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by Wo95/1522 (Other)
Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services Commander Royal Artillery, 5th Division, covering October 1915 to February 1917 across 727 pages. It names 6 places across 11 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one list of honours and awards, twenty-nine reports, narratives and plans, 33 Operation Orders, one defence scheme, thirteen maps and six diagrams. Among the papers are: 5th Divisional Artillery Decorations for gallantry during Some operations; "S.O.S" orders for 5th Divisional Artillery; Special instructions; Instructions for combined sheet Sunday 16th April, 1916; Report on Combined Bombardment of 5th Division Front; Orders for Artillery Support 13th Infantry Brigade raid; Report on German Trench Mortar Shoot; Table B. Preliminary attack; Table C. attack on Switch Trench; Table of Task issued with 5th Div. Arty operation order No. 30; 5th Divisional Artillery operation order No. 44; Trench Mortar Relief orders. The diary opens at Suzanne-Maricourt-Carnoy etc on 1 October 1915. 1915 is spent at Suzanne-Maricourt-Carnoy. 1916 at Arras, Suzanne-Maricourt-Carnoy and GHQ Reserve. 1917 at Bethune. It closes at Bethune on 22 February 1917. Suzanne-Maricourt-Carnoy is where it spent longest, 91 days across three separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Suzanne-Maricourt-Carnoy etc.
