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by Wo95/2709 (Other)
Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services Commander Royal Artillery, 47th Division, covering October 1915 to December 1915 across 938 pages. It names 5 places across 6 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 253 reports, narratives and plans, twenty-eight Operation Orders, one defence scheme, one appendix, two maps and three diagrams. Among the papers are: 47th (London) Division report of operations and Work Done; 47th (London) Division report on operations and Work Done; First Army Intelligence Summary numbered 265 to 288 (22 of them); IVth Corps Intelligence Summary 7th October (15 of them); No.I Group H.A.R. Intelligence Summary for 7th October (4 of them); No.1 Group H.A.R. Intelligence Summary for 9th October 1915; IVth Corps Intelligence Summary 21st October 1915; No.I Group H.A.R. Intelligence Summary. The diary opens at Les Brebis on 1 October 1915. 1915 is spent at Mazingarbe, Les Brebis, Chateau Les Pres, Philomel and Chateau Philomel. It closes at Chateau Les Pres on 31 December 1915. Mazingarbe is where it spent longest, 33 days, including a single unbroken stay of 24. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau Les Pres and Chateau Philomel.
