Description
Object description
Ts war diary (11pp cyclostyled) of the 5th Battery, 45th Brigade RFA (8th Division), for August 1914 - June 1919 giving a brief record of command personnel charges, movements and actions on the Western Front in which it took part (Neuve Chapelle 1914, Loos, Somme, 3rd Ypres and the March 1918 retreat); ts narrative (4pp carbon copy) of the part played by 1st Field Regiment RA (4th Indian Infantry Division) in the Battle of Sidi Barrani in North Africa (5 - 14 December 1940); ts narrative (4pp carbon copy) of the actions of the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment (8th Indian Infantry Division) principally from October 1943 to January 1944 during the fighting on the Trigno, Sangro and Moro rivers in Italy; ts newsletter (28pp cyclostyled) of 8th Indian Infantry Division describing in detail its actions in the Apennines and on the Senio Line in Italy, October 1944 - April 1945.
Content description
Ts war diary (11pp cyclostyled) of the 5th Battery, 45th Brigade RFA (8th Division), for August 1914 - June 1919 giving a brief record of command personnel charges, movements and actions on the Western Front in which it took part (Neuve Chapelle 1914, Loos, Somme, 3rd Ypres and the March 1918 retreat); ts narrative (4pp carbon copy) of the part played by 1st Field Regiment RA (4th Indian Infantry Division) in the Battle of Sidi Barrani in North Africa (5 - 14 December 1940); ts narrative (4pp carbon copy) of the actions of the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment (8th Indian Infantry Division) principally from October 1943 to January 1944 during the fighting on the Trigno, Sangro and Moro rivers in Italy; ts newsletter (28pp cyclostyled) of 8th Indian Infantry Division describing in detail its actions in the Apennines and on the Senio Line in Italy, October 1944 - April 1945.
History note
Cataloguer PHR
History note
Catalogue date 1985-08-30