm and Adv. H.Q. Canal Bank. In 1917 it is also recorded at Adv. H.Q. returned to Welsh Farm, Welsh Farm, Adv. H.Q. Canal Bank and Proven North.
