47 DIVISION Divisional Troops 520 Field Company Royal Engineers: 1 February 1915 - 28 February 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2720) (War ... of Official War Office Wo95 Documents) - Softcover

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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 520 Field Company Royal Engineers, Divisional Troops, 47th Division, covering February 1915 to February 1919 across 901 pages. It names 151 places across 557 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two lists of honours and awards, three casualty and personnel returns, 65 reports, narratives and plans, 99 Operation Orders, three appendices, nine maps and five diagrams. Among the papers are: War Diary for May 1918 520th (London) Field Company R.E. T.F. honours and awards; War Diary for January 1919. 520th, (London) Field Company, R.E., T.F. New Years honours; Patrol report 1/7th Bn London Regt; 47th (London) Division Administrative orders for Move of 47th Division to Back Area; 142nd Infantry Brigade Addendum to operation order No. 124; Movement orders of 142 Inf. Bde; 142nd Infantry Brigade Amendment No. 3 to Warning order No. 1; 47th (London) Divisional Engineers Addendum to operation order 31; Relief Table to Accompany 47th (London) Division operation order No. 159; Instructions by Chie Engineer Xth Corps Regarding Work to Be Done After Zero; 140th Infantry Brigade Administrative instructions issued with order No. 191; Table to Accompany 142nd Infantry Brigade operation order No. 231. The diary opens at Strozeele on 1 February 1915. 1915 is the most travelled year, 339 places against 91 in the next busiest, and is spent at Lesbrebis, Lapugnoy, Auchel, Noeux Les Mines and Mazingarbe. 1916 is spent at Villers Au Bois, Railway Sub, La Comte and Aix-Noulette. 1917 at Back, Chippewa Camp, Forward and Dickiebusch Camp. 1918 at Royaulcourt, Forward, Royault Court, Seux and Etricourt. 1919 at Burbure 6F.64.4.8 and Le Reveillon and Burbure. It closes at Burbure 6F.64.4.8 on 28 February 1919. Villers Au Bois is where it spent longest, 74 days, including a single unbroken stay of 74 and it came back to Lapugnoy 52 separate times. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Ridge Wood and Chippewa, Ridge Wood N 5 c3.9, 65 Met Point Redoubt, 65 Mi Point Redoubt, Spoil Bank Section Canal Sub, Spoil Bank, Spoil Bank Sect'n and Canal Sub Sector Spoil Bank. In 1915 it is also recorded at Ypres, Thenley, Havre, Bethune, Houchin Drouvin, Grenay, N. Maroc and Drouvin. In 1916 it is also recorded at Billets At Drouvin, Braquemont, Billets At Braquemont, Billets Les Brebis, Billets At Les Brebis & At Loos, Billets At Les Brebis & Loos, Les Brebis & Loos, Les Brebis & Lapugnoy, Lapugnoy and Lillers. In 1917 it is also recorded at Forward Area Hill 60 Sub, Forward Area Canal Sub, Back Area Dickebusch Camp, Dickebusch, Canal Sub Sector Dickenbusch Camp, Spoil Bank Section Canal Sub, Spoil Bank Sect'n, Canal Sub Sector Spoil Bank, Canal Sub Sector & Dickebusche Camp and Forward Spoil Bank Rear Dickebusch Camp. In 1918 it is also recorded at Forward Area Etricourt, Back, Ribecourt, Betty Camp, Senlis and Louven Court, Harponville, Senlis & Warloy, Senlis and Puichvillers, Puichvillers and Havernas & Fransu. In 1919 it is also recorded at Burbure.

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