Officer Diaries, August 1914–October 1919
Officer Diaries, August 1914–October 1919
Collection: Life on the Front Line: Diaries, News, and Letters from the First World War, 1914–1919 Volumes Officer Diaries, August 1914–October 1919
These diaries span from November 1915 to November 1916. Thus, they document the Battle of the Somme. They also offer detailed narratives of engagements in key locations such as Beaumont Hamel, Flers-Courcelette, the Fricourt sector, Ginchy, Lesbœufs, and Le Transloy Ridges. Furthermore, the diaries focus on the conflicts around the town of Ypres between 1915 and 1917. These sources include vivid accounts from the second and third battles of Ypres and the intense struggle for the Messines Ridge. Additionally, the officer diaries in this volume feature two detailed records of the Battle of Loos (1915) and two compelling accounts of the Battle of Vimy Ridge (1917).
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Blackadder, Lieutenant R.J.
IWM ref: 88/11/1. Ts diary describing his service with the 151st Siege Battery RGA (99th Howitzer Brigade RGA), August 1916-June 1919, from its formation in Scotland through its entire period...
Date:1916-1919Contributor:Imperial War Museum
Identifier:a-02
Agius, Captain A.J.J.P.
IWM ref: 99/70/1. Loose-leaf ms diary covering his service as a machine gun officer with the 1/3rd Battalion, 2 January-14 March 1915. Describing his unit's departure from Malta and arrival...
Date:1915-1915Contributor:Imperial War Museum
Identifier:a-01
Wyllie, Lieutenant Colonel H.
Ref: 84/5/1 & 1A. Ms diary and ts of diary, covering his service on the Western Front as an observer with No. 4 (November-December 1914) and No. 6 army cooperation...
Date:1914-1918Contributor:Imperial War Museum
Identifier:a-21
Wollocombe, 2nd Lieutenant F.
IWM ref: 95/33/1. Bound printed edition of diary and letters home from France. Covering his service as a subaltern in the 9th Battalion Devonshire Regiment (20th Brigade, 7th Division) in...
Date:1915-1916Contributor:Imperial War Museum
Identifier:a-20
Sansom, Captain W.H.
IWM ref: 01/21/1. Ms diary, with ts, containing intermittent entries recording his service with the 174th Tunnelling Company RE on the Somme (November 1915-December 1916), commenting mainly on trench life,...
Date:1915-1916Contributor:Imperial War Museum
Identifier:a-19
Russell-Jones, Lieutenant E.
IWM ref: P210. Ms diary, with ts, written at intervals during the morning and early afternoon of the first day of the Battle of the Somme (1 July 1916) when...
Date:1916-1916Contributor:Imperial War Museum
Identifier:a-18
Pilditch, Major P.H.
IWM ref: Con Shelf. Bound, cyclostyled account entitled "The War Diary of an Artillery Officer, 1914-1919", August 1914-February 1919, covering his joining the 7th (London) Brigade RFA at the beginning...
Date:1914-1919Contributor:Imperial War Museum
Identifier:a-17
Meysey-Thompson, Captain H.C.
IWM ref: 92/19/1. Bound ts of diary describing his enlistment on 5th August 1914 in the Inns of Court OTC and his training until being commissioned in October 1914 into...
Date:1914-1919Contributor:Imperial War Museum
Identifier:a-16
