| Management number | 251740990 | Release Date | 2026/09/26 | List Price | US$14.40 | Model Number | 251740990 | ||
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Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Royal Army Medical Corps 139 Field Ambulance, Divisional Troops, 41st Division, covering April 1916 to October 1917 across 279 pages. It names 24 places across 28 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, two reports, narratives and plans, six Operation Orders, two appendices, two maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: Report on the arrangements made for the evacuation of wounded in connection; Orders for Advanced Warning Party.; Orders for Advanced Party.. The diary opens at Haig Hutments on 21 April 1916. 1916 is the most travelled year, 17 places against 8 in the next busiest, and is spent at Bailleul, Becordel, Caestre, Haig Hutments and Wanel. 1917 is spent at 41st D.R.S Wippenhoek, La Clytte, Steenvorde and Vormozeele. It closes at La Panne on 31 October 1917. Bailleul is where it spent longest, 78 days across four separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Shrine & Quarry. In 1916 it is also recorded at Havre, Godewaers-Velde Caestre, Rouge Croix, Strazelle, D.R.S. Bailleul, 27.X16.3.3 Bailleul, B Train, Longpres, Ergnies and Shrine & Quarry. In 1917 it is also recorded at I 31, C,3,4 Ref Zillebeke and Staples.
| Title | 41 DIVISION Divisional Troops Royal Army Medical Corps 139 Field Ambulance: 21 April 1916 - 31 October 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2629/1) |
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| Issue | Discrepancy in dates: Source [1] states the 41 Division Divisional Troops Royal Army Medical Corps 139 Field Ambulance operated from April 21, 1917 to October 31, 1919, while the product description mentions April 21, 1916 to October 31, 1917. |
| Publisher | Naval & Military Press |
| Publication date | July, 2015 |
| Era | First World War |
| Count | 1 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Author | Wo95/2629/1 |
| Collection | War Diaries |
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