Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps 1/1 South Midland Mobile Veterinary Section and Divisional Train (459-460-461-462 Companies A.S.C.), Divisional Troops, 48th Division, covering December 1914 to November 1917 across 555 pages. It names 179 places across 319 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one report or narrative and three appendices. Among the papers are: Extract from Column order dated 16th February 1916. Appendices. 111. The diary opens at Chelmsford on 1 December 1914. 1914 is spent at Chelmsford. 1915 at Louvencourt, France, Chelmsford and La Creche. 1916 at Famechon, Albert, Forceville, Authie and Warlincourt. 1917 at Cappy, Buire, Bancourt, Chelmsford and Peselhoek. It closes at Chelmsford on 30 November 1917. Louvencourt is where it spent longest, 311 days across twelve separate stays, it came back to Famechon twenty-one separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 90 days at Chelmsford. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include De Dours Farm Steenwercke, De Dours. Farm Nr Steenwerck, Adinfer Wood and La Haie Farm. In 1915 it is also recorded at Malden, Maldon, Witham, Baddienl, Croix De Bac, Baillent, Southampton, Havro, Airaines and S Jan Capelle. In 1916 it is also recorded at Sarton, Louvencourt, Section, Pas de Calais, Qezaincourt, Weuville, Neuville, Gozaincourt, Famechon Pas de Calais and Coulonvillers. In 1917 it is also recorded at Baizieux Somme, Bresle, Baisieux, St Saveur, St. Sauveur, Lu-Au-Mont, Hallencourt, Hamelet, Trevives and Cerisy Somme.
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