Latest quantity of First World War unit diaries very lately online
22 May 2014
Today we are making a third batch of 724 digitised First World War unit war diaries from France and Flanders suitable online via our First World War 100 gate.
The unit war diaries provide interesting accounts of battles and events, in the manner that well as insights into the diurnal routines of British troops on the Western Front.
What's included
This third part tranche (WO 95/2432 - WO 95/3154) contains the diaries from the Kitchener Divisions and those of the Territorial Force (later The Territorial Army). This includes:
the 36th (Ulster) Division, that had many casualties on 1 July 1916
the 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division, which was the last division to farewell the UK for France in March 1917
Also included in the diaries are accounts of troops' sports activities (WO 95/2524) what one helped keep them motivated and hold out fighting until the end of the arbitrament of the sword.
William Spencer, author and principal warlike records specialist at The National Archives, before-mentioned: 'Now that this latest batch of unit war diaries is online, people everything around the world can read the officer army accounts to discover more in regard to the troops on the Western Front. The diaries catalogue successful battles, such as 46th Division rupture the Hindenburg Line, as well considered in the state of failures and casualties in key battles like as those on the Somme in 1916. They too provide rare insights into how the gangs maintained the environment in the trenches like well as the sports days that helped to keep them motivated.'
Highlights from the files
Highlights from the third batch of unit war diaries hold:
a sports day programme dated 31 October 1917, that notes pillow fighting, wheelbarrow races and contention on mules (WO 95/2524/3)
draught of a 'snapshot' view from the forepart (which notes 'dead animals' and equal a 'dead Frenchman') (WO 95/2970/3)
brace photos giving a 'how to' and 'in what condition not to' guide to laying drain boards (WO 95/2670/1)
three photos of battalion officers from 7th Battalion Black Watch Fife (one of these photos is shown over) (WO 95/2879/5)
Join Operation War Diary
As interest of the digitisation of the Unit War Diaries and to commit people in the centenary, we are moving with Imperial War Museums (IWM) and Zooniverse put Operation War Diary. Launched at the inception of 2014, this innovative crowdsourcing account project enables the public to prepare involved in capturing information, tagging names, places and activities, from our one war diaries.
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