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by Wo95/1679 (Other)
Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff, 8th Division, covering July 1918 to March 1919 across 806 pages. It names 11 places across 15 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three casualty and personnel returns, 146 reports, narratives and plans, 54 Operation Orders, one defence scheme, twenty-three maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: Casualties; Total casualties for operations Between 27th May-30th May-1918; 8th Division casualties in officers and Other Ranks during operations Between the Aisne; Of the Action of 8th Battn. Machine Gun Corps; Part II (C) Lessons (3 of them); Lessons from Recent Fighting Referred to by the Army Commander at Conference Held; 8th Division Weekly report on operations; Intelligence Summary of Right Division VIII Corps; VIII Corps order No.2; Move Table to Accompany VIII Corps order No.2; Move Table to Accompany 8th Division order No.309; Amendment No.1 to 8th Division order No.309. The diary opens at Friville Escarbotin on 1 July 1918. 1918 is spent at Chateau D'Acq, Tournai, Friville Escarbotin, Victory Camp and Marchiennes. 1919 at Enghien. It closes at Enghien on 15 March 1919. Enghien is where it spent longest, 47 days across three separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Chateau D'Acq. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau D'Acq. In 1918 it is also recorded at Villers-Au-Bois, Stirling Camp, Quiery La Motte, Flers and Cattelet.
