Missing Diaries

[RobertBr]

I am willing to supply my Pseudo Timeline, July-September 1917, for 56th Div Artillery (11 page Word Doc)

Bob

[David26]

4 hours ago, David Porter said:

Took a while, but I have complied a list of those RH & RFA diaries that are missing for the months July - September 1917 (and sometimes beyond). What is interesting is what happened with the C.R.A., 48th Division diary. I've yet to tackle the Army Brigade diaries but I'm sure there are a few more to add to this list.

Goodness, that really was a cull of the War Diaries that happened at some point. Thank you @David Porterfor that list. 

[Derek Black]

8 hours ago, David Porter said:

Took a while, but I have complied a list of those RH & RFA diaries that are missing for the months July - September 1917 (and sometimes beyond). What is interesting is what happened with the C.R.A., 48th Division diary. I've yet to tackle the Army Brigade diaries but I'm sure there are a few more to add to this list.

33rd Brigade RFA, 8th Division, July - August 1917
45th Brigade RFA, 8th Division, July - August 1917
C.R.A., 8th Division, July 1917
58th Brigade RFA, 11th Division, July - September 1917
59th Brigade RFA, 11th Division, July - August 1917
C.R.A., 11th Division, July - September 1917
70th Brigade RFA, 15th Division, July - September 1917
71st Brigade RFA, 15th Division, July - September 1917
C.R.A., 15th Division, August - September 1917
177th Brigade RFA, 16th Division, July - October 1917
180th Brigade RFA, 16th Division, July - September 1917
C.R.A., 16th Division, July - September 1917
82nd Brigade RFA, 18th Division, July 1917
83rd Brigade RFA, 18th Division, July 1917
C.R.A., 18th Division, July - August 1917
110th Brigade RFA, 25th Division, July 1917
112th Brigade RFA, 25th Division, July 1917
C.R.A., 25th Division, July 1917
15th Brigade RHA, 29th Division, July - September 1917
17th Brigade RFA, 29th Division, July - September 1917
C.R.A., 29th Division, July - September 1917
148th Brigade RFA, 30th Division, July 1917
149th Brigade RFA, 30th Division, July 1917
C.R.A., 30th Division, July 1917
153rd Brigade RFA, 36th Division, July - September 1917
173rd Brigade RFA, 36th Division, July - September 1917
C.R.A., 36th Division, July - September 1917
121st Brigade RFA, 38th Division, July - September 1917
122nd Brigade RFA, 38th Division, July - September 1917
C.R.A., 38th Division, July - September 1917
174th Brigade RFA, 39th Division, July - December 1917
186th Brigade RFA, 39th Division, July - September 1917
C.R.A., 39th Division, August - September 1917
240th Brigade RFA, 48th Division, July - September 1917
241st Brigade RFA, 48th Division, July - September 1917
(C.R.A., 48th Division, July - September 1917 intact, Duplicates stamped March 1919)
255th Brigade RFA, 51st Division, July - September 1917
256th Brigade RFA, 51st Division, July - November 1917
C.R.A., 51st Division, July - September 1917
275th Brigade RFA, 55th Division, July - October 1917
276th Brigade RFA, 55th Division, July - September 1917
C.R.A., 55th Division, July - September 1917
280th Brigade RFA, 56th Division, July - September 1917
281st Brigade RFA, 56th Division, July - September 1917
C.R.A., 56th Division, September 1917
306th Brigade RFA, 61st Division, July - September 1917
307th Brigade RFA, 61st Division, July - September 1917
C.R.A., 61st Division, July - September 1917

That's a lot of missing info.
Hopefully they're still intact somewhere, waiting to be found.

Derek.

[David Porter]

13 hours ago, Derek Black said:

Hopefully they're still intact somewhere, waiting to be found.

Derek, there are duplicates at the Royal Artillery Archives and Library at Larkhill which might fill some gaps. Despite my concerns the Army Artillery Brigade diaries have been largely untouched for this period so might also help if you know one was nearby. However, the Corps Artillery diaries have not escaped. Here are the additions:

C.R.A., 9th Corps, August 1917
C.R.A., 14th Corps, July - September 1917
C.R.A., 18th Corps, July - September 1917
C.R.A., 19th Corps, July - September 1917

5th Army Brigade RHA, September 1917
18th Army Brigade RFA, does not start until August 1917
126th Army Brigade RFA, July and August 1917 mixed in with 282nd Brigade RFA diary

 

[charlie962]

23 hours ago, David Porter said:

Took a while, but I have complied a list of those RH & RFA diaries that are missing for the months July - September 1917 (

What a horrendous list. Thanks for compilation.

Charlie

[RobertBr]

Last Wednesday I mistakenly created a new post FOUND Missing War Diary Pages instead of adding to this one.

My interest is 280 and 281 RFA Brigades (56th Div) and I found pages for July to Sptember 1917.

I have just looked for 33rd RFA Bde (first on the list) and found the first page of July 1917 using the search term:

  AMOT039_WW1_33RD.BRIGADE.RFA_0105

See my other post for how to access the records.

I have also notified the National Archive about my earlier finds and they are looking into ways of referencing the pages.

Bob